Geoplanning : Journal of Geomatics and Planning
Vol 11, No 2 (2024)

Traffic Noise Absorption and Propagation in A Three-Dimensional Spatial Environment

Wickramathilaka, Nevil Vidyamanee (Unknown)
Ujang, Uznir (Unknown)
Azri, Suhaibah (Unknown)
Choon, Tan Liat (Unknown)
Rupasinghe, Attygalage Ranjith (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Dec 2024

Abstract

The impact of noise barriers on noise propagation is vital for traffic noise calculations and visualizations. Noise barriers create a major noise reduction. Green belts are the most common type of noise barrier to mitigate road traffic noise. The width, height, and surface area of leaves a green belt, as well as the noise absorption coefficient of leaves, are vital for noise absorption. This review aims to compare the characteristics and performance of green belts barriers built for traffic noise reduction. Individual tree canopies play the main role in absorbing noise in green belts. Therefore, identifying the canopy's properties is important. The side scan and nadir scan from the LiDAR survey were used to detect the tree canopy points cloud. The voxel-based, convex hull, and concave hull methods are used to visualize tree canopies in three-dimensional (3D). Concave hull provides an extract fitting surface than convex hull visualization. However, these hull surfaces do not provide accurate estimation of surface area of leaves. Further, voxel-based horizontal layers through the voxel-based profiling describes a significant method to calculate surface area of leaves in tree canopies. Establishing green belts as barriers is more cost-effective, making the former better for developing countries.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

geoplanning

Publisher

Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Description

Geoplanning, Journal of Geomatics and Planning (E-ISSN: 2355-6544), is an open access journal (e-journal) focusing on the scientific works in the field of applied geomatics technologies for urban and regional planning including GIS, Remote Sensing and Satellite Image Processing. This journal is ...