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Risk Evaluation for Federally Listed (Roseate Tern, Piping Plover) or Candidate (Red Knot) Bird Species in Offshore Waters: A First Step for Managing the Potential Impacts of Wind Facility Development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf | Burger, J., et al. | January 2011 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Birds, Seabirds, Shorebirds, Farfield Environment |
Assessing the Environmental Impact of Underwater Noise During Offshore Windfarm Construction and Operation | Nedwell, J., et al. | November 2012 | Conference Paper | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Noise | Farfield Environment, Fish, Marine Mammals, Nearfield Habitat |
Consequences of a Cumulative Perspective on Marine Environmental Impacts: Offshore Wind Farming and Seabirds at North Sea Scale in Context of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive | Busch, M., et al. | January 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Birds, Farfield Environment |
Cumulative Impact Assessments and Bird/Wind Farm Interactions: Developing a Conceptual Framework | Masden, E., et al. | January 2010 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Birds, Farfield Environment |
Measurement and Interpretation of Underwater Noise During Construction and Operation of Offshore Windfarms in UK Waters | Nedwell, J., et al. | December 2007 | Report | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Noise | Farfield Environment, Nearfield Habitat |
On the Prediction of Pile Driving Induced Underwater Sound Pressure Levels Over Long Ranges | Lippert, T., et al. | July 2013 | Conference Paper | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Noise | Farfield Environment |
Potential Climatic Impacts And Reliability Of Very Large-scale Wind Farms | Wang, C., Prinn, G. | January 2010 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Energy Removal | Farfield Environment |
Wind Energy Development and its Environmental Impact: A Review | Leung, D., Yang, Y. | January 2012 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Energy Removal | Farfield Environment, Nearfield Habitat |
Taming Hurricanes with Arrays of Offshore Wind Turbines | Jacobson, M., Archer, C., Kempton, W. | March 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Energy Removal | Farfield Environment |
Modeling Large Offshore Wind Farms Under Different Atmospheric Stability Regimes with the Park Wake Model | Peña, A., Réthoré, P., Rathmann, O. | October 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm: Offshore ES Description of the Physical Baseline Environment | Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm | January 2005 | Report | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Energy Removal, Static Device | Farfield Environment |
Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Environmental Statement | Inch Cape Offshore | June 2011 | Report | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Birds, Farfield Environment, Fish, Marine Mammals, Nearfield Habitat, Socio-economics |
Assessing the Impact of Windfarms in Subtidal, Exposed Marine Areas | Dahlgren, T., et al. | February 2014 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment, Nearfield Habitat |
Wake Effects of Large Offshore Wind Farms Identified from Satellite SAR | Christiansen, M., Hasager, C. | October 2005 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Energy Removal | Farfield Environment |
Cumulative Adverse Effects of Offshore Wind Energy Development on Wildlife | Goodale, W., Milman, A. | January 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Precipitation reduction during Hurricane Harvey with simulated offshore wind farms | Pan, Y., Yan, C., Archer, C. | July 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Energy Removal | Farfield Environment |
Framework for Assessing Ecological and Cumulative Effects of Offshore Wind Farms - Part A: Methods | Ministry of Economic Affairs (Rijksoverheid) | July 2015 | Report | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Framework for Assessing Ecological and Cumulative Effects of Offshore Wind Farms - Part B: Description and Assessment of the Cumulative Effects of Implementing the Roadmap for Offshore Wind Power | Ministry of Economic Affairs (Rijksoverheid) | July 2015 | Report | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Kármán vortex and turbulent wake generation by wind park piles | Grashorn, S., Stanev, E. | December 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Farfield Environment, Nearfield Habitat |
On the Effect of Offshore Wind Farms on the Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics | Ludewig, E. | January 2015 | Book | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Energy Removal | Farfield Environment |
