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JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
卷 149, 期 3, 页码 1796-1802出版社
ACOUSTICAL SOC AMER AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1121/10.0003777
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- United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration [DENA0003525]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, urban acoustics research in Las Vegas revealed a sharp decline in human activity sound power due to the temporary closures of nonessential businesses, which varied spatially within the array and fluctuated with the time of day.
While studies of urban acoustics are typically restricted to the audio range, anthropogenic activity also generates infrasound (<20 Hz, roughly at the lower end of the range of human hearing). Shutdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic unintentionally created ideal conditions for the study of urban infrasound and low frequency audio (20-500 Hz), as closures reduced human-generated ambient noise, while natural signals remained relatively unaffected. An array of infrasound sensors deployed in Las Vegas, NV, provides data for a case study in monitoring human activity during the pandemic through urban acoustics. The array records a sharp decline in acoustic power following the temporary shutdown of businesses deemed nonessential by the state of Nevada. This decline varies spatially across the array, with stations close to McCarran International Airport generally recording the greatest declines in acoustic power. Further, declines in acoustic power fluctuate with the time of day. As only signals associated with anthropogenic activity are expected to decline, this gives a rough indication of periodicities in urban acoustics throughout Las Vegas. The results of this study reflect the city's response to the pandemic and suggest spatiotemporal trends in acoustics outside of shutdowns.
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