A dataset of acoustic measurements from soundscapes collected worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic

Farrugia, Nicolas; Challéat, Samuel; Farrugia, Nicolas; Froidevaux, Jérémy S.P.; Gasc, Amandine; Pajusco, Nicolas; Abrahams, Carlos R.; Acevedo-Charry, Orlando; Aguiar, Ludmilla M.S.; Ahlin, Zachary R.; Aiple, Franz; Albert, Cécile H.; Alcocer, Irene; Sofia Alves, Ana; Amorim, Francisco; Andrade, Ludmila B.; Araújo, Pedro M.; Ascensão, Fernando; Aucoin, Serge; Bader, Elias; Balbuena, Diego; Barbaro, Luc; Barbier, Eder; Barona Cortés, Eliana; Emilio Barrie, Luis; Bartheld, José L.; Bates, Henry; Baudouin, Alice; Beason, Richard D.; Beckmann, Christa; Beeston, Amy; Belá, Gvan; Bellisario, Kristen M.; Belshaw, Simon; Beltrán, Juan F.; Beltrão-Mendes, Raone; Bernard, Enrico; Besche, Thierry; Biro, Peter A.; Boléat, Cathie; Bossaert, Mathieu; Bradley, Ally; Branco, Paulo; Bredewold, Wijnand; Briggs, Philip A.; Romério Briglia-Ferreira, Sylvio; Buckner, Emily; Budinski, Ivana; Burens, Albane; Buxton, Rachel T.; Canavero, Andrés; Cardoso, Paulo; Carrasco-Rueda, Farah; Caycedo, Paula C.; Cazaban, Frédéric; Cerveira, Lara R.; Ceuppens, Ada; Challéat, Alain; Chappa Larrea, Angela; Charbonneau, Adrien; Charnaux, Mina; Choksi, Pooja; Cibulka, Jan; Clavijo-Bustos, Julián; Colón-Piñeiro, Zuania; Conde, Sofia; João Costa, Maria; Cotão, António; Couturier, Clément; Scarpelli, Marina D.A.; da Silva, Luis P.; Davis, Tom; de Lacoste, Nathalie; Deans, Sarah L.; Dentin, Serge; Deoniziak, Krzysztof; Dodgin, Sarah R.; dos Santos, Ivo; Draganoiu, Tudor I.; Drolet, Bruno; Duarte, Marina H.L.; Duarte, Gonçalo; Dubset, Chloé; Dziock, Frank; Eldridge, Alice; Elise, Simon; Elliott, David R.; Enguehard, Arthur; Esztl, Karl; Evans, Darren M.; Ferreira, Daniel M.; Ferreira, Sonia A.F.; Ferreira, Diogo F.; Margarida Ferreira, Ana; Fialas, Penelope C.; Foster-Shaner, Lauren; Freitas, Bárbara; Friedman, Nicholas R.; Fuller, Susan; Galop, Didier; Garside, Daniel; Gattus, Jean-Christophe; Geoffray, Sylvain; Godart, Louis; Godet, Laurent; Gomes Marques, Inês; González-Garca, Fernando; Griesberger, Paul; Habib, Bilal; Hallet, Madeline E.; Haribal, Meena M.; Hatlauf, Jennifer; Haupert, Sylvain; Herrera, José M.; Herzberger, Sierra E.; Hintze Oliveira, Frederico; Hodder, Kathy H.; Hoecherl, Isabelle; Hulme, Mark F.; Hyland, Emilia; Jacobs, Michel; Jaiswal, Akash; Jégou, Laurent; Jones, Steve; Jourdan, Hervé; Jůnek, Tomáš; Khalatbari, Leili; Khanwilkar, Sarika; Kitson, James J.N.; Korstjens, Amanda H.; Krähenbühl-Künzli, Kim; Lace, Natalija; Laguet, Sébastien; Lankau, Hedwig; Laranjeiras, Thiago O.; Lauvin, Gregoire; Lavin, Samuel; Le Corre, Matthieu; León, Monica; Levenson, Judah J.; Linhart, Pavel; Linossier, Juliette; Lizcano, Diego J.; Llusia, Diego; Lockett, Marty; Lopes, Pedro B.; Jorge Lopes, Ricardo; Vicente López-Bao, José; López-Baucells, Adrià; López-Bosch, David; Machado, Ricardo B.; Mande, Claude; Marchais, Guillaume; Marcolin, Fabio; Marn Gómez, Oscar H.; Marques, Carina B.; Tiago Marques, J.; Martin, Tilla; Mata, Vanessa; Matheu-Cortada, Eloisa; Médoc, Vincent; Miller, Kirsten E.; Montagne, Basile; Moore, Allen; Moreno, JoMari M.A.; Moreno-Gómez, Felipe N.; Mueller, Sandra; Murillo-Bedoya, Daniela; Naka, Luciano N.; Newton, Adrian C.; Nunes, João T.; Nyssen, Pierrette; Ó Marcaigh, Fionn; O’Connell, Darren P.; Teague O’Mara, M.; Ocampo, David; Ouertani, Meryem; Olav Owren, Jan; Paiva, Vitor H.; Paris, Stéphane; Parisot, Marion; Patankar, Swaroop; Pereira, Jorge M.; Pereira Barreiro, Slvia; Peyronnet, Cédric; Philippe, Magali; Pijanowski, Bryan C.; Pinto, Nuno; Poff, Zach; Poppele, Jonathan M.; Power, Andrew; Pratt, Victoria; Proppe, Darren S.; Proulx, Raphaël; Prugh, Laura; Puechmaille, Sebastien J.; Puig-Montserrat, Xavier; Quaglietta, Lorenzo; Quinn, John E.; Quiroga, Nancy I.; Ramos, Mariana; Rasmussen, Rebecca; Reckinger, Georges; Reed, Mimi; Reginster, Jean-Benoît; Rivera, Vanesa; Rodrigues, Clara F.; Mara Rodrguez-González, Patricia; Rodrguez-Rodrguez, Eduardo; Romaine, Luke; Roos, Andrei L.; Rosa, Joao; P-J. Ross, Samuel R.; Rouy, Quentin; Ryser, Alyssa M.; Sadhukhan, Sougata; Sandfort, Robin; Santos, José M.; Savage, David; Schai-Braun, Stéphanie C.; Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael; Schoenauer Sebag, Mathilde; Segurado, Pedro; Serronha, Ana M.; Shaw, Taylor; Shepherd, Brenda; Sierra-Durán, Cárol; Silva, Bruno M.; Simon, Victoire; Sinclair, Peter F.; Soto-Navarro, Carolina; Sourdril, Anne; Sueur, Jérôme; Sugai, Larissa S.M.; Tarrant, Ian B.; Tattersall, Fran; Templeton, Christopher N.; Thompson, Michelle E.; Todd, Marcela; Tovar-Garca, Juan D.; Townsend, Karina; Tuninetti, Amaro; Ullrich, Paul A.; Vargas Soto, Juan S.; Vega, Kevin; Ventrice, Gabriella; Victor, Pierre J.; Vidal Oliveras, Josep; Villén-Pérez, Sara; Vinet, Olivier; Vivat, Agnés; Jean-Do. Vrignault; Walton, William D.J.; Watson, Christopher J.; Wearn, Oliver R.; Whyte, Damion L.; Windsor, Fredric M.; Wu, Yanchen; Xie, Selena; Zeballos Puccherelli, Ignacio; Zina, Vera

