Anthropogenic impulsive sound dataset in support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 11 (D11C01, 2018 Reporting)

This dataset is part of the 2018 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 11, criterion 1. This dataset describes the impulsive noise generated during percussion pile emplacement for offshore wind farm construction and unexploded ordnance (UxO) explosions. Impulsive underwater sound (pressure) was measured during pile driving operations in Belgian waters, for different types of foundations (monopiles of different diameters, foundations of ducts with a smaller diameter) and hydraulic hammers with different energy powers. The results of measurements at Bligh Bank and Thornton Bank, with a resulting extrapolation of zero to peak noise level (Lz-p) at 750m and Sound Exposure Level (SEL) (no mitigation measures deployed), are presented (Norro et al., 2013).

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Date (Creation)
2018-09-07
Date (Revision)
2021-12-08
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2025-05-07
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Please cite as follows: 1) GIS layer for impulsive underwater sound measured in the BPNS (MSFD). 2) Jan Haelters, Mia Devolder, Bob Rumes, Alain Norro (2018). Impulsive sound.
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  Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Marine Ecology and Management (MARECO)
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https://www.naturalsciences.be/en/science/do/533
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  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.naturalsciences.be
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  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.naturalsciences.be
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  Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://odnature.naturalsciences.be/mumm/
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  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
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Marine Regions
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Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
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INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
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Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
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2012-01-01
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2016-12-31
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  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
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MSFD:D11C1_impulsive_noise ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map of: GIS layer for impulsive underwater sound measured in the BPNS (MSFD)

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  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
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MSFD:D11C1_impulsive_noise ( OGC:WFS )

A WFS service to download: GIS layer for impulsive underwater sound measured in the BPNS (MSFD)

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  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
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Impulsive sound. Jan Haelters, Mia Devolder, Bob Rumes, Alain Norro ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download the dataset in Excel: Impulsive sound. Jan Haelters, Mia Devolder, Bob Rumes, Alain Norro

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
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Yes
Statement
This dataset is published in: Norro, Alain Michel Jules, Bob Rumes, and Steven Johan Degraer. "Differentiating between underwater construction noise of monopile and jacket foundations for offshore windmills: a case study from the Belgian part of the North Sea." The Scientific World Journal 2013 (2013). The geographical coordinates have been converted from WGS84 to ETRS89. The data is then dynamically made available through WFS and statically converted to an INSPIRE-compliant GML file.
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2025-05-07T15:12:44.203Z
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Point of contact
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
 
 

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Eionet Central Data Repository
(Criteria) D11C1 - Anthropogenic impulsive sound
European Legislation Identifier
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance)
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
Marine Strategy Framework Directive marine monitoring noise monitoring noise pollution
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Oceanographic geographical features
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
Directive 2008/56/EC
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
National
INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts
Oceanographic Geographical Features
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
Introduction of energy does not adversely affect the marine environment
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
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