Analysis of Wind Characteristics from Field Wind Data

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1985-05

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Kancharla, Vidyasagar Reddy

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The objective of this study is to assess engineering related wind characteristics in thunderstorms from field collected data. Three specific objectives are addressed in this report: (1) to study the dependence of wind speed value on averaging time, (2) to assess turbulence in wind, and (3) to evaluate wind direction profile. The evaluations are based on the data collected at the 481m high WKY-TV tower near Oklahoma city, Oklahoma. Ten one-hour segments of field meteorological data collected simultaneously at seven heights ranging from 7m to 444m on the tower with a recording interval of one second are available for analysis. (From "Objectives")

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Wind Characteristics, Wind Speed, tall building design, Thunderstorm

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