In-situ measurements of sound propagating over extensive green roofs

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 729-738

  Van Renterghem, Timothy ^a   Botteldooren, Dick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acoustic measurements; Diffraction; Green roofs; Sound propagation; Vegetated roof tops

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EFFECTS; ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; DRY CONDITION; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; GREEN ROOF; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERACTION PATH; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PROPAGATION PATHS; SOUND FREQUENCY; SOUND PROPAGATION; SOUND REDUCTION; SOUND WAVES; VEGETATED ROOF; VEGETATION COVER;

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTICS; DIFFRACTION;

ROOFS;

ACOUSTICS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SOUND PROPAGATION; WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78649444570     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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