Measurements of acoustic environments for urban soundscapes: Choice of homogeneous periods, optimization of durations, and selection of indicators

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 813-821

  Brocolini, Laurent ^a   Lavandier, Catherine ^a   Quoy, Mathias ^b   Ribeiro, Carlos ^c  

^a Laboratoire ESO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c Bruitparif   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; ENERGY INDICATOR; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LOCATION MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENTS OF; OPTIMIZATION OF DURATIONS; POINT OF VIEWS;

ACOUSTICS; PHYSICS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84880487873     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4807809     Document Type: Article

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