Smart Noise Monitoring Leeuwarden F16 Air Force Base in The Netherlands

摘要

Noise monitoring is becoming more and more important. People that are annoyed by noise want to have on-line information about the actual noise situation. The only way to get this information is by monitoring the noise source that is responsible for the annoyance. But how to distinguish between the noise source responsible for the annoyance and other (background) noise sources? INCAS3 and Antea Group developed a smart monitoring system to recognize and filter the noise source (audio) responsible. The system was applied at Leeuwarden Air Force base in the Netherlands. The system was not only equipped with sensors for monitoring noise but also with gassensors and sensors for weather conditions and a camera. The system was trained to recognize fighter jets by their typical time-frequency characteristics. All data was logged and is accessible by the remote on line application of Antea Group Analyse Platform. The next step will be to combine the noise data with on line reported annoyance from people living around the Air Base. People can report annoyance easily by an app on smartphone or tablet. Based on reported annoyance and real time noise monitoring the flight path can be adjusted to reduce impact of the noise and thus the annoyance.