Wind turbine noise propagation over flat ground: Measurements and predictions

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 753-760

  Forssén, Jens ^a   Schiff, Martin ^b   Pedersen, Eja ^c   Waye, Kerstin Persson ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Lally Acoustical Consulting   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; COMMUNITY NOISE; ENGINEERING METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIATION; NOISE LEVELS; PLANNING PROCESS; PROPAGATION MODELS; SHORT DISTANCES; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SOUND LEVEL; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; SOUND PROPAGATION; STANDARD MODEL; STATIC PRESSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND FARM; WIND SPEED; WIND TURBINE NOISE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 77955741631     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918329     Document Type: Article

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