Noise impact assessment on the basis of onsite acoustic noise immission measurements for a representative wind farm

Renewable Energy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 306-314

  Kaldellis, J K ^a   Garakis, K ^a   Kapsali, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acoustic measurements; Background noise; Noise immission; Software tool; Sound pressure level; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; BACKGROUND NOISE; NOISE IMMISSIONS; SOFTWARE TOOL; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL;

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; BOATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOISE POLLUTION; ULTRASONICS; WIND POWER;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NOISE; POWER PLANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOFTWARE; SOUND PROPAGATION; WIND FARM; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84155167164     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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