摘要: |
A noise exposure map is “a scaled geographic depiction of an airport, its noise exposure contours, noise-
sensitive facilities, and land uses in the airport surrounding area” developed in accordance with the FAA’s 14
Code of Federal Regulation Part 150. This paper is the first to explore the applicability of airport noise exposure
maps to Urban Air Mobility (UAM). The FAA’s airport noise compatibility planning program is first
described. Then the applicability of the noise exposure map to Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is explored. Finally,
new airspace infrastructure, including vertiport locations and UAM routes from NASA’s UAM engineering
simulations, and local noise-sensitive facility locations and land use information were collected and processed
to develop the noise exposure maps of UAM near the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The DNL noise contours resulting
from a six-passenger electric quadrotor prototype vehicle are predicted using NASA’s AIRNOISEUAM
software. The noise exposure maps of UAM are generated automatically using Python’s data analysis and
visualization libraries. The results have applications for UAM’s noise compatibility planning, noise-reducing
route planning, and vertiport location selection. |