title: The effects of meteorological parameters in ambient noise modelling studies in Delhi.
abstract: The acoustic environment in urban areas has gained prominence in recent times due to rapid industrial and commercial development in metropolitan cities. Various attempts have been made to predict and model the trends in urban ambient noise levels using different statistical and dynamic models. The present study makes an attempt to examine the role of meteorological parameters affecting the ambient noise levels in Delhi. The results show significant improvement in overall noise scenario of Delhi since the introduction of compressed natural gas vehicles in public transport of Delhi. The noise level is significantly reduced by high vegetation cover as well as by low relative humidity over Delhi. The regression models developed for the present study clearly show the significant contribution of meteorological parameters in governing the ambient noise levels in Delhi.
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. deepaksingh1947@gmail.com
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Krishan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D002947:Cities; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D007194:India; D008685:Meteorological Concepts; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009622:Noise; D014919:Wind