Extreme wind characteristics over Singapore - An area in the equatorial belt

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 83, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 61-69

  Choi, Edmund C C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Equatorial belt; Extreme wind characteristics; Singapore

Indexed keywords

STORMS; TROPICS;

EQUATORIAL BELT; TROPICAL THUNDERSTORMS;

WIND EFFECTS;

MONSOON; THUNDERSTORM; WIND VELOCITY;

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; EXTREME EVENT; MONSOON; THUNDERSTORM; WIND VELOCITY;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0033410198     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(99)00061-6     Document Type: Article

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