Long-time trends in ship traffic noise for four sites off the North American West Coast

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 642-651

  Andrew, Rex K ^a   Howe, Bruce M ^b   Mercer, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; LOW FREQUENCY; NORTH AMERICAN; RATE OF INCREASE; SHIP TRAFFIC; THREE SYSTEMS; TIME TRENDS; TRAFFIC NOISE; WEST COAST;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; SHIPS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

NOISE POLLUTION;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SEA; SEDIMENT; SHIP; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TRAFFIC NOISE; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; SHIPS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 79952143823     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3518770     Document Type: Article

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