Relationships among daily mean and maximum wind speeds, with application to data quality assurance

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-43

  Graybeal, Daniel Y ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily maxima; Data quality; Extremes; Peak gust factor; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

DAILY MEAN; DATA QUALITY; MAXIMUM WIND SPEED; PEAK-GUST FACTOR;

CLIMATOLOGY;

QUALITY CONTROL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 31944442743     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1237     Document Type: Article

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