doi:10.1038/s41597-024-03611-7

A dataset of acoustic measurements from soundscapes collected worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic

Farrugia, Nicolas; Challéat, Samuel; Farrugia, Nicolas; Froidevaux, Jérémy S.P.; Gasc, Amandine; Pajusco, Nicolas; Abrahams, Carlos R.; Acevedo-Charry, Orlando; Aguiar, Ludmilla M.S.; Ahlin, Zachary R.; Aiple, Franz; Albert, Cécile H.; Alcocer, Irene; Sofia Alves, Ana; Amorim, Francisco; Andrade, Ludmila B.; Araújo, Pedro M.; Ascensão, Fernando; Aucoin, Serge; Bader, Elias; Balbuena, Diego; Barbaro, Luc; Barbier, Eder; Barona Cortés, Eliana; Emilio Barrie, Luis; Bartheld, José L.; Bates, Henry; Baudouin, Alice; Beason, Richard D.; Beckmann, Christa; Beeston, Amy; Belá, Gvan; Bellisario, Kristen M.; Belshaw, Simon; Beltrán, Juan F.; Beltrão-Mendes, Raone; Bernard, Enrico; Besche, Thierry; Biro, Peter A.; Boléat, Cathie; Bossaert, Mathieu; Bradley, Ally; Branco, Paulo; Bredewold, Wijnand; Briggs, Philip A.; Romério Briglia-Ferreira, Sylvio; Buckner, Emily; Budinski, Ivana; Burens, Albane; Buxton, Rachel T.; Canavero, Andrés; Cardoso, Paulo; Carrasco-Rueda, Farah; Caycedo, Paula C.; Cazab...

