ABSTRACT
Completely reliable annual values of environmental noise indicators can be obtained only through continuous annual noise measurements. This paper examines the justification of using a series of short-term measurements to determine the annual values of environmental noise indicators. The examination involves the application of a proposed measurement program to the results of continuous annual noise monitoring at two locations in the city of Niš, Serbia, in which road traffic is the dominant noise source. Monitoring results include the period when the state of emergency was in effect because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The obtained results indicate that using the proposed program is fully justified if the goal is to define annual environmental noise indicator values for specific cases only. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.