Surface wind measurements in three Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 98, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 533-547

  Masters, Forrest J ^a   Tieleman, Henry W ^b   Balderrama, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gust factor; Integral length scale; Tropical cyclone (hurricane); Turbulence

Indexed keywords

STORMS; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNELS;

ATLANTIC HURRICANE; COASTAL MONITORING; GUST FACTORS; LENGTH SCALE; RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURBULENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA;

HURRICANES;

EID: 77954957742     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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