Field measurements on wind effects to propagation of road traffic noise over open and flat ground

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-149

  Oshima, Takuya ^a   Ii, Masaki ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ono gumi Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field measurements; Real life road traffic noise; Time varying line source; Urban outdoor acoustics; Wind effects

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION; EXCESS ATTENUATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD MEASUREMENT; LINE SOURCES; MEASUREMENT POINTS; OUTDOOR SOUND PROPAGATION; POINT SOURCES; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; SOUND PRESSURES; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME VARYING; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; URBAN OUTDOOR; WIND VELOCITIES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTICS; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; STATISTICS;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 84866078670     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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