Obligations and Aspirations: A Critical Evaluation of Offshore Wind Farm Cumulative Impact Assessments | Willsteed, E., et al. | February 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Analysis of Effects of Wind Turbine Generator Array for the Alternative Site of the Cape Wind Energy Project | Swanson, C., Subbayya, S. | August 2006 | Report | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Simulation of Sediment Transport and Deposition from Cable Burial Operations for the Alternative Site of the Cape Wind Energy Project | Swanson, C., Isaji, T. | August 2006 | Report | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Pelagic effects of offshore wind farm foundations in the stratified North Sea | Floeter, J., et al. | August 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment, Fish |
Cumulative impacts of offshore windfarms | Damian, H., Merck, T. | January 2014 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Micrometeorological impacts of offshore wind farms as seen in observations and simulations | Siedersleben, S., et al. | November 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Uncertainty analysis of soil-pile interactions of monopile offshore wind turbine support structures | Yeter, B., Garbatov, Y., Soares, C. | January 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Impacts Of Wind Farms On Surface Air Temperatures | Traiteur, J., Roy, S. | January 2010 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Noise Measurements for Single and Multiple Operation of 50-kW Wind Turbine Generators | Hubbard, H., Shepherd, K. | February 1982 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Noise | Farfield Environment, Nearfield Habitat |
Prediction of Far Field Noise from Wind Energy Farms | Shepherd, K., Hubbard, H. | April 1986 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Noise | Farfield Environment |
Nonlocal Inadvertent Weather Modification Associated with Wind Farms in the Central United States | Lauridsen, M., Ancell, B. | August 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | Energy Removal | Farfield Environment |
Assessing the Cumulative Impact of Onshore Wind Energy Developments | Scottish Natural Heritage | March 2012 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Tafila Region Wind Power Projects: Cumulative Effects Assessment | International Finance Corporation | January 2017 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Birds, Farfield Environment |
Wind Energy Scenarios for the Simulation of the German Power System Until 2050: The Effect of Social and Ecological Factors | Christ, M., et al. | January 2017 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment, Socio-economics |
Hermosa West Wind Energy Project: Draft Environmental Impact Statement | Western Area Power Administration | September 2012 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment, Nearfield Habitat, Socio-economics, Environmental Impact Assessment |
Impacts of wind farms on land surface temperature | Zhou, L., et al. | July 2012 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Environmental Report: High Prairie II Wind Project | Minnesota Department of Commerce | February 2001 | Report | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment |
Long-term implications of sustained wind power growth in the United States: Potential benefits and secondary impacts | Wiser, R., et al. | October 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Farfield Environment, Socio-economics, Climate Change |
Climatic Impacts of Wind Power | Miller, L., Keith, D. | December 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Climate Change |
Comparison of Recent Oil and Gas, Wind Energy, and Other Anthropogenic Landscape Alteration Factors in Texas Through 2014 | Pierre, J., et al. | May 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind | N/A | Physical Environment |
Examples of State and International Guidance for Duration and Intensity of Pre-Construction and Post-Construction Monitoring | US Fish and Wildlife Service | January 2011 | Report | Wind Energy general | N/A | Farfield Environment, Nearfield Habitat |
The Influence Of Large-Scale Wind Power On Global Climate | Keith, D., et al. | November 2004 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general | Energy Removal | Farfield Environment, Socio-economics, Climate Change |
Wind Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation: Challenges and Opportunities | Kuvlesky, W. Jr., et al. | July 2007 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general | N/A | Birds, Farfield Environment |
Samlet belastning av vindkraftutbygging på fugl: standardvilkår for for- og etterundersøkelser | May, R., et al. | December 2010 | Report | Wind Energy general | N/A | Birds, Seabirds, Waterfowl, Farfield Environment |
Estimating the Political, Economic and Environmental Factors' Impact on the Installed Wind Capacity Development: A System GMM Approach | Biresselioglu, M., et al. | October 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general | N/A | Farfield Environment, Socio-economics |
A New Model for Environmental and Economic Evaluation of Renewable Energy Systems: The Case of Wind Turbines | Savino, M., et al. | March 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general | N/A | Farfield Environment, Socio-economics, Life Cycle Assessment |
Seabed morphodynamics due to offshore wind farms | van der Veen, H., Hulscher, S., Lapeña, B. | July 2019 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
