Repository accompanying the scientific article: Large-scale environmental noise modelling beyond END regulatory coverage: evidence from the Region of Murcia (Spain), https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2025-0027.
The repository contains a reproducible example based on the Murcia case study, using tile (HOJA) 0934.
The goal is to document and reproduce the complete workflow used to calculate road traffic noise maps on an HPC system.
The example includes:
- Input data for one tile:
0934. - Scripts to prepare and launch the calculation.
- NoiseModelling Groovy templates.
- Slurm and Greasy launch files.
- Expected outputs for comparison.
config/ Configuration files
workflow/ Main scripts for running one tile
workflow/templates/ Groovy templates used by NoiseModelling
hpc/slurm/ Slurm launch scripts
hpc/greasy/ Greasy task files
data/example_0934/ Input data and expected outputs for tile 0934
results/ Runtime outputs generated by the user
logs/ Runtime logs generated by the user
docs/ Documentation
This workflow uses NoiseModelling as the acoustic simulation engine.
NoiseModelling is developed by Universite Gustave Eiffel, Cerema, CNRS and contributors.
Official NoiseModelling repository: https://github.com/Universite-Gustave-Eiffel/NoiseModelling
NoiseModelling documentation: https://noisemodelling.readthedocs.io/
This repository does not include NoiseModelling binaries or source code. Users must download NoiseModelling separately and set its path in config/example_0934.env.
If you use this repository or workflow, please cite the accompanying article:
Soto-Molina, I., & Arce Ruiz, R. M. (2026). Large-scale environmental noise modelling beyond END regulatory coverage: evidence from the Region of Murcia (Spain). Noise Mapping, 13(1), 20250027. https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2025-0027
@article{SotoMolinaArceRuiz2026,
author = {Soto-Molina, Ignacio and Arce Ruiz, Rosa María},
title = {Large-scale environmental noise modelling beyond END regulatory coverage: evidence from the Region of Murcia (Spain)},
journal = {Noise Mapping},
volume = {13},
number = {1},
pages = {20250027},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.1515/noise-2025-0027},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2025-0027}
}This repository is intended for execution on MareNostrum 5 at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
The workflow, Slurm configuration and Greasy launch scripts were prepared for the BSC/MN5 environment. Execution on other HPC systems or local machines is not guaranteed and may require changes to modules, paths, scheduler options and available memory.
This work was made possible thanks to computing time awarded under project AECT-2025-2-0043, "Nationwide High-Resolution Environmental Noise Modeling in Spain", granted by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and the Spanish Supercomputing Network.
The workflow provided in this repository was developed and tested with NoiseModelling 5.0.1.
Later versions of NoiseModelling may introduce changes in processing functions, parameters, dependencies or command-line behaviour. As a result, some scripts may require minor adjustments to run with newer versions.
This repository is provided as research software to document and reproduce the workflow associated with the accompanying article. It is not intended to be a maintained software package, and no technical support or long-term maintenance is provided by the author.