ASA S12.9-2013 / Part 3 (R2018) American National Standard Quantities and Procedures for Description and Measurement of Environmental Sound - Part 3: Short-term Measurements with an Observer Present

standard by American National Standards of the Acoustical Society of America, 01/15/2013

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This standard is the third in a series of parts concerning description and measurement of outdoorenvironmental sound. The standard describes recommended procedures for measurement of short-term,time-average environmental sound outdoors at one or more locations in a community for environmentalassessment or planning for compatible land uses and for other purposes such as demonstratingcompliance with a regulation. These measurements are distinguished by the requirement to have anobserver present. Sound may be produced by one or more separate, distributed sources of sound suchas a highway, factory, or airport. Methods are given to correct the measured levels for the influence ofbackground sound.

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Published: 01/15/2013 ANSI: ANSI Approved Number of Pages: 44 File Size: 1 file , 1.1 MB