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Downbursts: meteorological features and wind field characteristics
AbstractSince the term “downburst” was coined by the author back in 1976, it has been subclassified into “microburst” and “macroburst” according to the horizontal dimension of the wind system. Introduced in this paper is the basic observational evidence of the microburst investigated by three fact-finding projects in 1978, 1982, and 1986, at three different climatological locations in the United States. Described briefly are the three major aircraft accidents in microbursts and some examples of the wind damage by strong microbursts. Current estimates of the maximum microburst wind at the 10−5 per year probability is as high as 150 mph, which could result in the tornado-like damage.
Downbursts: meteorological features and wind field characteristics
AbstractSince the term “downburst” was coined by the author back in 1976, it has been subclassified into “microburst” and “macroburst” according to the horizontal dimension of the wind system. Introduced in this paper is the basic observational evidence of the microburst investigated by three fact-finding projects in 1978, 1982, and 1986, at three different climatological locations in the United States. Described briefly are the three major aircraft accidents in microbursts and some examples of the wind damage by strong microbursts. Current estimates of the maximum microburst wind at the 10−5 per year probability is as high as 150 mph, which could result in the tornado-like damage.
Downbursts: meteorological features and wind field characteristics
Theodore Fujita, T. (author)
1990-01-01
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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