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JOURNAL OF WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS
Volume 90, Issue 12-15, Pages 1415-1433Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(02)00262-3
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This paper attempts a state-of-the-art summary of research into thunderstorm wind fields from an engineering perspective. The characteristics of thunderstorms and the two extreme wind events-tornadoes and downbursts-spawn by thunderstorms are described. The significant differences from traditional boundary layer flows are highlighted. The importance of thunderstorm gusts in the worldwide database of extreme wind events is established. Physical simulations of tornadoes and downbursts are described and discussed leading to the recommendation that Wind Engineering needs to focus more resources on the fundamental issue-What is the flow structure in the strongest winds? (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
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