模拟和描述拉斯维加斯,NV地区的城市超声波和低频噪声)
Nora R Wynn1, Fransiska K Dannemann Dugick1
1Geophysical Detection Programs, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123, USA.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|September 6, 2023
概括
城市超声波监测是可行的,挑战了以前的假设. 这项研究表明,城市中的超声波网络可以检测到重要的信号,如地震,尽管人类产生的噪音.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 声学 声学 在声学上
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 环境超声波噪声的实证模型对于评估超声波网络检测能力至关重要.
- 已建立的模型侧重于安静,无人居住的地区,在了解城市超声波噪声概况方面存在差距.
- 以前,人们认为城市中的高人为噪音会掩盖可检测的信号.
研究的目的:
- 解决有关城市环境中超声波和低频噪声的研究缺口.
- 为拉斯维加斯,NV的超声波开发一个长期噪声概况.
- 评估城市超声波网络检测感兴趣信号的能力.
主要方法:
- 从2019年到2021年在美国拉斯维加斯部署11个超低频传感器.
- 创建一个针对城市环境的超声波和低频噪声的经验模型.
- 分析记录的数据,将噪声水平与全球模型进行比较,并识别检测到的信号.
主要成果:
- 拉斯维加斯开发的超声波噪声模型显示的水平与已建立的全球噪声模型相美.
- 城市网络在研究期间成功记录了多个感兴趣的信号.
- 城市环境中的超声波噪声水平并没有在检测中占主导地位.
结论:
- 城市的超声波网络能够比以前认为的更好地检测感兴趣的信号.
- 这项研究表明,在人口密的地区,超声波监测的可行性.
- 调查结果表明,人为噪音并不一定会阻止检测显著的地质物理或人为事件.
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