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. 2014 Feb 13;4:4090. doi: 10.1038/srep04090

Table 2. Average noise levels on various days, at different powerhouse (PH) turbine unit outlets (e.g., 6N is the north outlet of turbine unit 6 and 4N/5S is between turbine units 4 and 5, see Figure 1), and treatments on the powerhouse deck for each hydrophone (i.e., PH 1, PH 2, etc., see Table 1 for details).

Date Elevation Spill PH Outflow PH 1 Turbine PH 1 NL (dB re 1 μPa) PH 2,3 Turbine PH 2 NL (dB re 1 μPa) PH 3 NL (dB re 1 μPa) PH 4,5 Turbine PH 4 NL (dB re 1 μPa) PH 5 NL (dB re 1 μPa)
10/19/2012 High None Typical 6N 107 6S 103 99 N/A N/A N/A
10/29/2012 High None Low 6N 106 5S 102 101 N/A N/A N/A
10/29/2012 High Low Low 6N 107 5S 102 100 N/A N/A N/A
11/5/2012 Low Low Low 6N 108 6S 105 102 N/A N/A N/A
11/6/2012 High None Typical 6S 106 6N/6S 105 105 N/A N/A N/A
11/6/2012 High Low Typical 6S 106 6N/6S 104 104 N/A N/A N/A
11/7/2012 Low None Low 6S 106 6N/6S 102 99 N/A N/A N/A
11/7/2012 High None Low 6S 106 6N/6S 101 98 N/A N/A N/A
11/7/2012 High None Typical 6S 106 6N/6S 102 98 N/A N/A N/A
11/7/2012 High Low Low 6S 106 6N/6S 103 101 N/A N/A N/A
11/7/2012 High Low Typical 6S 106 6N/6S 103 100 N/A N/A N/A
4/23/2013 High Low Low 2N 106 1N 102 101 N/A N/A N/A
5/2/2013 High Low Low 2N 106 1N 102 100 N/A N/A N/A
5/14/2013 High High High N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 6S 117 116
5/14/2013 High Low High 4N/5S 109 4S 104 104 6S 115 114
5/16/2013 High Low High N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 6S 113 111
5/18/2013 High Low Typical 3N 106 4S 102 101 4S 102 101