How weather affects the noise you hear from highways /

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 882: How Weather Affects the Noise You Hear from Highways documents the meteorological effects on roadway noise propagation under different atmospheric conditions. Highway noise changes from day to day and hour to hour-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kaliski, Ken (Author)
Corporate Authors:	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (sponsoring body.), United States. Federal Highway Administration (sponsoring body.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : Transportation Research Board, 2018.
Series:	Report (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) ; 882.
Subjects:	Traffic noise. Atmospheric physics. Noise pollution > Meteorological aspects.
Online Access:	http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/177926.aspx

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 - Background 3-11 Chapter 2 - Measurement and Modeling of Roadway Noise 12-41 Chapter 3 - Conceptual Models and Tools 42-57 Chapter 4 - Implications for Noise Impact and Abatement 58-73 Chapter 5 - Guidance and Implementation 74-77 Chapter 6 - Public Outreach Tools 78-79 Chapter 7 - Conclusions and Suggested Research 80-87 References 88-92 Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initialism, and Symbols 93-94 Appendix A - Literature Review 95-138 Appendix B - Data Collection 139-166 Appendix C - Data Collection Results and Statistical Analyses 167-274 Appendix D - Modeling