A new method for estimating maximum wind gust speed with a given return period and a high areal resolution

0463842 - ÚFA 2017 RIV NL eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Pop, Lukáš - Sokol, Zbyněk - Hanslian, David
A new method for estimating maximum wind gust speed with a given return period and a high areal resolution.
Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. Roč. 158, November (2016), s. 51-60. ISSN 0167-6105. E-ISSN 1872-8197
Grant CEP: GA ČR GAP504/10/0843
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378289
Klíčová slova: wind gusts * extreme wind map * return period * gumbel distribution * extreme value analysis
Kód oboru RIV: DG - Vědy o atmosféře, meteorologie
Impakt faktor: 2.049, rok: 2016
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167610515301677

We propose a new method for estimating maps of extreme wind gust speed. This method uses observed wind data and maps of general wind climate (GWC). The GWC consists of parameter values for the Weibull distribution of the observed wind speeds in 8 wind sectors and the wind frequencies of these sectors. The proposed method assumes that the maximum annual wind gust speeds have a Gumbel distribution. It consists of two steps. In the first step, the parameters of the Gumbel distribution are estimated using observations at single stations. In the second step, a relationship between the Gumbel parameters and the GWC is derived and applied to maps of the GWC. The GWC permits areal estimates of extreme wind speeds with high horizontal resolution. The resolution is dependent on the resolution of the GWC. A map of the maximum wind gust speeds, for a return period of 50 years, was calculated for the Czech Republic with a horizontal resolution of 100 m using the proposed method and its error was estimated. The results showed that only mean wind speeds and sector frequencies from the GWC are the important parameters for the target area.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0262931