Accuracy assessment of noise mapping on the main street

Among the sounds constituting a part of our daily lives, the undesired and disturbing ones are named noise. The noises can be defined as the acoustic energy that affects the physiological and psychological welfare of humans due to its direct or indirect effects on the human health. But, the traffic noise, which is one of the disturbing noises having wide dispersion in urban areas, affects the health of a gradually increasing number of people. The number of studies on measurement, dispersion, and mapping of traffic noise in developed and developing countries is gradually increasing. It can be seen that the studies concentrate on mapping based on the city centers and neighborhoods, where the traffic is intense. In this article, unlike the regional noise measurement studies, the transversal cross sections were established with a certain interval according to the land status along the main street, and the noise measurement points were determined using the global navigation satellite system (GNSS). The daily mean noise levels (L_den) were calculated by performing the measurements at daytime, evening, and nighttime. Using ArcGIS 10.4 software, the accuracy of noise maps created via inverse distance weighting (IDW), radial basis function (RBF), and ordinary kriging (OK) geostatistical analysis interpolation methods and the dispersion effect of traffic noise were compared. According to the visual method and error corrections, it was found that the best noise map was obtained using the RBF method. It is believed that the map provides accurate and reliable results because of the flat land surface, higher noise values measured on the road region, decrease in the noise at the points farther from the road region, and soft transitions between the noise values depending on the distance from the road. In order to take measures in order to decrease or eliminate noise on the main street, the local administrators and decision-makers can make use of these maps, the accuracy of which has been confirmed.     

Assessment of noise exposure and associated health risk in school environment

Noise exposure has become one of the most important factors in determining the quality of life in indoor environments. This paper assesses and analyzes noise exposure levels at school and preschool classrooms with different indoor environments. The sound level [A-weighting equivalent steady sound level L _Aeq (dBA)] was measured using a CEL-63× digital sound level meter. The noise level measurements were performed inside two preschools at three classrooms (an activity room, classroom KG1 and classroom KG2) and three schools at different classrooms, starting from grade 1 to grade 12. The logarithmic average noise levels (L _{Aeq avg}) and the 8-h average noise exposure level (L _{EX, 8-h}) were estimated for each classroom. Furthermore, health risk issues associated with the exposure to high noise levels were investigated using a questionnaire and an interview with more than 250 teachers at the preschools and the schools. Then, the results were analyzed using different statistical tools and were compared with the World Health Organization, Occupational Health and Safety and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health standards. Also, the results were compared with those from different countries worldwide. The study results show that the 8-h average noise exposure level exceeded the allowable limits in some schools, which indicates that students and teachers can face a serious health effects from noise exposure. The comparisons show that the values of noise levels in Kuwait are higher than those in different countries. The maximum value of noise levels was found in secondary schools. The health problems found during the survey are potentially associated with issues related to hearing, voice, headache and the physiological function of teachers.     

最小噪声分离在航空电磁数据噪声压制中的应用

时间域航空电磁数据经预处理后,仍存在残余噪声,影响电磁探测对地下异常的识别能力。笔者提出一种基于最小噪声分离的去噪方法,将一组含噪电磁数据通过旋转矩阵线性变换为按照信噪比大小排列的最小噪声分离成分,利用信噪比较大的最小噪声分离成分重构电磁数据,以达到分离噪声的目的。仿真数据去噪结果表明：最小噪声分离不仅能够有效压制晚期道剖面噪声,还能准确分辨异常信息;晚期道信噪比较测线滤波提高了11.28 dB,实测数据的噪声水平也由±50 nT/s降低到±10 nT/s。     

基于OC-Seislet变换的海洋涌浪噪声衰减方法

在海上地震资料采集过程中,涌浪噪声是一种常见的噪声干扰,这类噪声一般表现为低频、强能量、长周期,使用一般的方法很难在去噪的同时达到信号保真的效果。笔者针对该噪声的特征,选取了基于波动方程炮检距连续(offset continuation,OC)算子的OC-Seislet变换方法进行消噪处理;该方法应用OC算子来表征复杂波场,对含噪声数据进行压缩,在变换域通过软阈值处理实现信噪分离,再将结果反变换到数据域,从而达到去除涌浪噪声的目的。通过对模型数据和实际数据的处理,验证了OC-Seislet变换方法能够在去除原始数据中涌浪噪声的同时,最大程度地保护复杂构造下的地震波信息。     

