Wind turbine noise assessment in a small and quiet community in finland

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-37

  Napoli, Carlo Di ^a  

^a Pöyry Finland Oy ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAR-FIELD SOUND PRESSURE; FINLAND; FINNISH; IMPULSIVE SOUNDS; NARROW BANDS; NIGHT TIME; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; SMALL COMMUNITY; SOUND POWER LEVELS; START-UPS; TESTING PROCEDURE; VARIABLE SPEED WIND TURBINES; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WEST COAST; WIND TURBINE NOISE;

WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 79952976019     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1.3531793     Document Type: Article

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