Noise-mapping: Accuracy and strategic application

International Congress on Noise Control Engineering 2005, INTERNOISE 2005

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 4227-4236

  Kang, J ^a   Huang, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION PARAMETERS; CALCULATION TIME; FLAT ROOFS; GAP WIDTHS; IMAGE-SOURCE METHOD; NEAR FIELDS; PITCHED ROOFS; SHEFFIELD; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; STREET CANYON;

ROOFS;

MAPPING;

EID: 84873846894     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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