Impact of meteorological conditions on noise propagation from freeway corridors

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-35

  Ovenden, N C ^a   Shaffer, S R ^b   Fernando, H J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATION; FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE PROPAGATION; PARABOLIC EQUATIONS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SOUND FIELDS; SOUND LEVEL; TEST CASE; URBAN FREEWAYS; WIND SHEARS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; NOISE POLLUTION;

GREEN'S FUNCTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BUILDING; EXPOSURE; HIGHWAY; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND TRANSMISSION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC NOISE; UNITED STATES; WIND;

EID: 68149142317     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3129125     Document Type: Article

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