Application of a methodology for categorizing and differentiating urban soundscapes using acoustical descriptors and semantic-differential attributes

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 791-802

  Torija, Antonio J ^a   Ruiz, Diego P ^a   Ramos Ridao, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT SOUNDS; CREST FACTORS; DESCRIPTORS; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SOUND LEVEL; SOUNDSCAPES; SPECTRAL COMPOSITION; TIME COURSE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SEMANTICS;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 84880462853     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4807804     Document Type: Article

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