Ambient infrasound noise

Imaging with ambient noise

© 2010 American Institute of Physics, S-0031-9228-1009-030-7 Recent developments in seismology, ultrasonics, and underwater acoustics have led to a radical change in the way scientists think about ambient noise—the diffuse waves generated by pressure fluctuations in the atmosphere, the scattering of water waves in the ocean, and any number of other sources that pervade our world. Because diffus...

Underwater Ambient Noise

Characterisation of wind farm infrasound and low-frequency noise

This paper seeks to characterise infrasound and low-frequency noise (ILFN) from a wind farm, which contains distinct tonal components with distinguishable blade-pass frequency and higher harmonics. Acoustic measurements were conducted at dwellings in the vicinity of the wind farm and meteorological measurements were taken at the wind farm stable atmospheric conditions and was also found to be d...

Ambient Earth noise and instrumental noise

Introduction The seismic frequency band can be defined from 0.3 mhz to tens or hundreds of hz, in which the lower limit is defined by the period of the gravest observed free mode of the Earth (0s2). Digital seismic recordings in this frequency band always contain noise, which essentially can be attributed to ambient Earth noise and instrumental noise, or self-noise, of the recording system. Ins...

Health-Based Audible Noise Guidelines Account for Infrasound and Low-Frequency Noise Produced by Wind Turbines

Setbacks for wind turbines have been established in many jurisdictions to address potential health concerns associated with audible noise. However, in recent years, it has been suggested that infrasound (IS) and low-frequency noise (LFN) could be responsible for the onset of adverse health effects self-reported by some individuals living in proximity to wind turbines, even when audible noise li...