A once in 50-year wind speed map for Europe derived from mean sea level pressure measurements

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 91, Issue 12-15, 2003, Pages 1813-1826

  Miller, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extremes; Geostrophic drag law; Geostrophic wind speed; Mean sea level pressure

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; WIND EFFECTS;

GEOSTROPHIC DRAG LAW;

AERODYNAMICS;

DRAG; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GUST; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; WIND ENGINEERING; WIND VELOCITY;

DRAG; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GUST; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0347506116     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2003.09.024     Document Type: Article

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