Determining causes of variance in ground-level aircraft noise: Combining in-situ noise and weather measurements with spatial aircraft data

Gustaf Wuite; Martin Tenpierik; Martijn Lugten

doi:10.61782/fa.2023.0438

Determining causes of variance in ground-level aircraft noise: Combining in-situ noise and weather measurements with spatial aircraft data

Gustaf Wuite^*, Martin Tenpierik, Martijn Lugten

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Abstract

Aircraft are a source of noise pollution in areas surrounding airports. Buildings shield or amplify local sound levels, albeit that the level of shielding varies considerably. The sound pressure levels reaching ground receivers in the built environment depend on flight position relative to the receiver, atmospheric and weather effects, and the composition of the surrounding buildings. Their combined effect on local ground sound levels and noise shielding remains unclear however.

The impact of urban and architectural design on the local attenuation of aircraft noise is studied in a full-scale field lab near Amsterdam Schiphol airport. In the experiment, two microphones and a weather station collected sound and meteorological data. The measurements are combined with spatial aircraft radar data for a period of one month. Statistical analyses are conducted to gain insights into the causes of variance in shielding effects.

This paper presents a method to combine and analyse sound, flight and meteorological data, for one-second time intervals. Aircraft orientation, obstruction from buildings between source and receiver, operation type and propulsion type influence the building shielding for this case study. The orientation of airplanes relative to the field lab records the highest effect on the shielding of the analysed variables (R^2=0.58).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2023
Subtitle of host publication	10th Convention of EAA
Editors	Arianna Astolfi, Francesco Asdrubali, Louena Shtrepi
Place of Publication	Turin
Publisher	Politecnico di Torino
Pages	5481-5488
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-88-88942-67-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0438
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	Forum Acusticum 2023: 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association - Torino, Italy Duration: 11 Sept 2023 → 15 Sept 2023

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Conference	Forum Acusticum 2023: 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Torino
Period	11/09/23 → 15/09/23

Bibliographical note

The research is funded by the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, the Dutch ministry for Infrastructure and Water Management, the Dutch ministry for housing and domestic affairs, and the Stichting Leefomgeving Schiphol.

Keywords

aircraft noise
urban design
meteo effects
modelling

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Assessing the impact of building shape on aircraft noise attenuation: Comparison between geometrical acoustics simulation and in-situ measurements
Kim, K., Lugten, M., Wuite, G., Peng, Z. & Tenpierik, M., 2024, Proceedings of Building Simulation 2023: 18th Conference of IBPSA. Shanghai: IBPSA, p. 1763-1770 8 p. (Building Simulation Conference proceedings).
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Integrating simulation and measurement techniques to model outdoor noise and heat in airport neighbourhoods with varying urban geometries
Wuite, G., Peng, Z., Kim, K., Lugten, M. & Tenpierik, M., 2024, Proceedings of Building Simulation 2023: 18th Conference of IBPSA. Shanghai: IBPSA, p. 1771-1778 8 p. (Building Simulation Conference proceedings).
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Assessing the influence of street canyon shape on aircraft noise: Results from measurements in courtyards near Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Lugten, M., 2022, Internoise 2022 - 51st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering. Institute of Noise Control Engineering, p. 6474-6485 12 p.
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Wuite, G., Tenpierik, M., & Lugten, M. (2023). Determining causes of variance in ground-level aircraft noise: Combining in-situ noise and weather measurements with spatial aircraft data. In A. Astolfi, F. Asdrubali, & L. Shtrepi (Eds.), Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2023: 10th Convention of EAA (pp. 5481-5488). Politecnico di Torino. https://doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0438

Wuite, Gustaf ; Tenpierik, Martin ; Lugten, Martijn. / Determining causes of variance in ground-level aircraft noise : Combining in-situ noise and weather measurements with spatial aircraft data. Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2023: 10th Convention of EAA. editor / Arianna Astolfi ; Francesco Asdrubali ; Louena Shtrepi. Turin : Politecnico di Torino, 2023. pp. 5481-5488

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Wuite, G , Tenpierik, M & Lugten, M 2023, Determining causes of variance in ground-level aircraft noise: Combining in-situ noise and weather measurements with spatial aircraft data. in A Astolfi, F Asdrubali & L Shtrepi (eds), Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2023: 10th Convention of EAA. Politecnico di Torino, Turin, pp. 5481-5488, Forum Acusticum 2023: 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, Torino, Italy, 11/09/23. https://doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0438

Determining causes of variance in ground-level aircraft noise: Combining in-situ noise and weather measurements with spatial aircraft data. / Wuite, Gustaf ; Tenpierik, Martin ; Lugten, Martijn.
Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2023: 10th Convention of EAA. ed. / Arianna Astolfi; Francesco Asdrubali; Louena Shtrepi. Turin: Politecnico di Torino, 2023. p. 5481-5488.

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Determining causes of variance in ground-level aircraft noise: Combining in-situ noise and weather measurements with spatial aircraft data

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Assessing the impact of building shape on aircraft noise attenuation: Comparison between geometrical acoustics simulation and in-situ measurements

Integrating simulation and measurement techniques to model outdoor noise and heat in airport neighbourhoods with varying urban geometries

Assessing the influence of street canyon shape on aircraft noise: Results from measurements in courtyards near Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

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