On the Potential Impact of Lake Erie Wind Farms on Water Temperatures and Mixed‐Layer Depths: Some Preliminary 1‐D Modeling Using COHERENS | Afsharian, S., Taylor, P. | February 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Water Quality |
Wave Climate and Coastline Response of the Dutch Coast: Investigating the effect of large-scale offshore wind farm developments in the North Sea | Ballas, G. | November 2018 | Thesis | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport |
On the Multi-Scale Interactions Between an Offshore-Wind-Turbine Wake and the Ocean-Sediment Dynamics in an Idealized Framework - A Numerical Investigation | Nagel, T., et al. | January 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport |
Potential Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms on North Sea Stratification | Carpenter, J., et al. | August 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Water Quality |
Exploring the wakes of large offshore wind farms | Emeis, S., et al. | January 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Offshore Wind Farm Wake Effect on Stratification and Coastal Upwelling | Paskyabi, M. | December 2015 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
The Influence of Large Offshore Wind Farms on the North Sea and Baltic Sea - A Comprehensive Literature Review | Clark, S., Schroeder, F., Baschek, B. | December 2014 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Water Quality |
Numerical Study for Wave-Induced Seabed Response around Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation in Donghai Offshore Wind Farm, Shanghai, China | Chang, K., Jeng, D. | July 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Large Eddy Simulation Studies of the Effects of Alignment and Wind Farm Length | Stevens, R., Gayme, D., Meneveau, C. | April 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Modelling Potential Changes in Marine Biogeochemistry due to Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farms | van der Molen, J., Rees, J., Limpenny, S. | April 2013 | Conference Paper | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment |
Offshore Wind Farms: Foundations and Influence on the Littoral Processes | Esteban, M., et al. | January 2011 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport |
Numerical Calculation of the Impact of Offshore Wind Farm Power Stations on Hydrodynamic Conditions | Zhang, W., Xia, H., Wang, B. | January 2009 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
On The Influence Of Large Wind Farms On The Upper Ocean Circulation | Broström, G. | November 2008 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Sediment Transport Patterns at Trafalgar Offshore Windfarm | Besio, G., Losada, M. | May 2008 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport |
Effects of Wind Farm Foundations on the Water Exchange between North Sea and Baltic Sea - A First Careful Assessment Derived from the QuantAS-Off Project | Burchard, H., et al. | January 2008 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Dynamics of Scour Pits and Scour Protection - Synthesis Report and Recommendations | Whitehouse, R., Harris, J., Rees, J. | January 2008 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm - Coastal Processes Monitoring | Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) | July 2006 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport |
Ormonde Project Scoping Study for Coastal and Seabed Processes | Coates, T., Skipper, C., Cranmer, G. | November 2005 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment |
Sand Banks, Sand Transport and Offshore Wind Farms: Technical Report | Kenyon, N., Cooper, B. | May 2005 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport |
Coastal Process Modelling for Offshore Windfarm Environmental Impact Assessment: Best Practice Guide | Lambkin, D., et al. | September 2009 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment |
Sandeels in the Wind Farm Area at Horns Reef | Jensen, H., Kristensen, P., Hoffmann, E. | August 2004 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | N/A | Fish, Physical Environment |
Wake Effects on Middelgrund Windfarm | Jørgensen, H., Frandsen, S., Vølund, P. | July 2003 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Offshore Wind Turbine Wakes Measured by Sodar | Barthelmie, J., et al. | April 2003 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Potential Effects of Offshore Wind Developments on Coastal Processes | Beiboer, F., Cooper, B. | January 2002 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport |
Numerical study of multi-scale flow-sediment-structure interactions using a multiphase approach | Nagel, T. | July 2018 | Thesis | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport |
Zooplankton Community Responses and the Relation to Environmental Factors from Established Offshore Wind Farms within the Rudong Coastal Area of China | Wang, T., et al. | July 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | N/A | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Water Quality |
