A-weighted sound pressure level as an indicator of short-term loudness or annoyance of road-traffic sound

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 197-207

  Nilsson, Mats E ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; APPROXIMATION THEORY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

LOUDNESS LEVELS; ROAD TRAFFIC SOUND; SHORT TERM LOUDNESS; SOUND PRESSURE;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 33846816725     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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