  Spectroscopic and stereoscopic imaging observations of slow magnetoacoustic
wave propagation within a coronal loop are investigated to determine the decay
length scale of the slow magnetoacoustic mode in three dimensions and the
density profile within the loop system. The slow wave is found to have an
e-folding decay length scale of $20,000^{+4000}_{-3000}$km with a uniform
density profile along the loop base. These observations place quantitive
constraints on the modelling of wave propagation within coronal loops.
Theoretical forward modelling suggests that magnetic field line divergence is
the dominant damping factor and thermal conduction is insufficient, given the
observed parameters of the coronal loop temperature, density and wave mode
period.