Authors

Nicolas Farrugia

Samuel Challéat

Nicolas Farrugia

Jérémy S.P. Froidevaux

Amandine Gasc

Nicolas Pajusco

Carlos R. Abrahams

Orlando Acevedo-Charry

Ludmilla M.S. Aguiar

Zachary R. Ahlin

Franz Aiple

Cécile H. Albert

Irene Alcocer

Ana Sofia Alves

Francisco Amorim

Ludmila B. Andrade

Pedro M. Araújo

Fernando Ascensão

Serge Aucoin

Elias Bader

Diego Balbuena

Luc Barbaro

Eder Barbier

Eliana Barona Cortés

Luis Emilio Barrie

José L. Bartheld

Henry Bates

Alice Baudouin

Richard D. Beason

Christa Beckmann

Amy Beeston

Gvan Belá

Kristen M. Bellisario

Simon Belshaw

Juan F. Beltrán

Raone Beltrão-Mendes

Enrico Bernard

Thierry Besche

Peter A. Biro

Cathie Boléat

Mathieu Bossaert

Ally Bradley

Paulo Branco

Wijnand Bredewold

Philip A. Briggs

Sylvio Romério Briglia-Ferreira

Emily Buckner

Ivana Budinski

Albane Burens

Rachel T. Buxton

Andrés Canavero

Paulo Cardoso

Farah Carrasco-Rueda

Paula C. Caycedo

Frédéric Cazaban

Lara R. Cerveira

Ada Ceuppens

Alain Challéat

Angela Chappa Larrea

Adrien Charbonneau

Mina Charnaux

Pooja Choksi

Jan Cibulka

Julián Clavijo-Bustos

Zuania Colón-Piñeiro

Sofia Conde

Maria João Costa

António Cotão

Clément Couturier

Marina D.A. Scarpelli

Luis P. da Silva

Tom Davis

Nathalie de Lacoste

Sarah L. Deans

Serge Dentin

Krzysztof Deoniziak

Sarah R. Dodgin

Ivo dos Santos

Tudor I. Draganoiu

Bruno Drolet

Dr Marina Duarte M.H.L.Duarte@salford.ac.uk
University Fellow

Gonçalo Duarte

Chloé Dubset

Frank Dziock

Alice Eldridge

Simon Elise

David R. Elliott

Arthur Enguehard

Karl Esztl

Darren M. Evans

Daniel M. Ferreira

Sonia A.F. Ferreira

Diogo F. Ferreira

Ana Margarida Ferreira

Penelope C. Fialas

Lauren Foster-Shaner

Bárbara Freitas

Nicholas R. Friedman

Susan Fuller

Didier Galop

Daniel Garside

Jean-Christophe Gattus

Sylvain Geoffray

Louis Godart

Laurent Godet

Inês Gomes Marques

Fernando González-Garca

Paul Griesberger

Bilal Habib

Madeline E. Hallet

Meena M. Haribal

Jennifer Hatlauf

Sylvain Haupert

José M. Herrera

Sierra E. Herzberger

Frederico Hintze Oliveira

Kathy H. Hodder

Isabelle Hoecherl

Mark F. Hulme

Emilia Hyland

Michel Jacobs

Akash Jaiswal

Laurent Jégou

Steve Jones

Hervé Jourdan

Tomáš Jůnek

Leili Khalatbari

Sarika Khanwilkar

James J.N. Kitson

Amanda H. Korstjens

Kim Krähenbühl-Künzli

Natalija Lace

Sébastien Laguet

Hedwig Lankau

Thiago O. Laranjeiras

Gregoire Lauvin

Samuel Lavin

Matthieu Le Corre

Monica León

Judah J. Levenson

Pavel Linhart

Juliette Linossier

Diego J. Lizcano

Diego Llusia

Marty Lockett

Pedro B. Lopes

Ricardo Jorge Lopes

José Vicente López-Bao

Adrià López-Baucells

David López-Bosch

Ricardo B. Machado

Claude Mande

Guillaume Marchais

Fabio Marcolin

Oscar H. Marn Gómez

Carina B. Marques

J. Tiago Marques

Tilla Martin

Vanessa Mata

Eloisa Matheu-Cortada

Vincent Médoc

Kirsten E. Miller

Basile Montagne

Allen Moore

JoMari M.A. Moreno

Felipe N. Moreno-Gómez

Sandra Mueller

Daniela Murillo-Bedoya

Luciano N. Naka

Adrian C. Newton

João T. Nunes

