Airport Sound Contour Ke: Annual Noise Dose Contours for Flight Movements

Ke sound contours from the eu_open_data platform, representing noise exposure from annual flight movements. The data is provided by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties and is licensed under CC-PDM-1.0. The dataset includes contours for Ke values between 35 and 55, a dose measure for cumulative yearly noise.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term noise exposure around airports based on the Ke dose measure.
• Visualizing spatial noise impact zones for annual flight movements.
• Assessing compliance with environmental noise regulations based on cumulative contours.
• Informing land-use planning near airports based on historical noise dose data.

Strengths

• Data originates from a government ministry, suggesting an official source.
• Focuses on a specific noise dose metric (Ke) for cumulative annual impact.
• Available under a permissive public domain license (CC-PDM-1.0).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Likely pertains to regions under the ministry's jurisdiction, but specific geography is not stated.