A new approach of drawing airport noise contours on computer based on Surfer

Article type: Research Article

Authors: ZHANG, Bang-jun | GUO, Chun-yan^; | Di, Guo-qing

Affiliations: Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China | The Radiation Monitoring Technical Center, SEPA, Hangzhou 310012, China

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: Noise contours are used to describe the extent of airport noise pollution and to plan land use around airports. The L_{WECPN} (weighted equivalent continuous perceive noise level) recommended by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) is adopted as airport noise rating parameter in this paper. With the help of various mathematical models in the software Surfer, noise contours can be drawn automatically by the completed program in Visual C++ Code. Corrections for thrust, velocity, atmospheric temperature, humidity and lateral ground attenuation are also considered in the new method, which can improve the efficiency of drawing contours. An example of its use for drawing noise contours of an airport in Zhejiang Province of China is proposed and the predictions and the measurements show agreements well.

Keywords: airport, noise contours, weighted equivalent continuous perceive noise level (L[TeX:] _{WECPN}), Surfer

Journal: Journal of Environmental Sciences, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 576-580, 2004