Baseline Measurement of Underwater Noise Under the SURGE Project

Conference Paper

Title: Baseline Measurement of Underwater Noise Under the SURGE Project

Author:

Soares, C.; Patricio, S.; Zabel, F.; Moura, A.

Publication Date:

December 6, 2012

Event Name:

11th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (ECUA 2012)

Event Location:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Pages:

1-9

Publisher:

Acoustical Society of America

Affiliation

Marine Sensing and Acoustic Technologies (MarSensing), WavEC Offshore Renewables

Technology:

Marine Energy, Wave

Stressor:

Noise

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Citation

Soares, C.; Patricio, S.; Zabel, F.; Moura, A. (2012). Baseline Measurement of Underwater Noise Under the SURGE Project. Paper presented at 11th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (ECUA 2012), Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Abstract

The Simple Underwater Renewable Generation of Electricity (SURGE) project aims at the demonstration of the Waveroller - a Wave Energy Device, to be installed off the West Coast of Portugal, near the City of Peniche. This project includes a task related to the measurement of ambient and operational noise of the Waveroller device. This paper reports on the analysis results of baseline underwater noise recordings performed in September 2010, before any activities related to the installation of the energy device took place.