Extreme wind atlases of South Africa from global reanalysis data

Xiaoli Guo Larsén; Andries Kruger; Jake Badger; Hans Ejsing Jørgensen

Extreme wind atlases of South Africa from global reanalysis data

Xiaoli Guo Larsén, Andries Kruger, Jake Badger, Hans Ejsing Jørgensen

South African Weather Service

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Extreme wind atlases of South Africa were developed using three reanalysis data and recently developed approaches. The results are compared with the maps produced using standard wind measurements over the region. It was found that different reanalyses with the same approach provide similar spatial distribution of the extreme wind with coarse resolution data giving smaller extreme winds. The CFSR surface winds at 38 km horizontal resolution provides the best spatial distribution of the extreme winds.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceeding of the 6th European African Conference on Wind Engineering
Publication date	2013
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	6th European and African Conference on Wind Engineering - Robinson College, Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 7 Jul 2013 → 11 Jul 2013 Conference number: 6

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Conference	6th European and African Conference on Wind Engineering
Number	6
Location	Robinson College
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Cambridge
Period	07/07/2013 → 11/07/2013

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