移动平台全张量重力梯度数据的噪声抑制

全张量重力梯度仪器测量数据中包含了大量的白噪声和有色噪声。传统的数字滤波器只能滤除某一频段外的噪声,对于混叠在重力梯度有用信号频段范围内的有色噪声不能很好的对其进行分离。为了同时滤除白噪声和有色噪声,笔者利用卡尔曼滤波器采用增广矩阵法将全张量重力梯度数据中的有色噪声进行估计,在抑制白噪声的同时将有用信号和有色噪声分离,并利用数字滤波器与卡尔曼滤波器的优点,将其结合生了更好的滤波效果,得到了更高质量的梯度信号。通过模型试验验证了本方法对噪声的滤波能力,并满足高精度重力梯度数据处理要求。     

ATEM瞬变电磁系统在长春市活断层勘探中的应用

分析了电磁噪声在城市中的存在方式和特点,讨论了人文噪声对城市活断层探测的影响。由于城市环境的限制,瞬变电磁法中发射线圈的边长受限,提出通过加大发射电流和信号叠加、分段放大等技术来压制电磁噪声,提高信号的信噪比,以确保城市探测的有效性。采用吉林大学自行研制的ATEM瞬变电磁测量系统,在长春市伊通河和蔡家等地的活断层进行了勘探研究,取得了较好的效果。     

Robustness of noise filtering by kriging analysis

In geostatistics, factorial kriging is often proposed to filter noise. This filter is built from a linear model which is ideally suited to a Gaussian signal with additive independent noise. Robustness of the performance of factorial kriging is evaluated in less congenial situations. Three different types of noise are considered all perturbing a lognormally distributed signal. The first noise model is independent of the signal. The second noise model is heteroscedastic; its variance depends on the signal, yet noise and signal are uncorrelated. The third noise model is both heteroscedastic and linearly correlated with the signal. In ideal conditions, exhaustive sampling and additive independent noise, factorial kriging succeeds to reproduce the spatial patterns of high signal values. This score remains good in presence of heteroscedastic noise variance but falls quickly in presence of noise-to-signal correlation as soon as the sample becomes sparser.     

Temporal and spatial evaluation of environmental noise in urban area: a case study in Iran

Environmental noise pollution is a disrupting factor in the urban areas which can lead to adverse health effects, behavior and quality of life. Present study was carried out in Tabriz (Iran) and aimed to achieve a real condition of noise pollution. Thirty-five measurement stations were selected, and noise levels were recorded. The equivalent noise level in (A) frequency weighting network, route-mean-square sound pressure level, minimum sound pressure level, maximum sound pressure level and noise pollution level were computed as applicable indices. Temporal and spatial variability of these noise indices were plotted by Arc GIS. Public awareness about the noise pollution was assessed through interview. Mixed model and pairwise comparisons were used for comparison of noise indices based on stations and times. It was found that noise levels were significantly different and higher than permissible levels at most stations, especially at heavily travelled crossroads and squares. Mean equivalent noise level for morning, noon, afternoon and night was 71.35 ± 7.49, 71.63 ± 4.90, 70.67 ± 4.52 and 68.74 ± 5.22 dB(A), respectively. The noise indices of all stations and measurement times had significant difference (p value = 0.028 and 0.019, respectively). It was observed that in normal traffic, the highest sound levels are produced by buses, trucks and motorbikes due to low-technology engines. Using the horn was the first reflex of the most drivers. A main part of the noise pollution problem of the studied city can be attributed to driving culture and non-compliance with traffic laws.     

