SOUNDMDL

07 Dec SOUNDMDL

Doug Whicker develops SOUNDMDL, software that is used for the next 20 years to predict and illustrate the propagation of environmental noise outdoors, taking into account source directivity, geometrical spreading, atmospheric absorption, wind and thermal gradients, ground effect, and reflection and diffraction effects of barriers in 3-D space. After SOUNDMDL’s prediction results are confirmed by field measurements on a number of occasions, the software is recognized by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Alberta Energy Regulator and BC Utilities Commission.