Keith Attenborough, Kai Ming Li and Kirill Horoshenkov.
New York :
Taylor & Francis,
2007.
xiii, 441 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The propagation of sound near ground surfaces in a homogeneous medium -- Predicting the acoustical properties of outdoor ground surfaces -- Measurements of the acoustical properties of ground surfaces and comparisons with models -- Predicting effects of source characteristics on outdoor sound -- Predictions, approximations and empirical results for ground effect excluding meteorological effects -- Influence of source motion on ground effect and diffraction -- Predicting effects of mixed impedance ground -- Predicting the performance of outdoor noise barriers -- Predicting effects of vegetation, trees and turbulence -- Analytical approximations including ground effect, refraction and turbulence -- Prediction schemes -- Predicting sound in an urban environment.