Evaluation of traffic noise pollution in Amman, Jordan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 499-525

  Jamrah, Ahmad ^a   Al Omari, Abbas ^a   Sharabi, Reem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

CRTN prediction model; Noise pollution; Road traffic noise

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION OF ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE (CRTN) PREDICTION MODEL; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

NOISE POLLUTION;

NOISE POLLUTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; JORDAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR VEHICLE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; PREDICTION; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY;

JORDAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; URBAN HEALTH;

AMMAN; ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33747613814     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9077-5     Document Type: Article

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