Attenuation of outdoor noise due to air absorption and ground effect

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 53, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 133-151

  Makarewicz, Rufin ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air absorption; Ground effect; Industrial road traffic; Train noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIR ABSORPTION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 0031695721     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-682x(97)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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