NTL Record

Title DISCOVER-AQ: A Unique Acoustic Propagation Verification and Validation Data Set
Record ID 59998
Personal Name
Creator
Boeker, Eric; Cumper, Jordan; Rapoza, Amanda; He, Hua
Source 12p.; Internoise 2015, August 9-12, 2015, San Francisco, CA
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Environment and Energy
Publisher John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Publication Date 20150809
Language English
Abstract In 2013, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration conducted a month-long flight test for the “Deriving Information on Surface conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality” research effort in Houston, Texas. The goal of this flight test was to simultaneously collect pollution data from satellite-, aircraft- and ground-based emissions monitoring systems, which can then be compared and correlated, as well as detailed atmospheric, meteorological and aircraft position data. An opportunity arose to provide supplemental acoustic measurements during this flight test that could then be coupled with corresponding aircraft performance, aircraft position and meteorological data. Up to this point, there has been a significant need for high quality aircraft acoustic validation data sets that include detailed acoustic, meteorology, aircraft position and performance data representing a range of acoustic propagation geometries and meteorological conditions. Following these measurements, a comprehensive data set has been developed, in order to investigate, validate and improve the aircraft acoustic and performance modeling capabilities used in the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aviation Environmental Design Tool and other aircraft acoustic research efforts. This paper provides descriptions of the acoustic measurements, example validation data, and potential uses of the validation data.
Rosap ID dot:12368
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12368
TRT Terms Flight tests; Aircraft exhaust gases; Acoustics; Aircraft noise; Data collection; Meteorology
General Subjects Aviation Environmental Design Tool
Classification AGR - IMPACTS - Environment;
NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Energy and Environment
Geographical
Coverage
Houston (Texas)
TRIS Online
Accession No
1616960
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type In Proceedings
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/59000/59900/59998/DiscoverAQ_2015.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository