Loudness evaluation of road traffic noise abatement by tree belts

42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2013, INTER-NOISE 2013: Noise Control for Quality of Life

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 2309-2314

  Van Renterghem, Timothy ^a   De Coensel, Bert ^a   Botteldooren, Dick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Noise wall; Road traffic noise; Tree belt

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS; NOISE POLLUTION;

FOREST FLOORS; NOISE ATTENUATION; NOISE WALL; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; REFERENCE GROUNDS; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; TREE DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; NOISE; POLLUTION;

EID: 84904458485     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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