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Day night noise level

The 24 hour average noise level of all hourly Leq measurements with a 10 dB penalty added to the levels between 2200 and 0700 hours to reflect people's extra sensitivity to noise during the night. No correction is added to the measured Leq levels taken between the hours of 0700 and 2200 in arriving at the overall single number.

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