Performance of noise indices in air-conditioned landscaped office buildings

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1657-1663

  Tang, S K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; HEARING; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE;

EID: 0030822262     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.420077     Document Type: Article

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