Infrasound from wind turbines - Fact, fiction or deception

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Leventhall, Geoff ^a  

^a Noise and Vibration Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; NOISE ABATEMENT; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

ACOUSTICIANS; INFRASOUND; NOISE SOURCES; OPTIMUM ASSESSMENT METHODS;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 33746354584     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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