Measurements and Spatial Distribution Simulation of Impact Pile Driving Underwater Noise Generated During the Construction of Offshore Wind Power Plant Off the Southwest Coast of Korea
- Title
- Measurements and Spatial Distribution Simulation of Impact Pile Driving Underwater Noise Generated During the Construction of Offshore Wind Power Plant Off the Southwest Coast of Korea
- Author
- 최지웅
- Keywords
- impact pile driving; underwater ambient noise; sound propagation; acoustic modeling; marine environment
- Issue Date
- 2022-01
- Publisher
- FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
- Citation
- FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, v. 8, NO 654991, Page. 1-14
- Abstract
- Offshore wind power plants are under construction worldwide, and concerns about the adverse effects of underwater noise generated during their construction on the marine environment are increasing. As part of an environmental impact assessment, underwater noise generated by impact pile driving was measured during the construction of an offshore wind farm off the southwest coast of Korea. The sound exposure levels of impact pile driving noise were estimated as a function of distance and compared with those predicted by a damped cylindrical spreading model and broadband parabolic equation simulation. Source level at 1 m was estimated to be in a range of 183-184 dB re 1 mu Pa(2)s in the sound exposure level based on the model predictions and it tended to decrease by 21logr as the distance increased. Finally, the spatial distribution of impact pile driving noise was predicted. This result, if combined with noise-induced damage thresholds for marine life, may be used to assess the effects of wind farm construction on marine ecosystems.
- URI
- https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.654991/fullhttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/171088
- ISSN
- 22967745
- DOI
- 10.3389/fmars.2021.654991
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- COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND CONVERGENCE TECHNOLOGY[E](과학기술융합대학) > MARINE SCIENCE AND CONVERGENCE ENGINEERING(해양융합공학과) > Articles
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