A Simple Model of Outdoor Noise Propagation

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-140

  Makarewicz, Rufin ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ground effect; Industrial noise; Road traffic noise; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GROUND EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

INDUSTRIAL NOISE; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOUND LEVEL;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 0032096912     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(97)00071-6     Document Type: Article

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