NTL Record

Title Baseline Ambient Sound Levels in Everglades National Park
Record ID 51622
Personal Name
Creator
Lee, Cynthia; MacDonald, John
Source 113p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Western-Pacific Region; United States. National Park Service. Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration; United States. National Park Service
Publication Date 20121100
Language English
Abstract The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Park Service (NPS), with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) are developing Air Tour Management Plans (ATMPs) for all national parks with commercial air tours, with the exception of the Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP), tribal lands within or abutting the GCNP, air tour operations flying over or near the Lake Mead National Recreation Area solely as a transportation route to conduct an air tour over GCNP, Rocky Mountain National Park, and national park units located in Alaska. An important area of technical support is the determination of representative baseline ambient sound levels for the study parks. During the summer (August - September 2008) and winter (February – April 2009), the National Park Service conducted baseline ambient sound level measurements in Everglades National Park. Up to one month of acoustical and meteorological data were measured at five sites throughout the park. This document summarizes the results of the noise measurement study.
Rosap ID dot:12049
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12049
TRT Terms Aircraft noise; Ambient noise; Noise; Acoustic measuring instruments; Sound level; National parks
General Subjects Air tours; Acoustic zones; Noise impact; Air Tour Management Plan
Classification AGR - OTHER TOPICS - Tourism;
AGR - PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDS - PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDS;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Aviation Energy and Environment;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Environment Impacts;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Energy and Environment
Geographical
Coverage
Florida
TRIS Online
Accession No
1526400
Contract Number FP-01/JD8AC; VX-82/JM008; VX-K6/LLE72
Report Number DOT-VNTSC-NPS-12-04
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/51000/51600/51622/EVER_AmbientReport_Nov2012LoRes.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository