A note on noise propagation in street canyons

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 644-655

  li, Kai Ming ^a   Lai, Chenly Yuen Cheung ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 79953058373     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3158599     Document Type: Article

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