Given that sound is just a difference in air pressure, how does wind affect sound?
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Given that sound is just a difference in air pressure, how does wind affect sound?
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You know how ripples travel on a still pond? That’s sound without wind.
Now say there’s a current or other type of flow in the water and you put ripples into it. It’ll distort some. The stronger the flow the greater the distortion.
Same applies to wind.