Modeling and mapping hikers' exposure to transportation noise in Rocky Mountain National Park

Park Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Park, Logan ^a   Lawson, Steve ^b   Kaliski, Ken ^b   Newman, Peter ^c   Gibson, Adam ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Resources Systems Group Inc   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Hiker; Indicators; Natural quiet; Noise model; Rocky Mountain National Park; Soundscape modeling; Trail

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649100468     PISSN: 07359462     EISSN: 10909966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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