RE: "Age of the Cybersaur" - Tail whipping

["Stewart, Dwight" <Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com>]

Sound travels faster & further in more dense, damper air.  For example,
sound travels faster under water.

Dwight

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Don Lamson [SMTP:dlamson@iea.com]
        Sent:   Friday, September 04, 1998 10:42 AM
        To:     edels@email.msn.com; dinosaur@usc.edu
        Subject:        Re: "Age of the Cybersaur" - Tail whipping

        > sauropod tail could be as loud as 200 decibels -  a jet engine at
ground
        > level is around 140 decibels.
        >

        Is air density a coefficient of decibels?  Is humidity?  If so, were
these
        included in the simulation?

        Don Lamson
        dlamson@iea.com