Sound Effects in Polar Conditions

The impressive and all-pervading quietness following a fall of snow is a commonplace experience, though, so far as the writer is aware, only one set of measurements of the sound absorption of snow has been published. A cold spell in December 1938 provided a suitable opportunity to make such measurem...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Roberts, Brian
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1944
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400041553
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400041553
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Summary:The impressive and all-pervading quietness following a fall of snow is a commonplace experience, though, so far as the writer is aware, only one set of measurements of the sound absorption of snow has been published. A cold spell in December 1938 provided a suitable opportunity to make such measurements in the reverberating chamber of the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington.