Simulation of extreme winds from thunderstorm downbursts

EACWE 2005 - 4th European and African Conference on Wind Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 68-69

  Chen, L ^a   Letchford, C W ^a  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNBURST WINDS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXTREME WINDS; NON-PARAMETRIC; NONSTATIONARY; THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST; THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURSTS;

THUNDERSTORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84875179866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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