Separation and classification of extreme wind events from anemometric records

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-143

  De Gaetano, Patrizia ^a   Repetto, Maria Pia ^a   Repetto, Teresa ^a   Solari, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dataset; Depression; Extreme wind events; Gust factor; Gust front; Monitoring network; Thunderstorm

Indexed keywords

SEPARATION; THUNDERSTORMS;

DATASET; DEPRESSION; EXTREME WINDS; GUST FACTORS; GUST FRONTS; MONITORING NETWORK;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84893956784     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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