The influence of microphone location on the results of urban noise measurements

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-73

  Montes Gonzalez D ^a   Barrigon Morillas J M ^a   Rey Gozalo, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Environmental noise standards; Microphone location; Urban noise measurements

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTICS; MICROPHONES; NOISE POLLUTION; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

ACOUSTICAL MEASUREMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; MEASURING EQUIPMENTS; PRECISE LOCATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; URBAN NOISE;

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84912527133     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: 1872910X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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