A justification for using a 45 dba sound level criterion for wind turbine projects

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 54-55

  Keith, Stephen E ^a   Michaud, David S ^a   Bly, Stephen H P ^a  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; HYDROXYLATION; NOISE POLLUTION; RURAL AREAS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

GREAT-ER; NOISE CRITERION; NOISE IMPACTS; NOISE MITIGATIONS; SLEEP DISTURBANCES; SOUND LEVELS; US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONS;

TURBINES;

EID: 54949140072     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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