scope:

This International Standard establishes the terminology for describing the physical properties of sonic booms caused by overflight of supersonic aircraft, and specifies the minimum performance requirements for equipment and the method to be used for their measurement . The conditions of measurement envisaged include those in which the direction and time of arrival of the pressure disturbance and even its approximate intensity are not necesarily known in advance. This International Standard provides the basis for the measuremtent and description of sonic boom pressure signatures suitable for evaluating their effects on people, structures, animals and unstable terrain features.