Exploring the use of mobile sensors for noise and black carbon measurements in an urban environment

Mobile measurements have been collected on a bicycle equipped with a global positioning system (GPS) in a few connecting streets in Gent (Belgium). The 1-s sound pressure levels and 1-s black carbon concentrations were measured. In addition, 5 continuous monitoring fixed stations connected to building facades were used. Different processing methods are compared, based on different temporal and spatial weighting aggregations. The possibility to take profit of the fixed stations to refine estimations is tested, according to the noise levels collected at fixed stations and the distance between mobile and fixed sensors. In a last step, route selection based on travel distance, noise levels and black-carbon measurements is explored based on the data obtained.

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Source Acoustics 2012
Author Can, Arnaud, van Renterghem, Timothy, Botteldooren, Dick
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 10, 2026, 03:25 (UTC)
Created May 10, 2026, 03:25 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00850768
Language en
contributor Département Infrastructures et Mobilité (IFSTTAR/IM) ; Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)-PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM)
creator Can, Arnaud
date 2012-04-23T00:00:00
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harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
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