Publications

ERCD publications

A list of publicly available ERCD documents is given below. Unless otherwise stated these reports may be ordered from TSO (The Stationery Office). Please click on the title to view the summary and download the report where available.

Please note that the annual noise contour reports for Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted are published and distributed by the Department for Transport (DfT).

Publication Date	Reference	Title	Price (excluding P&P)
June 2012	ERCD Report 1207	Tranquillity: An overview	TBC
June 2011	ERCD Report 1104	Environmental Metrics for FAS	£11.75
Dec 2010	ERCD Report 1007	Noise Measurements of Reverse Thrust at Heathrow and Stansted Airports	£11.75
Dec 2010	ERCD Report 1004	Noise Monitor Positions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports (2nd edition)	£11.75
Oct 2010	ERCD Report 1006	Measurement and Modelling of Aircraft Noise at Low Levels	£19.00
Feb 2010	ERCD Report 0908	Aircraft Noise and Children’s Learning	£5.75
Feb 2010	ERCD Report 0907	Environmental Noise and Health: A Review	£13.00
Sep 2009	ERCD Report 0906	Accuracy of Data in the Noise and Track Keeping System at the London Airports	£18.00
May 2009	ERCD Report 0905	Aircraft Noise and Sleep Disturbance: A Review	TBA
Jan 2009	ERCD Report 0904	Metrics for Aircraft Noise	£11.75
Dec 2007	ERCD Report 0708	London Stansted Airport Strategic Noise Maps 2006	£18.55
Dec 2007	ERCD Report 0707	London Gatwick Airport Strategic Noise Maps 2006	£18.55
Dec 2007	ERCD Report 0706	London Heathrow Airport Strategic Noise Maps 2006	£18.55
Nov 2007	ERCD Report 0705	Revised Future Aircraft Noise Exposure Estimates for Heathrow Airport	n/a
Nov 2006	DfT Code of Practice	Noise from Arriving Aircraft - An Industry Code of Practice Published and distributed by the DfT.	Free
Nov 2005	ERCD Report 0506	Precision of Aircraft Noise Measurements at the London Airports	£11.75
Jan 2005	ERCD Report 0406	Techniques used by ERCD for the Measurement and Analysis of Aircraft Noise and Radar Data	£18.75
Feb 2004	ERCD Report 0306	Noise Mapping - Aircraft Traffic Noise Published and distributed by Defra.	n/a
Dec 2003	ERCD Report 0308	Revised Future Aircraft Noise Exposure Estimates for UK Airports Published and distributed by the DfT.	£5.00 (incl. ERCD Report 0307)
Dec 2003	ERCD Report 0307	Updated Methodology and Supplementary Information Relating to Future Aircraft Noise Exposure Estimates for UK Airports Published and distributed by the DfT.	£5.00 (incl. ERCD Report 0308)
July 2003	ERCD Report 0304	Stansted Airport: A Study of Aircraft Noise Insulation Boundaries	£20.00
Apr 2003	ERCD Report 0207	Departure Noise Limits and Monitoring Arrangements at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports	£41.25
Apr 2003	ERCD Report 0206	A Practical Method for Estimating Operational Lateral Noise Levels	£11.75
Apr 2003	ERCD Report 0205	Quota Count Validation Study: Noise Measurements and Analysis	£23.25
Mar 2003	ERCD Report 0209	An Assessment of the Accuracy of Flight Path Data used in the Noise and Track-Keeping System at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports	£11.75
Nov 2002	ERCD Report 0204	Review of the Quota Count (QC) System: Re-analysis of the Differences between Arrivals and Departures	£18.00
Aug 2001	Internoise paper	Aircraft Noise Model Validation	n/a
Jun 2001	IoA paper	Validating the CAA Aircraft Noise Model with Noise Measurements	n/a
May 2001	IoA paper	Aircraft Noise in London: Past, Present and Future	n/a
Mar 2000	R&D Report 9964	Adverse Effects of Night-time Aircraft Noise	£15.00
Dec 1999	DETR	Noise from Arriving Aircraft: Final Report of the ANMAC Technical Working Group - Annexes Published and distributed by the DfT.	£25.00 (NB: cost is for whole document, not just annexes)
Jun 1999	R&D Report 9842	The UK Civil Aircraft Noise Contour Model ANCON – Improvements in Version 2	£10.00
Mar 1999	R&D Report 9841	Review of the Departure Noise Limits at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports: Effects of Take-off Weight and Operating Procedure on Noise Displacement	£10.00
