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    • Visual Impact Assessment of the Existing Land-based Wind Turbine Fleet of the Contiguous United States

    Metadata Updated: March 14, 2025

    This data submission contains GIS raster datasets mapping the visual impacts of the land-based wind turbine fleet in the Contiguous United States (CONUS). Two datasets are included, each presenting a different quantification of visual impacts:

    1. Cumulative visual magnitude, measured as the percentage of a hypothetical observer's field of view that is occupied by all nearby wind turbines.
    2. Visual impact rating, a human-interpretable estimate of the visual impacts ranging from "No Impact" to "Very High Impact", based on calibration to field-based ratings from trained observers.

    Each dataset is 30m in resolution, covers the full extent of the CONUS, and is provided in the ESRI:102003 coordinate reference system.

    For additional details and citation, please refer to the Gleason et al. (2025) paper linked below, which includes information on the methodology used to derive these datasets, how to interpret their values, and other relevant details and limitations.

    Gleason, M., Lopez, A., Rivers, M., 2025. Mapping and characterizing the visual impacts of the existing US wind turbine fleet. Applied Energy 378, 124801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124801

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Metadata Created Date March 14, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 14, 2025

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    Metadata Created Date March 14, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 14, 2025
    Publisher National Renewable Energy Lab
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    Data Last Modified 2025-03-13T17:32:38Z
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