Pierrette Nyssen

Fionn Ó Marcaigh

Darren P. O’Connell

M. Teague O’Mara

David Ocampo

Meryem Ouertani

Jan Olav Owren

Vitor H. Paiva

Stéphane Paris

Marion Parisot

Swaroop Patankar

Jorge M. Pereira

Slvia Pereira Barreiro

Cédric Peyronnet

Magali Philippe

Bryan C. Pijanowski

Nuno Pinto

Zach Poff

Jonathan M. Poppele

Andrew Power

Victoria Pratt

Darren S. Proppe

Raphaël Proulx

Laura Prugh

Sebastien J. Puechmaille

Xavier Puig-Montserrat

Lorenzo Quaglietta

John E. Quinn

Nancy I. Quiroga

Mariana Ramos

Rebecca Rasmussen

Georges Reckinger

Mimi Reed

Jean-Benoît Reginster

Vanesa Rivera

Clara F. Rodrigues

Patricia Mara Rodrguez-González

Eduardo Rodrguez-Rodrguez

Luke Romaine

Andrei L. Roos

Joao Rosa

Samuel R. P-J. Ross

Quentin Rouy

Alyssa M. Ryser

Sougata Sadhukhan

Robin Sandfort

José M. Santos

David Savage

Stéphanie C. Schai-Braun

Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

Mathilde Schoenauer Sebag

Pedro Segurado

Ana M. Serronha

Taylor Shaw

Brenda Shepherd

Cárol Sierra-Durán

Bruno M. Silva

Victoire Simon

Peter F. Sinclair

Carolina Soto-Navarro

Anne Sourdril

Jérôme Sueur

Larissa S.M. Sugai

Ian B. Tarrant

Fran Tattersall

Christopher N. Templeton

Michelle E. Thompson

Marcela Todd

Juan D. Tovar-Garca

Karina Townsend

Amaro Tuninetti

Paul A. Ullrich

Juan S. Vargas Soto

Kevin Vega

Gabriella Ventrice

Pierre J. Victor

Josep Vidal Oliveras

Sara Villén-Pérez

Olivier Vinet

Agnés Vivat

Jean-Do. Vrignault

William D.J. Walton

Christopher J. Watson

Oliver R. Wearn

Damion L. Whyte

Fredric M. Windsor

Yanchen Wu

Selena Xie

Ignacio Zeballos Puccherelli

Vera Zina

Abstract

Political responses to the COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in city soundscapes around the globe. From March to October 2020, a consortium of 261 contributors from 35 countries brought together by the Silent Cities project built a unique soundscape recordings collection to report on local acoustic changes in urban areas. We present this collection here, along with metadata including observational descriptions of the local areas from the contributors, open-source environmental data, open-source confinement levels and calculation of acoustic descriptors. We performed a technical validation of the dataset using statistical models run on a subset of manually annotated soundscapes. Results confirmed the large-scale usability of ecoacoustic indices and automatic sound event recognition in the Silent Cities soundscape collection. We expect this dataset to be useful for research in the multidisciplinary field of environmental sciences.

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jul 3, 2024
Online Publication Date	Aug 27, 2024
Publication Date	Aug 27, 2024
Deposit Date	Jun 16, 2025
Publicly Available Date	Jun 20, 2025
Journal	Scientific Data
Electronic ISSN	2052-4463
Publisher	Nature Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	11
Article Number	928
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03611-7

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