Department Publications

2020s

2026

15. Modeling the effects of seasonal weather on rocket launch-ascent sonic boom footprints in Southern California

    Mark C. Anderson^‡, Kent L. Gee, and Lucas K. Hall

    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 160 (4), 3572-3582 (2026).
    
16. Statistical models of Falcon 9 launch noise metrics at Vandenberg Space Force Base

    Levi T. Moats^†, Kent L. Gee, Lucas K. Hall, and Grant W. Hart

    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 160 (4), 3415-3427 (2026).
    
17. Comparing measured sonic boom turbulence-induced variability with computational models for the Carpet Determination in Entirety Measurements (CarpetDIEM) I test campaign

    Mark C. Anderson^†, William J. Doebler, Kent L. Gee, Kaylee Nyborg^†, and Alexandra Loubeau

    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 160 (3), 2119-2130 (2026).
    
18. Acoustic characterization of football games in support of feature selection for estimating crowd engagement with machine learning

    Jason D. Bickmore^† and Kent L. Gee

    Proc. Meet. Acoust. 56 (1), 022003 (2026).
    
19. Evaluating Two Definitions of Perceived Level for Sonic Booms

    Kaylee Nyborg^†, Jason D. Bickmore^†, Mark C. Anderson^†, and Kent L. Gee

    AIAA J., (2026).
    
20. Adaptive acoustic beamforming in a turbulent atmosphere

    Sergey N. Vecherin, Michael B. Muhlestein, Michele L. Eggleston^†, Matthew J. Kamrath, Vladimir E. Ostashev, D. Keith Wilson, and Kent L. Gee

    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 160 (1), 629-643 (2026).
    
21. RUMBLE as a tool for community spaceport noise prediction

    Hunter N. Williams, Whitney L. Coyle, and Kent L. Gee

    189th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, (Honolulu, HI, December 2025). Proc. Meet. Acoust. 60 (1), 040009 (2026).
    
22. Tracking a Starship launch and associated sonic booms

    Grant W. Hart, Kent L. Gee, Makayle S. Kellison, and Noah L. Pulsipher

    188th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America joint with 25th International Congress on Acoustics (New Orleans, LA, May 2025). Proc. Meet. Acoust. 56 (1), 040010 (2026).
    
23. Falcon 9 Noise Characterization from Two Measurement Campaigns

    Makayle S. Kellison^†, Kent L. Gee, and Grant W. Hart

    32nd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, (Brussels, Belgium, May 2026).
    
24. Noise Radiation Asymmetries in the Delta IV Heavy Rocket

    Noah L. Pulsipher^†, Kent L. Gee, and Grant W. Hart

    32nd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, (Brussels, Belgium, 2026)
    
25. Falcon 9 ascent sonic boom measurements in Ventura County, California

    Kent L. Gee, Makayle S. Kellison^†, Mark C. Anderson^†, Levi T. Moats^†, Marcus T. Perkins^‡, Noah L. Pulsipher^‡, Nathan F. Carlston^‡, Grant W. Hart^‡, … (9 other authors)

    JASA Express Letters 6 (3), 033601 (2026).
    
26. Far-field acoustic variability across twelve Falcon 9 launches near Vandenberg Space Force Base

    Noah Pulsipher^‡, Kent L. Gee, Grant Hart, and Lucas Hall

    186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 2024). Proc. Meet. Acoust. 54 (1), 040015 (2026).
    
27. A geospatial model of global ambient sound levels

    Shane V. Lympany, Michael M. James, Matthew F. Calton, Alexandria R. Salton, Katrina Pedersen^†, Mark K. Transtrum, and Kent L. Gee

    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 159 (3), 2444-2459 (2026).
    
28. Sound power from a collection of monopoles with arbitrary coherence: Theory and application to aeroacoustic noise sources

    Tyce W. Olaveson^† and Kent L. Gee

    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 159 (2), 1036-1047 (2026).
    
29. Nearfield directivity analysis during the NG-19 launch

    Micah R. Shepherd, Carson F. Cunningham^†, and Kent L. Gee

    188th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, joint with 25th International Congress on Acoustics, (New Orleans, LA, May 2025). Proc. Meet. Acoust. 56 (1), 040006 (2026).
    

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^†Graduate Student Author