OpportunityTitle: NT-23-11: Substrate-Borne Vibroacoustic Disturbances from Offshore Wind Construction: Measurements, Physical Characteristics, and Propagation
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This project is open to Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education in the following Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESUs): North Atlantic Coast, Pacific Northwest, Gulf Coast, Californian, Chesapeake Watershed, and Piedmont-South Atlantic Coast.This project is required to have a staff member of the applying organization as the Principal Investigator (PI). Cooperative research between interested organizations - i.e., state agencies, public universities, and non-profits in affected states - is always encouraged. Federal entities as partners are allowed, however the tasks performed by the Federal partner and the associated budget must be presented separately by the Federal partner. Other non-federal organizations may be partners and their tasks and budgets should be included as part of the applicant&#8217;s proposal.
Description: This proposed study is to make measurements and investigate the physical characteristics and propagation of substrate-borne mechanical waves through seabed from offshore wind facility construction and operations. Although environmental impacts from substrate-borne particle motion from pile driving have been widely recognized as potential major effects on marine benthic organisms, very little research has been conducted to address these types of vibroacoustic disturbances. Therefore, information is critically needed concerning the physics and propagation of vibroacoustic disturbances from such activities. In addition, this study would explore additional data collection methods and identify the most appropriate geoacoustic sensor(s) to obtain substrate-borne vibroacoustic signals at different ranges and layers of the sediment, and to develop source and propagation to predict impact zones.Furthermore, though this study is proposed to address substrate-borne vibroacoustic characteristics and propagation from offshore wind farm construction and operations, results from this study have wide application for many marine engineering activities that are coupled with seabed, such as construction and operations of marine energy converters, subsea drilling and dredging, offshore structure removal, and deep-sea mining.
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GrantorContactText: Christy Tardiff&lt;br/&gt;christy.tardiff@bsee.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., EDT, on the listed application due date.