scholarly journals Hurricane wind speeds in the united States

1980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin E Batts ◽  
Mrtin R Cordes ◽  
Larry R Russell ◽  
James R Shaver ◽  
Emil Simiu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Hurricane Wind

scholarly journals Hurricane Wind Speeds in the United States

1980 ◽  
Vol 106 (10) ◽  
pp. 2001-2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin E. Batts ◽  
Emil Simiu ◽  
Larry R. Russell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Hurricane Wind

Prediction of Hurricane Wind Speeds in the United States

1995 ◽  
Vol 121 (11) ◽  
pp. 1691-1699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Vickery ◽  
Lawrence A. Twisdale
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Hurricane Wind

scholarly journals Perceptions of Hurricane-Track Forecasts in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Senkbeil ◽  
Jacob Reed ◽  
Jennifer Collins ◽  
Kimberly Brothers ◽  
Michelle Saunders ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Track Forecast ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Home Location ◽  
Hurricane Track ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Storm Characteristics ◽  
Hurricane Tracks ◽  
Hurricane Irma

AbstractHurricanes Isaac (2012), Harvey (2017), and Irma (2017) were storms with different geophysical characteristics and track forecast consistencies. Despite the differences, common themes emerged from the perception of track forecasts from evacuees for each storm. Surveys with a mixture of closed and open-ended responses were conducted during the evacuations of each storm while the storm characteristics and decision-making were fresh in the minds of evacuees. Track perception accuracy for each evacuee was quantified by taking the difference between three metrics: perceived track and official track (PT − OT), perceived track and forecast track (PT − FT), and home location and perceived track (HL − PT). Evacuees from Hurricanes Isaac and Harvey displayed a tendency to perceive hurricane tracks as being closer to their home locations than what was forecast to occur and what actually occurred. The large sample collected for Hurricane Irma provided a chance to statistically verify some of the hypotheses generated from Isaac and Harvey. Results from Hurricane Irma confirmed that evacuees expected a storm to be closer to their home locations after controlling for regional influences. Furthermore, participants with greater previous hurricane experience perceived a track as being closer to their home locations, and participants residing in zip codes corresponding with nonmandatory evacuation zones also perceived tracks as being closer to their home locations. These findings suggest that most evacuees from hurricanes in the United States appear to perceive storms as being closer to their home locations than they are and overestimate wind speeds at their homes, thus overestimating the true danger from landfalling hurricanes in many storms.

scholarly journals Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2011*

2013 ◽  
Vol 141 (8) ◽  
pp. 2577-2596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lixion A. Avila ◽  
Stacy R. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Tropical Storms ◽  
Track Forecast ◽  
Forecast Errors ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
The Bahamas ◽  
Hurricane Wind ◽  
Level Of Activity ◽  
High Level

Abstract The 2011 Atlantic season was marked by above-average tropical cyclone activity with the formation of 19 tropical storms. Seven of the storms became hurricanes and four became major hurricanes (category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale). The numbers of tropical storms and hurricanes were above the long-term averages of 12 named storms, 6 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes. Despite the high level of activity, Irene was the only hurricane to hit land in 2011, striking both the Bahamas and the United States. Other storms, however, affected the United States, eastern Canada, Central America, eastern Mexico, and the northeastern Caribbean Sea islands. The death toll from the 2011 Atlantic tropical cyclones is 80. National Hurricane Center mean official track forecast errors in 2011 were smaller than the previous 5-yr means at all forecast times except 120 h. In addition, the official track forecast errors set records for accuracy at the 24-, 36-, 48-, and 72-h forecast times. The mean intensity forecast errors in 2011 ranged from about 6 kt (~3 m s−1) at 12 h to about 17 kt (~9 m s−1) at 72 and 120 h. These errors were below the 5-yr means at all forecast times.

Design Gust Wind Speeds in the United States

1999 ◽  
Vol 125 (9) ◽  
pp. 1078-1080
Author(s):  
Emil Simiu ◽  
James J. Filliben ◽  
J. A. Peterka ◽  
S. Shahid
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Wind Speeds

scholarly journals Characterization of wind power resource in the United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 7305-7364
Author(s):  
U. B. Gunturu ◽  
C. A. Schlosser
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
The United States ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Level Crossing Rate ◽  
The Us ◽  
Summary Representation ◽  
Wind Resource ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Modern Era

Abstract. Wind resource in the continental and offshore United States has been reconstructed and characterized using metrics that describe, apart from abundance, its availability, persistence and intermittency. The Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) boundary layer flux data has been used to construct wind profile at 50 m, 80 m, 100 m, 120 m turbine hub heights. The wind power density (WPD) estimates at 50 m are qualitatively similar to those in the US wind atlas developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), but quantitatively a class less in some regions, but are within the limits of uncertainty. The wind speeds at 80 m were quantitatively and qualitatively close to the NREL wind map. The possible reasons for overestimation by NREL have been discussed. For long tailed distributions like those of the WPD, the mean is an overestimation and median is suggested for summary representation of the wind resource. The impact of raising the wind turbine hub height on metrics of abundance, persistence, variability and intermittency is analyzed. There is a general increase in availability and abundance of wind resource but there is an increase in intermittency in terms of level crossing rate in low resource regions.

Design Gust Wind Speeds in the United States

1999 ◽  
Vol 125 (9) ◽  
pp. 1077-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emil Simiu ◽  
James J. Filliben ◽  
J. A. Peterka ◽  
S. Shahid
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Wind Speeds

Design Gust Wind Speeds in the United States

1998 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon A. Peterka ◽  
Sohban Shahid
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Wind Speeds
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