Noise levels and noise perception from small and micro wind turbines

Renewable Energy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-127

  Taylor, Jennifer ^a   Eastwick, Carol ^a   Lawrence, Claire ^a   Wilson, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human perception; Measurement; Noise; Urban; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE MEASUREMENTS; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; HUMAN PERCEPTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MICRO-WIND TURBINES; NOISE; NOISE LEVELS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; NOISE PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TRAITS; SMALL AND MICRO-TURBINES; URBAN;

MEASUREMENTS; SURVEYS;

WIND TURBINES;

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; PERCEPTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84872509764     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.11.031     Document Type: Article

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