Noise

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Noise

File:Layer Noise.png
Layer Info
Category	Ecology
Sub-category	Pressure

Description

Noise is any undesirable sound.

MSP Challenge

In the MSP Challenge Simulation Platform noise consists of any undesired sound or vibration.

The noise layer is calculated on a month-by-month basis considering the activities running (or planned) in the sea basin. The contribution from each human activity to the total noise in the sea region is defined from 0 (no impact) to 1 (full impact) by expert knowledge.

Noise is subsequently a pressure on the ecosystem. This means that this data layer is fed into the ecosystem simulation (EwE), and the ecosystem will respond accordingly.

Return to pressures.

Types

• Very Low
• Low
• Medium
• High
• Very High

Metadata

Not applicable. This layer is calculated by the system.

In the North Sea the following data layers contribute to Noise, their contribution to noise (from 0 to 1) is indicated in brackets:

• Ports (0.8)
• Total Shipping Intensity (1)
• Cables - during construction (0.5)
• Sand & Gravel Extraction (0.3)
• Oil & Gas Installations (0.2)
• Wind farms during construction (0.8)
• Wind farms (0.2)
• Wave Farms during construction (0.5)
• Wave Farms (0.1)
• Tidal Farms during construction (0.5)
• Tidal Farms (0.1)
• Recreational Areas (0.1)
• Pipelines during construction (0.5)

Types

• Very low
• Low
• Medium
• High
• Very high

Metadata

Not applicable. This layer is calculated by the system.

In the Baltic Sea the following data layers contribute to Noise:

• Dredging Sites (0.8)
• Oil & Gas Platforms (0.3)
• Pipelines (0.3)
• Total Shipping Intensity (1)
• Wind farms (0.2)
• Wind farms during construction (1)
• Military areas (0.2)
• Ports (1)
• Cables during construction (0.3)
• Sand & Gravel Extraction (0.8)

Types

• Extremely Low
• Low
• Medium
• High
• Extra High

Metadata

Not applicable. This layer is calculated by the system.

In the Clyde Marine Regions the following data layers contribute to Noise:

• Dredging Sites (0.5)
• Recreational Boats Intensity (0.1)
• Total Shipping Intensity (0.8)
• Wind farms in contruction (0.8)
• Wind farms *Military areas (0.2)
• Ports
• Cables in construction (0.5)

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Adriatic Sea Edition.