windAC (version 1.2.10)

hullMuirMaxDistance: Calculate the Hull and Muir (2010) maximum distance

Description

Calculate the maximum fall distance from a turbine using the regression model from Hull and Muir (2010).

Usage

hullMuirMaxDistance(hubHeight, bladeRadius, ...)

Value

data frame of maximum distance by size class, hubHeight, and

bladeRadius. Distance will be in the same units as were provided for hubHeight and bladeRadius

Arguments

hubHeight

Numeric, turbine hub height.

bladeRadius

Numeric, turbine blade radius.

...

Currently ignored.

Details

Using the linear regression coefficients from Hull and Muir (2010), a maximum distance is calculated. This is done for three size classes (bats, small birds (SB), and large birds (LB)) separately.

It is assumed that hubHeight and bladeRadius have the same units.

Note: Hull and Muir (2010) used the range of 65 m < hubHeight < 94 m and 33 m < bladeRadius < 55 m. Anything outside of this range is extrapolation and should only be done with care.

References

Hull, C. L., & Muir, S. (2010). Search areas for monitoring bird and bat carcasses at wind farms using a Monte-Carlo model. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 17(2), 77-87.

Examples

hubHeights <- rnorm(10, mean = 87.5, sd = 10)
bladeRadii <- rnorm(10, mean = 62.5, sd = 10)

hullMuirMaxDistance(hubHeight = hubHeights, bladeRadius = bladeRadii)