REGIONAL NOISE PREDICTION AND MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM USING REMOTE-SENSING

This paper deals with the prediction and management of regional and en vironmental noise using remote sensing techniques. Landsat-MSS and -TM data are used to estimate noise pollution by means of a group method of data handling. They estimate ground roughness from the proportion o f the area occupied by buildings thus deter-mining the shielding facto r of noise propagation on the ground. The noise level predicted by the method presented in this paper showed a satisfactory agreement with t hat obtained from measurements from various other cases in urban areas .