Observing Cable Laying and Particle Settlement During the Construction of the Block Island Wind Farm | James, E., et al. | March 2017 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport |
Current and Wave Effects around Windfarm Monopile Foundations | Miles, J., Martin, T, Goddard, L | March 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Foundation Damping and the Dynamics of Offshore Wind Turbine Monopiles | Carswell, W., et al. | August 2015 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
In situ observations of suspended particulate matter plumes at an offshore wind farm, southern North Sea | Baeye, M., Fettweis, M. | August 2015 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport |
Preliminary Assessment of Offshore Wind Development Impacts on Marine Ecosystems | Huang, H., Hall, A. | March 2015 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Predicting the Large-Scale Consequences of Offshore Wind Turbine Array Development on a North Sea Ecosystem | van der Molen, J., et al. | August 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment |
Similar Diversity-Disturbance Responses to Different Physical Impacts: Three Cases of Small-Scale Biodiversity Increase in the Belgian Part of the North Sea | De Backer, A., et al. | July 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment |
Habitat Engineering by Decadal-Scale Bioturbation around Shipwrecks on the Great Barrier Reef Mid-Shelf | Stieglitz, T. | March 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment |
The Added Value of 'Small-Scale' Monitoring of the Soft-Sediment Endobenthos around Offshore Wind Farms in the Belgian Part of the North Sea | Coates, D., Vanaverbeke, M., Magda, V. | September 2012 | Conference Paper | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Invertebrates, Physical Environment |
Human pressures on UK seabed habitats: a cumulative impact assessment | Foden, J., Rogers, S., Jones, A. | May 2011 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment |
The Nature Of Scour Development And Scour Protection At Offshore Windfarm Foundations | Whitehouse, R., et al. | November 2010 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment |
Adapting Offshore Wind Power Foundations to Local Environment | Hammar, L., Andersson, S., Rosenberg, R. | May 2010 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change, Noise | Invertebrates, Physical Environment |
Ecological Risk as a Tool for Evaluating the Effects of Offshore Wind Farm Construction in the North Sea | Nunneri, C., et al. | February 2008 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Water Quality |
Benthic Communities at Horns Rev Before, During and After Construction of Horns Rev Offshore Wind Farm: Final Report | Vattenfall | May 2006 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Invertebrates, Physical Environment |
Seabed Morphology Off Southern Long Island: Studies of Artificial Reefs and Implications for Wind Farms | Flood, R. | January 2005 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | N/A | Physical Environment |
First in situ evidence of wakes in the far field behind offshore wind farms | Platis, A., et al. | February 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | N/A | Physical Environment |
Impact of substantial wind farms on the local and regional atmospheric boundary layer: Case study of Zhangbei wind power base in China | Wang, Q., et al. | September 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
The Iowa Atmospheric Observatory: Revealing the Unique Boundary Layer Characteristics of a Wind Farm | Takle, E., Rajewski, D., Purdy, S. | March 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Modelling the Effects of Wind Farming on the Local Weather Using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model | Jawaheer, B., et al. | January 2019 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
The Influence of Real‐World Wind Turbine Deployments on Local to Mesoscale Climate | Pryor, S., Barthelmie, R., Shepherd, T. | May 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Meteorological and Hydrological Effect of Wind Farm in Arid Areas | Yin, R., et al. | January 2017 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Changes in fluxes of heat, H2O, and CO2 caused by a large wind farm | Rajewski, D., et al. | August 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Crop Wind Energy Experiment (CWEX): Observations of Surface-Layer, Boundary Layer, and Mesoscale Interactions with a Wind Farm | Rajewski, D., et al. | May 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Spatiotemporal Structure of Wind Farm-atmospheric Boundary Layer Interactions | Cervarich, M., Roy, S., Zhou, L. | January 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Further evidence of impacts of large-scale wind farms on land surface temperature | Walsh-Thomas, J., et al. | October 2012 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
Wind turbine impact on near-ground air temperature | Moravec, D., et al. | August 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
The Effect of a Giant Wind Farm on Precipitation in a Regional Climate Model | Fiedler, B., Bukovsky, M. | January 2011 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |