- Author
- Batts, M. E. | Cordes, M. R. | Russell, L. R. | Shaver, J. R. | Simiu, E.
- Title
- Hurricane Wind Speeds in the United States. Building Science Series (Final).
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC Larry Russell and Associates, Inc., Houston, TX
- Sponsor
- Department of Energy, Washington, DC National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBS BSS 124, May 1980,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NSF-ENV77-16113
- Keywords
- wind velocity | hurricanes
- Abstract
- A Monte Carlo simulation technique is used to obtain estimates of hurricane wind speeds in the Gulf and East Coasts of the United States. The paper describes the sources of data, the probabilistic models for the climatological characteristics of hurricanes, and the physical models for the hurricane wind speed field used in the estimations.