Wind and Structures
Volume 4, Number 3, 2001, pages 197-212
DOI: 10.12989/was.2001.4.3.197
Towards a revised base wind speed map for the United Kingdom
Craig A. Miller, Niccholas J. Cook and Richard H. Barnard(U.K.)rn
Abstract
Observations of extreme wind speeds in the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1980, correctedrnfor the influence of upwind ground roughness and topography, have been analysed using the recently-developedrn
Key Words
extremes; design wind speed; exposure corrections; Method of Independent Storms.
Address
Craig A. Miller, Risk Management Solutions Ltd., 10 Eastcheap, London, EC3M 1AJ, U.K.rnNicholas J. Cook, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, U.K.rnRichard H. Barnard, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AB, U.K.