The phrase "area reference" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to geography, mapping, or navigation to indicate a specific location or region.
Example: "Please provide the area reference for the location of the new development project."
Alternatives: "location reference" or "geographic reference".
After the interviews, 24-hour noise measurements were made at the area reference points in the three cities.
Noise exposures at all respondents' houses were estimated by measuring relative noise levels to the respective area reference points.
Figure 4 Simulation of the sediment input into surface waters in the Miyun catchment area (reference year 2009).
We extend this basic methodology to improve stratification and sample allocation, key elements of a sampling design used to collect burned area reference data.
Estimating net soil redistribution rates from radionuclide distributions depends on the calculation of the local area reference inventory and the used calibration technique.
In our analysis, we confine our extension of synchronous D2D device discovery, for example, all D2D devices are in time synchronization and coverage area reference can be acquired from the base station downlink transmission.
Often, alternatives such as militants, radicals, separatists, etc, may be more appropriate and less controversial, but this is a difficult area: references to the "resistance", for example, imply more sympathy to a cause than calling such fighters "insurgents".
Independently-derived Landsat ETM+ burned-area reference data was used for validation purposes.
Residential area was separated according to population density: metropolitan areas, city areas, rural areas and sparsely populated areas (reference).
For type of living area: urban/semi-urban areas (reference group) were compared with semirural/rural areas.
Smokers from urban areas have significantly more intention to quit smoking (OR = 1.24) than smokers from rural areas (reference group).
