On the use of a vertical microphone board to improve low signal-to-noise ratios during outdoor measurements

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-312

  Fegeant O ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustic outdoor measurements; Wind noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROPHONES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS;

STROUHAL NUMBER; WIND NOISE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032045730     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(97)00049-2     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Sivian, L. and O'Neil, H., On sound diffraction caused by rigid circular plate, square plate and semi-infinite screen. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1932, 3, 483-510.
2. Wiener, F., The diffraction of sound by rigid disks and rigid square plates. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1949, 21(4), 334-347.
3. Strasberg, M., Dimensional analysis of windscreen noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1988, 83(2), 544-548.
4. Strasberg, M., Nonacoustic noise interference in measurements of infrasonic ambient noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1979, 66(5), 1487-1493.
5. Morgan, S. and Raspet, R., Investigation of the mechanisms of low-frequency wind noise generation outdoors. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1992, 92(2), 1180-1183.
6. Goldstein, M. E., Aeroacoustics. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1976, pp. 28-32.
7. Bouwkamp, C. J., Diffraction theory. Reports on Progress in Physics, 1954, XVII, 35-100.
8. Stamnes, J., Waves in Focal Regions: Propagation, Diffraction and Focusing of Light, Sound and Water Waves. Adam Hilger, Bristol and Boston, 1986, pp. 136-162.
9. S. Ljunggren (editor), Recommended Practices for Wind Turbine Testing and Evaluation: 4. Acoustics. In Measurement of Noise Emission from Wind Turbines. 3rd edn, 1994, p. 50.
10. Buttler, G. F., A note on improving the attenuation given by a noise barrier. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 1974, 32(3), 367-369.
11. Rawlins, A. D., Diffraction of sound by a rigid screen with a soft or perfectly absorbing edge. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 1976, 45(1), 53-67.
12. Fage, A. and Johansen, F., On the flow of air behind an inclined flat plate of infinite span. Proceeding of the Royal Society of London, 1927, A116, 170-197.
13. Panofsky, H. and Dutton, J., Atmospheric Turbulence: Models and Methods for Engineering Applications. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1983, p. 157.