可控震源记录中的脉冲噪声分析

噪声分析一直是地震资料信噪比得以改善的重要基础方法。可控震源向地下输入瞬时低能量信号, 易受到可控震源系统内部以及背景中的瞬时脉冲噪声(如电噪声、震动噪声等)的干扰。用于提取有效信号的相关检测方法将脉冲噪声的干扰范围扩大, 严重影响了对可控震源有效信号的提取。为了从理论上分析脉冲噪声对可控震源相关记录的干扰, 通过仿真实验, 系统分析了单点脉冲和多点脉冲噪声对相关记录中可控震源信号的干扰程度和特点。结果表明, 可控震源相关记录中的信号主要受脉冲噪声强度、所在时间位置以及可控震源非相关记录脉冲点数比例三方面因素影响, 脉冲噪声所占记录的比例大于2.5%且平均强度高于100时, 相关检测后的可控震源信号会完全被噪声淹没。     

基于小波分析的瞬变电磁信号消噪

密集采样的瞬变电磁信号其中晚期信号一般较弱,常规的滤波方法有时难以取得好的效果。应用多尺度小波分析方法进行瞬变电磁信号的去噪处理,可有效地区分有用信号与干扰噪声,经试算得到了比较满意的去噪效果,是一种瞬变电磁信号去噪的可行实用的方法。     

LIFT去噪方法在低信噪比资料处理中的应用

传统去噪一般都是通过各种方法将原始数据分离为有效信号和噪声,从而达到去噪目的,在去噪的过程中,忽略了信号保真的处理原则,在去掉噪声的同时有可能也损害了有效信号。这里从传统去噪方法存在的问题入手,通过对传统去噪方法的原理分析,研究了LIFT去噪技术。LIFT去噪的核心是首先建立信号模型,然后将原始地震信号和信号模型相减,求得剩余信号。通过对剩余信号进行针对性的去噪处理,去除剩余信号中存在的噪声,然后再与信号模型进行合并重构,得到新的具有高信噪比、高保真的地震信号。将该方法在低信噪比地震资料处理中进行了实例测试,取得了理想的应用效果。     

Towards improving ambient noise tomography using simultaneously curvelet denoising filters and SEM simulations of seismic ambient noise

The aim of this article is to investigate a possible way to improve ambient noise tomography by expanding the data base of useful cross-correlation measurements. We show that the curvelet transform makes it possible to compute synthetic noise correlations by simulating directly seismic ambient noise using the spectral element method. These synthetic correlations can in turn be used to identify surface waves and overtones even on correlations having a signal to noise ratio much lower than one. We hope that the possibility to compute SEM synthetic correlations and to extract more information from correlations will be useful to improve ambient noise tomography and monitoring.     

山区地震数据采集方法的技术难点与对策

山区地形复杂,浅层地震地质条件变化较大,成孔形式不一,数据采集困难。通过对岩石出露区、坡积物堆积区及黄土覆盖区进行试验分析,采用了封孔、压孔、组合炮及特殊观测系统等手段,有效地压制了干扰,提高了信噪比,使目的层反射波明显,得到了较理想的野外原始数据。     

Optimized height of noise barrier for non-urban highway using artificial neural network

This study applies artificial neural network (ANN) for the determination of optimized height of a highway noise barrier. Field measurements were carried out to collect traffic volume, vehicle speed, noise level, and site geometry data. Barrier height was varied from 2 to 5 m in increments of 0.1 m for each measured data set to generate theoretical data for network design. Barrier attenuation was calculated for each height increment using Federal Highway Administration model. For neural network design purpose, classified traffic volume, corresponding traffic speed, and barrier attenuation data have been taken as input parameters, while barrier height was considered as output. ANNs with different architectures were trained, cross validated, and tested using this theoretical data. Results indicate that ANN can be useful to determine the height of noise barrier accurately, which can effectively achieve the desired noise level reduction, for a given set of traffic volume, vehicular speed, highway geometry, and site conditions.     

