Observed tropical cyclone wind flow characteristics

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 349-381

  Schroeder, John L ^a   Edwards, Becca P ^a   Giammanco, Ian M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gust factors; Integral scales; Radar; Roughness lengths.; Tower measurements; Tropical cyclones; Turbulence intensity; Wind

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; STORMS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; TROPICS; TURBULENCE; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

GUST FACTORS; INTEGRAL SCALES; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

HURRICANES;

EID: 77953257837     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.2009.12.4.349     Document Type: Article

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