title: Modeling of noise pollution and estimated human exposure around İstanbul Atatürk Airport in Turkey.
abstract: The level of aircraft noise exposure around İstanbul Atatürk Airport was calculated according to the European Noise Directive. These calculations were based on the actual flight data for each flight in the year 2011. The study area was selected to cover of 25km radius centered on the Aerodrome Reference Point of the airport. The geographical data around İstanbul Atatürk Airport was used to prepare elevation, residential building, auxiliary building, hospital and school layers in SoundPlan software. It was found that 1.2% of the land area of İstanbul City exceeds the threshold of 55dB(A) during daytime. However, when the exceedance of threshold of 65dB(A)is investigated, the affected area is found quite small (0.2% of land area of city). About 0.3% of the land area of İstanbul City has noise levels exceeding 55dB(A) during night-time. Our results show that about 4% of the resident population was exposed to 55dB(A) or higher noises during daytime in İstanbul. When applying the second threshhold criteria, nearly 1% of the population is exposed to noise levels greater than 65dB(A). At night-time, 1.3% of the population is exposed to 55dB(A) or higher noise levels.
authors.affiliation: TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Environment and Cleaner Production Institute, 41470 Kocaeli, Turkey. Electronic address: nesimi.ozkurt@tubitak.gov.tr.
authors.forename: Nesimi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozkurt
authors.affiliation: TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Environment and Cleaner Production Institute, 41470 Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sari
authors.affiliation: HIDROTEK Engineering Co. Ltd., İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akdag
authors.affiliation: General Directorate of State Airports Authority, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kutukoglu
authors.affiliation: General Directorate of State Airports Authority, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aliye
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gurarslan
mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D059028:Airports / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002947:Cities; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009624:Noise, Transportation; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Exposure; Modeling; Noise map; Noise pollution