Required stabilization time, short-term variability and impulsiveness of the sound pressure level to characterize the temporal composition of urban soundscapes

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 89-99

  Torija, Antonio J ^a   Ruiz, Diego P ^a   Ramos Ridao, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental noise; Road traffic; Temporal composition; Temporal variability; Urban soundscapes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; ROAD TRAFFIC; TEMPORAL COMPOSITION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; URBAN SOUNDSCAPES;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; AGGLOMERATION; SIGNALING; STABILIZATION; ULTRASONICS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

EID: 78649481960     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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