ON THE COMPARABILITY OF COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO NOISE FROM ARTILLERY AND RIFLE RANGES, AS DETERMINED IN TWO AUSTRALIAN STUDIES

摘要

Bullen, Hede, and Job [Noise Control Eng, J. 37, 115-128 (1991 November-December)] considered that the results obtained in two of their studies on the community response to shooting noise allowed a detailed comparison, Because of significant differences between the time periods during which the shooting activities occurred on the two ranges, the present Note questions the direct comparability of the two studies, To enhance the comparability, it is suggested (a) to take into account a heightened annoyance response during weekends, and (b) to compute the yearly average sound level in an alternative way, (C) 1995 Institute of Noise Control Engineering,