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Metadata: 2010, National Physical Laboratory, Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, Underwater Noise Monitoring During Marine Piling
Abstract:
The work described here was undertaken to monitor the radiated underwater acoustic noise from marine pile-driving by the installation of foundations during the construction phase of the Round 2 offshore wind farm at Sheringham Shoal. The measurement and analysis work included in this preliminary report were conducted during June 2010 by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and its partners, Loughborough University (LU) and Gardline Environmental Limited (GEL). The objective of the work was to monitor the noise radiated during the marine piling phase of construction in accordance with the conditions of the license issued (FEPA 9.35) to Statoil/Scira UK to allow an assessment to be made of the likely impact of the acoustic noise on marine life in the area. To do this, a total of 4 pile installations were be measured. This report describes the results of the noise assessment for the pile-driving during the installation of foundations I4, H6, E1 and G6, which were the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 8th foundation pieces installed, respectively. Where appropriate, the results are compared with the predictions made during previous work for the Environmental Statement undertaken by Scira in 2006. Comparisons are also drawn with the measured results from other researchers, including those obtained from wind farm developments in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany. The results are further presented in the context of their impact on marine mammals and fish.
Data holder:
Scira Offshore Energy
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 4784 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | 2010, National Physical Laboratory, Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, Underwater Noise Monitoring During Marine Piling |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 6072ef0ecaca5f75b400624ee5ffbb2a |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 4864 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2026-04-19 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2026-04-19 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | asNeeded |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The work described here was undertaken to monitor the radiated underwater acoustic noise from marine pile-driving by the installation of foundations during the construction phase of the Round 2 offshore wind farm at Sheringham Shoal. The measurement and analysis work included in this preliminary report were conducted during June 2010 by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and its partners, Loughborough University (LU) and Gardline Environmental Limited (GEL). The objective of the work was to monitor the noise radiated during the marine piling phase of construction in accordance with the conditions of the license issued (FEPA 9.35) to Statoil/Scira UK to allow an assessment to be made of the likely impact of the acoustic noise on marine life in the area. To do this, a total of 4 pile installations were be measured. This report describes the results of the noise assessment for the pile-driving during the installation of foundations I4, H6, E1 and G6, which were the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 8th foundation pieces installed, respectively. Where appropriate, the results are compared with the predictions made during previous work for the Environmental Statement undertaken by Scira in 2006. Comparisons are also drawn with the measured results from other researchers, including those obtained from wind farm developments in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany. The results are further presented in the context of their impact on marine mammals and fish. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Underwater acoustic noise monitoring carried out by the Nationla Physical Laboratory during the construction phase of the Round 2 offshore wind farm at Sheringham Shoal. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Origin: National Physical Laboratory |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Renewable Energy Lease area |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Construction monitoring | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Acoustic noise in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.174333255759 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.2244886798664 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.096122217091 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.0742216214591 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Scira Offshore Energy | |
| Position name | COWRIE Data UPloader | |
| Phone | +44 (0) 20 3204 3200 | |
| Fax | N/A | |
| Delivery point | Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, Statoil UK Ltd, One Kingdom Street, London W2 6BD, United Kingdom | |
| info@scira.co.uk | ||
| URL | www.scira.co.uk | |
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Scira Offshore Energy | |
| Position name | COWRIE Data UPloader | |
| Phone | +44 (0) 20 3204 3200 | |
| Fax | N/A | |
| Delivery point | Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, Statoil UK Ltd, One Kingdom Street, London W2 6BD, United Kingdom | |
| info@scira.co.uk | ||
| URL | www.scira.co.uk | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Scira Offshore Energy | |
| Position name | COWRIE Data UPloader | |
| Phone | +44 (0) 20 3204 3200 | |
| Fax | N/A | |
| Delivery point | Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, Statoil UK Ltd, One Kingdom Street, London W2 6BD, United Kingdom | |
| info@scira.co.uk | ||
| URL | www.scira.co.uk | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1966/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | no conditions apply |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2026-04-19 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2026-04-19 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2011-06-30 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | Version 2.3.5 |