@article {Storm:2017:0736-2935:888,
title = "Cost-Effective Unmanned Aerial System Applications for Outdoor Noise Monitoring",
journal = "INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings",
parent_itemid = "infobike://ince/incecp",
publishercode ="ince",
year = "2017",
volume = "254",
number = "2",
publication date ="2017-11-10T00:00:00",
pages = "888-896",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0736-2935",
url = "https://ince.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/ince/incecp/2017/00000254/00000002/art00109",
author = "Storm, Mark C.",
abstract = "Application of an unmanned aerial system (UAS) as a novel method of transporting and deploying noise monitoring instrumentation among distant or hazardous measurement positions at a project site (and surrounding vicinity) can yield significant reductions in cumulative field survey time
and improvements in survey performance safety for a variety of common noise level assessment needs. Shortened survey periods largely result from exploiting UAS point-to-point flight speed and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) utility that conventional ground-based mobility methods cannot
match. Field survey risk reduction can be realized via remote piloting of UAS in potentially hazardous areas from a safe operator location. While UAS application may not be appropriate for all types of outdoor noise measurement data collection, cost-benefit analysis of sample case studies
demonstrate its expected advantages for the performance of short-duration measurements with current market-available technology. Foreseeable improvements in UAS payload capacity and range would expand application to field noise surveys that have longer monitoring durations and/or instrument
deployments in very remote rural environments.",
}