title: Advances in the development of common noise assessment methods in Europe: The CNOSSOS-EU framework for strategic environmental noise mapping.
abstract: The Environmental Noise Directive (2002/49/EC) requires EU Member States to determine the exposure to environmental noise through strategic noise mapping and to elaborate action plans in order to reduce noise pollution, where necessary. A common framework for noise assessment methods (CNOSSOS-EU) has been developed by the European Commission in co-operation with the EU Member States to be applied for strategic noise mapping as required by the Environment Noise Directive (2002/49/EC). CNOSSOS-EU represents a harmonised and coherent approach to assess noise levels from the main sources of noise (road traffic, railway traffic, aircraft and industrial) across Europe. This paper outlines the process behind the development of CNOSSOS-EU and the parts of the CNOSSOS-EU core methodological framework which were developed during phase A of the CNOSSOS-EU process (2010-2012), whilst focusing on the main scientific and technical issues that were addressed, and the implementation challenges that are being faced before it can become fully operational in the EU MS.
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health & Consumer Protection, TP 281, 21027 Ispra, VA, Italy. Electronic address: stylianos.kephalopoulos@jrc.ec.europa.eu.
authors.forename: Stylianos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kephalopoulos
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health & Consumer Protection, TP 281, 21027 Ispra, VA, Italy. Electronic address: marco.paviotti@ec.europa.eu.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paviotti
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health & Consumer Protection, TP 281, 21027 Ispra, VA, Italy. Electronic address: fabienne.anfosso@ifsttar.fr.
authors.forename: Fabienne
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Anfosso-Lédée
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health & Consumer Protection, TP 281, 21027 Ispra, VA, Italy. Electronic address: dirk.vanmaercke@cstb.fr.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Maercke
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health & Consumer Protection, TP 281, 21027 Ispra, VA, Italy. Electronic address: simon.shilton@acustica.co.uk.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shilton
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health & Consumer Protection, TP 281, 21027 Ispra, VA, Italy. Electronic address: nigel.jones@extrium.co.uk.
authors.forename: Nigel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005062:European Union; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise
keywords: Assessment; CNOSSOS-EU; Environmental noise; Modelling; Noise mapping