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The effects of wind farm operational noise have not been addressed to the same extent as their construction methods such as piling and drilling of the foundations despite their long operational lifetimes compared with weeks of construction. The results of five postconstruction underwater sound-monitoring surveys on wind farms located throughout the waters of the British Isles are discussed. These wind farms consist of differing turbine power outputs, from 3 to 3.6 MW, and differing numbers of turbines. This work presents an overview of the results obtained and discusses both the levels and frequency components of the sound in several metrics.
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Thank you to Dong Energy for allowing use of the Gunfleet Sands and Barrow Wind Farm data, to Centrica for allowing use of the Lynn and Inner Dowsing Wind Farm data, and to E. On for allowing use of the Robin Rigg Wind Farm data.
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Cheesman, S. (2016). Measurements of Operational Wind Turbine Noise in UK Waters. In: Popper, A., Hawkins, A. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 875. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_18
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