TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparison of wind prediction models for transitional flow regimes using full-scale hurricane data
AU - Letchford, Chris
AU - Gardner, Anna
AU - Howard, Rob
AU - Schroeder, John
PY - 2001/8
Y1 - 2001/8
N2 - Observations of high-resolution wind speed data from two US Atlantic Coast hurricanes are used to compare several models for evaluating the effect a terrain change on the mean and gust wind speeds at 10 m height. The results indicate that these models tend to overestimate the increase in speed at 10 m height induced by a transition from a rougher to a smoother terrain. This is conservative for design purposes, but may be unnecessarily so.
AB - Observations of high-resolution wind speed data from two US Atlantic Coast hurricanes are used to compare several models for evaluating the effect a terrain change on the mean and gust wind speeds at 10 m height. The results indicate that these models tend to overestimate the increase in speed at 10 m height induced by a transition from a rougher to a smoother terrain. This is conservative for design purposes, but may be unnecessarily so.
KW - Full-scale measurements
KW - Mean and gust wind speeds
KW - Terrain changes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035418245&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0167-6105(01)00083-6
DO - 10.1016/S0167-6105(01)00083-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035418245
VL - 89
SP - 925
EP - 945
JO - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
JF - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
SN - 0167-6105
IS - 10
ER -