Apparent trends in wind turbine generator noise criteria and regulation guidance

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 2353-2361

  Storm, Mark C ^a  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; HUMAN PERCEPTION; INFRASOUND; LARGE WIND TURBINES; LOW-FREQUENCY SOUNDS; MODERN DEVELOPMENT; NOISE ASSESSMENTS; NOISE CRITERION; NOISE THRESHOLDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; EXHIBITIONS; TURBOGENERATORS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 84870043703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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