@article{VanDelden_Stolp_Farag_Ghose_2014, title={Crickets: Temperature Dependent Background Sound}, volume={42}, url={https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/2707}, abstractNote={<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><p style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Background sound in urban areas is generally characterized by human activity such as road traffic while the sounds of nature characterize more rural areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where the sounds of nature dominate, environmental factors such as temperature influence patterns of background sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A trend of temperature dependence for background sound levels is shown during late summer night-time hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Variation of the trend is evaluated over several years and at multiple sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Audio confirmed that the background sound is dominated by crickets.</span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span>}, number={3}, journal={Canadian Acoustics}, author={VanDelden, Peter and Stolp, Erica and Farag, Amr and Ghose, Shreya}, year={2014}, month={Sep.} }