The implementation of low-cost urban acoustic monitoring devices

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 117, Issue , 2017, Pages 207-218

  Mydlarz, Charlie ^a,b   Salamon, Justin ^a,b   Bello, Juan Pablo ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Cyber physical system; IEC 61672; MEMS; Microphone; Noise; Smart cities

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROPHONES;

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (CPSS); ENVIRONMENTAL ACOUSTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IEC 61672; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); NOISE; SMART CITIES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84997327948     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: 1872910X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2016.06.010     Document Type: Article

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