title: A new method to measure the acoustic surface impedance outdoors.
abstract: In the European countries noise pollution is considered to be one of the most important environmental problems. With respect to traffic noise, different researchers are working on the reduction of noise at the source, on the modelling of the acoustic absorption of the road structure and on the effects of the pavement on the propagation. The aim of this paper is to propose a new method to measure the acoustic impedance of surfaces located outdoors, which allows us to further noise propagation models, in order to evaluate exactly the noise exposure.
authors.affiliation: Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente di Toscana, Dipartimento di Pisa Via Vittorio Veneto 27, 56100 Pisa, Italy. s.carpinello@arpat.toscana.it
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carpinello
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: L'Hermite
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bérengier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Licitra
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D000465:Algorithms; D001336:Automobiles; D003252:Construction Materials / Q000032:analysis*; D017097:Electric Impedance; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000379:methods; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009624:Noise, Transportation; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013018:Sound Spectrography / Q000379:methods*; D013499:Surface Properties