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Estimation of peak winds from hourly observations
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Graves, M. E. |
| Copyright Year | 1973 |
| Description | Two closely related methods to obtain estimates of the hourly peak wind at Cape Kennedy were compared by statistical tests. The methods evaluated the Monin-Obukhov stability length and the standard deviation of the hourly observed wind speed, so as to augment the latter quantity by F standard deviations. F is an optimized factor. A third method utilizing an optimized gust factor was also applied to the hourly wind. The latter procedure estimated 2952 peak winds with an rms error of 2.81 knots, an accuracy which was not surpassed by the other methods. Peak ground wind speed data were developed for use in space shuttle design operation analyses. |
| File Size | 824378 |
| Page Count | 26 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19740011122 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t81k45r0m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1973-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology Wind Velocity Statistical Analysis Cape Kennedy Launch Complex Ground Wind Space Shuttles Statistical Weather Forecasting Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
