Fact Sheet

SAE Technical Committee A-21

Aircraft Noise Measurement and Aircraft

Noise/Aviation Emission Modeling
Chairperson: James Brooks, Georgia Institute of Technology
Secretary: Eric Boeker, U.S. Dept of Transportation Volpe
The SAE A-21 Aircraft Noise Measurement and Aircraft Noise/Aviation Emission Modeling
committee addresses all facets of aircraft noise measurementprocesses, testing, modeling, and
analysis. It is responsible for standards and engineering activities related to interior and exterior noise
associated with aircraft and their environments. The group coordinates aircraft noise measurement
efforts with a variety of organizations internationally, such as ICAO, AIRMOD, CAA, FAA, U.S. DOT,
NASA, MIT, and U.S. and European rotorcraft forums.
Participants in the SAE A-21 committee include OEMs, suppliers, noise measurement and monitoring
equipment companies, consulting firms, government and others across the global aerospace and
defense industries.

Standards development/revision activities

AIR5715 - Procedures for the Calculation of Aircraft Emissions
AIR5766 - Using Aircraft Position Data to Estimate Aircraft Thrust
ARP1846A - Measurement of Far Field Noise From Gas Turbine
Engines During Static Operation
ARP5534 - Application of Pure-Tone Atmospheric Absorption to
One-Third Octave-Band Data

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standardization process in
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meeting(s) of the A-21 Aircraft
Noise Measurement Meeting:

Recently published documents

ARP4721/2 Monitoring Aircraft Noise and Operations in the
Vicinity of Airports: System Validation
ARP4721/1 Monitoring Aircraft Noise and Operations in the
Vicinity of Airports: System Description, Acquisition, and Operation
AIR5662 Method for Predicting Lateral Attenuation of
Airplane Noise
ARP876E Gas Turbine Jet Exhaust Noise Prediction

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