まとめ
イリノイ州の都市におけるブロードバンド無線騒音測定は,有意な無線周波数汚染を明らかにした. 小さな村でさえ,騒音に寄与し,毎日の変動と季節の変動が観察されています.
科学分野:
- ラジオ天文学 ラジオ天文学
- 環境科学 環境科学
- エレクトロマグネティクス 電子磁気学
背景:
- ラジオによる騒音汚染は,都市環境における懸念が高まっています.
- ラジオ周波数 (RF) 干渉の理解は,天文観測と通信システムにとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- イリノイ州の小さな都市におけるブロードバンドラジオの騒音レベルを測定するために.
- 異なる人口密度と時間帯における無線音響汚染を定量化するために.
主な方法:
- 73 メガヘルツから 440 メガヘルツの間のラジオノイズ測定を行った.
- イリノイ州の様々な都市で1972年8月,9月,12月のデータを収集した.
- 2万5千人以上の人口の都市の結果を分析し,明るさ温度としてデータを提示した.
主要な成果:
- 最小の村でも,有意な無線騒音汚染が検出されました.
- 明るさの温度は,大都市では2400〜9600ケルヴィンであった.
- 騒音レベルにおける相当な昼間 (日々の) 変動が観察されました.
- ラジオ騒音の季節的変動を示唆する証拠が見つかりました.
結論:
- 小規模な都市部地域は,ラジオによる騒音汚染の重要な源である.
- ラジオ騒音汚染は時間的な変動を示し,その特徴に影響を与えます.
- ラジオノイズに対する季節的な影響を完全に理解するためには,さらなる研究が必要である.
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