时间域航空电磁数据线圈运动噪声去除方法仿真研究

时间域航空电磁探测中,接收线圈在地磁场中的运动产生感应电动势,形成线圈运动噪声,因其幅度较大而成为航空电磁探测中的主要噪声源之一。线圈运动噪声具有低频特性,虽然幅度随频率增大而迅速衰减,但仍然含有高于发射基频的频率成分;因此,传统的高通滤波器在处理线圈运动噪声中存在一定的局限性。根据航空电磁数据的特点,采用多项式拟合全波半周期运动噪声,运用拉格朗日优化算法求解运动噪声多项式系数,并将其从半周期电磁数据中去掉以达到去除噪声的目的。通过仿真实测数据的运动噪声压制实验,对比分析了多项式拟合法与传统高通滤波器法的线圈运动噪声去除能力。仿真结果表明,多项式拟合法能够有效去除航空电磁数据中的线圈运动噪声,提高信噪比超过40 dB。     

Simulation of seismic-prospecting random noise in the desert by a Brownian-motion-based parametric modeling algorithm

Random noise has a negative impact on seismic-prospecting record processing. An important step to improve the methods aimed at the attenuation of random noise is to scientifically characterize the properties of the noise. Numerical modeling is useful to understand the nature of the random noise. In this study, we present a Brownian-motion-based parametric modeling algorithm for the simulation of seismic-prospecting random noise in the desert. The optimal Hurst exponent required to implement the method can be determined by comparing the spectral properties related to the noise data and the simulated results. The data used to analyze the properties of the noise were acquired in the Tarim Basin (Northwest of China). We verify the performance of the modeling algorithm by comparing the results obtained after the simulation with the real noise data in both the time domain and the spatio-temporal domain. The experimental results thus obtained prove the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed modeling algorithm. This study can be used as a basis to investigate the seismic-prospecting random noise characteristics and thus contribute to its mitigation.     

小波分析在TEM资料处理中的应用

针对瞬变电磁信号频带宽、动态范围大、晚期信号弱的特点，常规的滤波方法难以取得好的效果，提出应用多尺度小波分析进行瞬变电磁信号的去噪处理。实测资料的数据处理结果表明，小波分析能有效地区分有用信号与干扰噪声，是一种瞬变电磁信号去噪的可行实用的方法。并详细阐述了瞬变电磁信号的特点及小波去噪的原理。     

top-hat变换与庐枞矿集区大地电磁强干扰分离

作为一种非线性信号处理方法,基于数学形态学的广义形态滤波已经展现出其在大地电磁时间域信号去噪中的作用;然而,广义形态滤波在滤除大地电磁时间域信号中噪声波形的同时,也滤除了时间域信号中包含有用信息的缓变化。针对这一问题,提出一种基于数学形态学top-hat变换的大地电磁时间域噪声压制方案,利用top-hat变换对波峰和波谷的检测能力,采用直线型结构元素,对大地电磁时间域信号进行去噪。用该方法对庐枞矿集区大地电磁实测数据进行处理后,数据的标准差与曲线相似性参数都优于处理前数据,表明所提方法能够去除噪声波形并保留时间域信号的缓变化,恢复受噪声污染的大地电磁时间域信号,提高大地电磁视电阻率曲线的质量。     

地震资料信噪比估算方法改进

在存在相关干扰的地震资料中,用以往的方法估算信噪比(Signal-to-Noise),往往存在较大的误差。这里提出了利用F-K滤波分离相关干扰,然后用相关时移法估算有效信号,再利用有效信号与总干扰之能量比来计算信噪比。通过模型实验和实际资料试算证实,这种改进的信噪比估算方法,对于存在有相关干扰的资料,能够较准确地估算出真实信噪比。     

Evaluation and analysis of traffic noise along bus rapid transit system corridor

Due to increasing motorization, construction of flyovers and growth in transport network, the noise level has exceeded the prescribed limits in many Indian cities. The health implications of high noise levels are being identified as hypertension, sleeplessness, mental stress, etc. Due to this adverse effect of noise level, it is essential to assess the impact of traffic noise on residents and road users. This research is an effort to quantify and analyze the traffic noise emissions along bus rapid transit corridor in Delhi. Field measurements were carried out to understand and assess various aspects of the impact of bus rapid transit system corridor on land use and social lives of residents and road users. The present analysis presents the comparison between observed and predicted noise level at selected corridors and also describes the mitigatory measures to overcome such type of traffic noise pollution through design of noise barrier along the road and motivate people towards the use of public transport system.