Title: Aircraft noise annoyance contours: Importance of overflight frequency and noise level
Abstract: Social survey studies to assess the presence of general annoyance and activity disturbances were made in 38 areas around 9 airports. The noise exposure was expressed as the number of overflights/24 hours and the dB(A) level from the noisiest aircraft type. An increase in the number of overflights led to an increase in the extent of annoyance and activity disturbances up to a level of 50 overflights. The results indicate that the number of events is of limited value in describing annoyance caused by aircraft noise exposure and that the noise levels of noisy types of aircraft are more important. The data suggest that a more accurate description and prediction of the extent of annoyance in a population can be obtained by using the dose-response relationships developed in this study.
Publication Year: 1980
Publication Date: 1980-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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