Wind farms and noise

38th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2009, INTER-NOISE 2009

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 2336-2344

  Ramakrishnan, Ramani ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS; HUMAN RESPONSE; METEOROLOGICAL EFFECTS; NOISE ASSESSMENTS; NOISE CHARACTERISTIC; NOISE LEVELS; NOISE POLICY; ONTARIO; REGULATORY AGENCIES; WIND FARM;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EXHIBITIONS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84870001816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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