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The EEC is a Participant in the "IMAGINE" Project |
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The EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre (EEC) is a participant in the IMAGINE project, which is a component of the European Commission's 6th Framework programme.
IMAGINE is shorthand for "Improved Methods for the Assessment of the Generic Impact of Noise in the Environment".
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The main purpose of the IMAGINE project is to extend the results of the Harmonoise project, a component of the European Commission's 5th Framework programme. This project resulted in a harmonised and improved method for the prediction of road and railway noise, through the inclusion of aircraft noise.
The outcome of the Harmonoise project was the proposition of a methodology based on point-source noise modelling combined with noise propagation modelling.
Due to budgetary limitations, this project explicitly excluded aircraft noise modelling in its scope and only briefly covered other noise sources – industry, shipping,
movable noise such as power plants.
The inclusion of aircraft noise involves major changes to the Harmonoise methodology since, whilst the other noise sources are all situated close to the ground, aircraft are typically found at much higher altitudes; noise propagation from high elevation angles is different from that from low elevation angles and there are many meteorological factors to be taken into account.
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You can read more about this project on the IMAGINE project web site:
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Last validation: 20/09/2007
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