Investigating Community Annoyance from Impulsive Noise Using Geostatistical Methods
Open Access
Author:
Khoury, Nicole Leighanne
Graduate Program:
Statistics
Degree:
Master of Science
Document Type:
Master Thesis
Date of Defense:
None
Committee Members:
James Landis Rosenberger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keywords:
Spatial Modeling Noise NASA Geostatistics
Abstract:
Understanding the community annoyance in residential areas surrounding impulsive noise producing entities such as air force bases and military installations is an important task, as high levels of community annoyance have the ability to halt activities occuring at these locations. Policymakers desire a straightforward approach to investigate the annoyance with respect to noise exposure in hopes of understanding the type of noise and exposure levels which result in highly annoyed citizens. This paper approaches the problem of predicting a noise exposure surface for a residential community surrounding Edwards Air Force Base using the kriging prediction methods characteristic of spatial statistics, facilitating the understanding of annoyance relative to noise. The resulting predictions provide a visual understanding of how the annoyance responses map onto the noise surface, allowing policymakers to identify areas associated with higher annoyance and investigate the corresponding noise exposure in those regions.
