Sound waves dissipate in any material such as air, but if temperature decreases or increases; how would the increase or decrease in temperature affect the dissipation?
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1$\begingroup$ Related: physics.stackexchange.com/questions/133333/… $\endgroup$ – user191954 Jun 12 '18 at 6:53
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Yes. See equation 8-10 in this chapter, which gives sound attenuation as a function of temperature, frequency and water vapour concentration. The relationship is somewhat complicated, but loosely attenuation of sound per distance increases as the air gets colder.
answered Jun 12 '18 at 9:55
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