A critical review of principal traffic noise models: Strategies and implications

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-81

  Garg, Naveen ^a,b   Maji, Sagar ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Equivalent continuous sound pressure level; LAeq; Principal traffic noise models; Sound propagation

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REVIEW; LAEQ; PROPULSION NOISE; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; SOUND PROPAGATION; TECHNICAL ATTRIBUTES; TRAFFIC NOISE; TRAFFIC NOISE MODELS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; NOISE ABATEMENT; NOISE POLLUTION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ALGORITHM; DEVELOPING WORLD; FLOW MODELING; NOISE; SOUND PROPAGATION; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84896846353     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2014.02.001     Document Type: Review

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