Wind characteristics of tropical thunderstorms

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-226

  Choi, Edmund C C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Tropical thunderstorms; Wind characteristics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; RAIN; WIND EFFECTS;

GUST FACTORS;

THUNDERSTORMS;

THUNDERSTORM; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 0034737178     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(99)00054-9     Document Type: Article

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