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Links

U. S. Department of Transportation:

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
  • Office of Environment and Energy (AEE)
    • AEE-100 - Office of Environment and Energy, Noise Division
    • Integrated Noise Model (INM) web site
    • Text version of FAA's CFR-14 FAR Part 36
  • Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management Program (ATA)
  • Office of Airport Planning and Programming (APP)

• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
  • Office of Natural Environment (HENE)
    • Traffic Noise Model (TNM®) web site
  • Office of Engineering Research and Development (HNR)

• Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
  • Office of Research and Development (RDV)
  • Office of Safety Analysis (RRS)

• Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

• Volpe Center Links

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Other U.S. Government:

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • Langley Research Center (LaRC)

  • Ames Research Center (ARC)

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

• National Park Service (NPS)
  • Big Cypress National Preserve
  • Biscayne Bay National Park
  • Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge
  • Everglades National Park
  • Bryce Canyon National Park
  • Grand Canyon National Park

• National Rotorcraft Technology Center (NRTC)

• National Technical Information Service (NTIS)

• United States Postal Service (USPS)

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Noise and Acoustics:

• Acoustics Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ)

• Audio Engineering Society (AES)
• AES Audio links page
 
• Yahoo! Business and Economy: Companies: Engineering: Acoustics

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Others:

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

• Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

• National Academy of Sciences
  • National Research Council
    • Transportation Research Board
      • Division A: Technical Activities
        • Group 1: Transportation Systems Planning and Administration
          • Section F - Environmental Concerns
            • A1F04 - Committee on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration
             

• UCF McTrans - Distributors of FHWA's TNM®

• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

• International Electrotechnical Comission (IEC)

• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

• Massport

• Penn State Acoustics Department Links

• The Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE)

• Noise Pollution Clearing House

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Newsgroups:

Those with access to a news server can directly access these discussion forums (Note: some news servers do not provide access to the alt.x newsgroup hierarchy, which includes groups such as alt.sci.physics.acoustics.):

• sci.physics
• alt.sci.physics
• alt.sci.physics.acoustics
• sci.aeronautics.airliners
• sci.environment
• comp.dsp
• alt.activism.noise-pollution

Those without access to a news server can get web-based access to newsgroups through Deja-News:

• sci.physics
• alt.sci.physics
• alt.sci.physics.acoustics
• sci.aeronautics.airliners
• sci.environment
• comp.dsp
• alt.activism.noise-pollution