
Cost-Effective Unmanned Aerial System Applications for Outdoor Noise Monitoring
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.
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: AECOM
Publication date: 10 November 2017
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