Aug 1998	DORA Report 9850	Night Time Ground Noise	£20.00
Nov 1998	R&D Report 9823	Assessment of Revised Heathrow Early Mornings Approach Procedures Trial	£15.00
Oct 1996	Supplement to CS Report 9539	Review of the Departure Noise Limits at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports: Additional Study of Boeing 747 Departures	£5.00
Dec 1995	CS Report 9539	Review of the Departure Noise Limits at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports	£15.00
Dec 1992	DoT	Report of a Field Study of Aircraft Noise and Sleep Disturbance Not available for download.	£11.00
Nov 1992	DORA Report 9120	The CAA Aircraft Noise Contour Model: ANCON Version 1	£5.00
Sep 1990	DORA Report 9023	The Use of Leq as an Aircraft Noise Index	£4.00
Nov 1988	DR Report 8711	General and Business Aviation Noise Study – Noise Exposures in the Survey Areas Not available for download.	£7.50
May 1988	DORA Report 8717	CAA Monitoring of the Noise Impact at Night of Heathrow Terminal 4 Operations – Annex 2 Not available for download.	£4.00
Apr 1988	DORA Report 8721	Sample Noise Monitoring of the 95 PNdB Landing and Take-off Contours for Aircraft Operating at Night at Gatwick Airport Not available for download.	£3.00
Mar 1988	DORA Report 8717	CAA Monitoring of the Noise Impact at Night of Heathrow Terminal 4 Operations – Annex 1 Not available for download.	£10.00
Mar 1988	DORA Report 8717	CAA Monitoring of the Noise Impact at Night of Heathrow Terminal 4 Operations Not available for download.	£6.00
Oct 1987	DR Report 8715	Noise Disturbance at Night Near Heathrow and Gatwick Airports. Critique of the Technical Issues Raised by Consultees during the 1986 Public Consultation Not available for download.	£3.00
Mar 1987	CAA Paper 87004	Noise Attenuation Properties of Headsets in a Helicopter Noise Environment Not available for download.	£3.00
Aug 1986	DORA Report 8601	CEC Joint Study of Community Response to Aircraft Noise 1984 Not available for download.	£5.00
Feb 1986	DR Report 8513	Noise Disturbance at Night Near Heathrow and Gatwick Airports: 1984 Check Study Not available for download.	£2.50
Jan 1985	DR Report 8402	United Kingdom Aircraft Noise Index Study: Main Report	£12.50
Apr 1984	DORA Communication 8312	1982 Aircraft Noise Index Study: Tabulations of the Responses to the Social Surveys Not available for download.	£12.50
Sep 1983	DR Report 8304	1982 Helicopter Disturbance Study: Main Report Not available for download.	£4.00
May 1982	DORA Report 8203	Reaction to Aircraft Noise Near General Aviation Airfields Not available for download.	£4.00
Sep 1982	DORA Communication 8204	Ground-Roll Noise Modelling in the DORA Noise and Number Index Computer Model and Measurements at Heathrow and Gatwick Not available for download.	£5.00
Sep 1981	DORA Communication 8106	Criticisms of the Noise and Number Index Not available for download.	£1.50
Sep 1981	DORA Communication 7907	The Noise and Number Index	£1.50
Aug 1980	DORA Report 8008	Aircraft Noise and Sleep Disturbance: Final Report	£3.50
Aug 1980	DORA Communication 8007	Aircraft Noise and Sleep Disturbance: A Selection of Tabulations of the Postal Surveys for the Main Phase of the Study Not available for download.	£1.50
Aug 1980	DORA Communication 8006	Aircraft Noise and Sleep Disturbance: A Selection of Tabulations of the Responses to the Administered Surveys for the Main Phase of the Study Not available for download.	£1.00
Jun 1978	CAA Paper 78011	Noise and Sleep: A Survey of the Literature on Sleep Disturbance by Noise Not available for download.	£1.00
Apr 1978	CAA Paper 78006	The Noise Benefits Associated with Use of Continuous Descent Approach and Low Power/Low Drag Approach Procedures at Heathrow Airport	£2.50
Feb 1978	CAA Paper 78002	A Technical Evaluation of Initial Trials of Quieter Approach Procedures at London (Heathrow) Airport Summary Report	£2.50
Apr 1977	CAA Paper 77007	Noise Data from the First Year of Scheduled Concorde Operations at Heathrow Airport - London	£5.00

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