All Outputs (11)

On the CO2 and noise emissions forecast in future aviation scenarios in the UK (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Torija, A. J., Self, R., & Flindell, I. (2016). On the CO2 and noise emissions forecast in future aviation scenarios in the UK.

Aircraft operations have a significant impact on local air quality, climate change, fuel consumption and noise around airports. In order to reach emission targets set by aviation agencies (e.g. ACARE), to reduce environmental impact and to ensure a s... Read More about On the CO2 and noise emissions forecast in future aviation scenarios in the UK.

On the CO2 and noise emissions forecast in future aviation scenarios in the UK (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Torija Martinez, A., Self, R., & Flindell, I. (2016, August). On the CO2 and noise emissions forecast in future aviation scenarios in the UK. Presented at INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future, Hamburg, Germany

Aircraft operations have a significant impact on local air quality, climate change, fuel consumption and noise around airports. In order to reach emission targets set by aviation agencies (e.g. ACARE), to reduce environmental impact and to ensure a s... Read More about On the CO2 and noise emissions forecast in future aviation scenarios in the UK.

Subjective dominance as a basis for selecting frequency weightings (2016)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., Flindell, I., & Self, R. (2016). Subjective dominance as a basis for selecting frequency weightings. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 140(2), 843-854. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4960518

The objective of this paper is to propose and illustrate a simple approach for the selection of frequency
weightings for the assessment of environmental and transportation noise. In recent years,
the A-frequency weighting has become almost universa... Read More about Subjective dominance as a basis for selecting frequency weightings.

Evolution of noise metrics in future aviation scenarios in the UK (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Torija Martinez, A., Self, R., & Flindell, I. (2016, July). Evolution of noise metrics in future aviation scenarios in the UK. Presented at ICSV 2016 - 23rd International Congress on Sound and Vibration: From Ancient to Modern Acoustics 2016, Athens, Greece

The Department for Transport of the UK (DfT) estimates an increase of 90% of air transport movements by 2050 compared to 2010. In order to offset such increase in the number of aircraft operations and avoid the consequent increase in noise impact on... Read More about Evolution of noise metrics in future aviation scenarios in the UK.

A new method for estimating community noise changes due to aircraft technology variations (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Synodinos, A., Self, R., Torija Martinez, A., & Flindell, I. (2016, July). A new method for estimating community noise changes due to aircraft technology variations. Presented at ICSV 2016 - 23rd International Congress on Sound and Vibration: From Ancient to Modern Acoustics 2016, Athens, Greece

Future air traffic growth forecasts underline the need for new environmental abatement strategies
for aviation, involving, among others, the adoption of new aircraft designs and technologies.
Accurately predicting the noise impact of these strategi... Read More about A new method for estimating community noise changes due to aircraft technology variations.

Selection of suitable alternatives to reduce the environmental impact of road traffic noise using a fuzzy multi-criteria decision model (2016)
Journal Article
Ruiz-Padillo, A., Ruiz, D., Torija Martinez, A., & Ramos-Ridao, A. (2016). Selection of suitable alternatives to reduce the environmental impact of road traffic noise using a fuzzy multi-criteria decision model. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 61, 8-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2016.06.003

Road traffic noise is one of the most significant environmental impacts generated by transport systems. To this regard, the recent implementation of the European Environmental Noise Directive by Public Administrations of the European Union member cou... Read More about Selection of suitable alternatives to reduce the environmental impact of road traffic noise using a fuzzy multi-criteria decision model.

Application of the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process in multi-criteria decision in noise action plans : prioritizing road stretches (2016)
Journal Article
Ruiz-Padillo, A., Torija Martinez, A., Ramos-Ridao, A., & Ruiz, D. (2016). Application of the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process in multi-criteria decision in noise action plans : prioritizing road stretches. Environmental Modelling and Software, 81, 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.03.009

Traffic noise is one of the major environmental impacts of road infrastructures. Critical study of published
Noise Action Plans (NAP) signals a widespread lack of objective criteria and methodologies for prioritizing
actions against noise as well a... Read More about Application of the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process in multi-criteria decision in noise action plans : prioritizing road stretches.

A Bayesian method for model selection in environmental noise prediction (2016)
Journal Article
Martin-Fernandez, L., Ruiz, D., Torija Martinez, A., & Miguez, J. (2016). A Bayesian method for model selection in environmental noise prediction. Journal of Environmental Informatics, 27(1), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.3808/jei.201500295

Environmental noise prediction and modeling are key factors for addressing a proper planning and management of
urban sound environments. In this paper we propose a maximum a posteriori (MAP) method to compare nonlinear state-space models
that descr... Read More about A Bayesian method for model selection in environmental noise prediction.

Erratum: Differences between road traffic and leisure noise in urban areas. Developing a model for automatic identification (Acta Acustica united with Acustica (2016) 102 (35-44) DOI 10.3813/AAA.918922) (2016)
Journal Article
Ballesteros Garrido, M., Torija Martinez, A., Fernandez, M., & Ballesteros, J. (2016). Erratum: Differences between road traffic and leisure noise in urban areas. Developing a model for automatic identification (Acta Acustica united with Acustica (2016) 102 (35-44) DOI 10.3813/AAA.918922). Acta acustica united with Acustica, 102(2), 407-407. https://doi.org/10.3813/AAA.918957

Automated classification of urban locations for environmental noise impact assessment on the basis of road-traffic content (2016)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., & Ruiz, D. (2016). Automated classification of urban locations for environmental noise impact assessment on the basis of road-traffic content. Expert systems with applications, 53, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.01.011

Urban and road planners must take right decisions related to urban traffic management
and controlling noise pollution. Their assessments and resolutions have important consequences on the
annoyance of population exposed to road-traffic... Read More about Automated classification of urban locations for environmental noise impact assessment on the basis of road-traffic content.

Differences between road traffic and leisure noise in urban areas. Developing a model for automatic identification (2016)
Journal Article
Ballesteros Garrido, M., Torija Martinez, A., Fernandez, M., & Ballesteros, J. (2016). Differences between road traffic and leisure noise in urban areas. Developing a model for automatic identification. Acta acustica united with Acustica, 102(1), 35-44. https://doi.org/10.3813/AAA.918922

Leisure and road traffic are two of the major contributors to environmental noise in urban agglomerations. This
environmental problem is particularly important in some cities, where there is a massive circulation of traffic
vehicles and numerous ou... Read More about Differences between road traffic and leisure noise in urban areas. Developing a model for automatic identification.