Is the CRTN Method Reliable and Accurate for Traffic Noise Prediction in Hong Kong?

HKIE Transactions Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 17-23

  Leung, Benjamin K H ^a   Mak, C M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Buildings; CRTN; Measurement; Prediction; Road; Traffic Noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CORRELATION METHODS; FOOD PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOISE POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (CC); HONG KONG; MEASURED TRAFFIC; NOISE LEVELS; PREDICTED VALUES; PREDICTION METHODS; PREDICTION MODELING; REGRESSION MODELLING; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; TRAFFIC NOISES; UNITED KINGDOM (UK);

FORECASTING;

EID: 48249091356     PISSN: 1023697X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1023697X.2008.10668113     Document Type: Article

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