This work summarizes several years
of measurements
of the main noise sources present in large populations, specially the noise produced by the traffic in the city
of Valencia. The study includes one-
week monitoring in the period between the years 2012 and 2014 in three different types
of scenarios (heavy, medium and low traffic). The aim
of this work is firstly to determine the most representative measurement
day under several approaches related to the type
of day (working
day, non-working
day or full
week), and to the different periods throughout the
day (night,
day and evening).
This permits to reach conclusions about the optimization of measurement techniques of the overall urban traffic noise, and will facilitate the measurement tasks in specific locations of the city of Valencia, characterized by specific traffic conditions.