SWIRLnet: Portable anemometer network for wind speed measurements of land-falling tropical cyclones

David Henderson; Matthew Mason; John Ginger

SWIRLnet: Portable anemometer network for wind speed measurements of land-falling tropical cyclones

David Henderson, Matthew Mason, John Ginger

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Abstract

Wind speed measurement systems are sparse in the tropical regions of Australia. Tropical cyclone wind speeds impacting communities are often 'guestimated' from analyzing damaged structures. A re-locatable anemometer system is required to enable measurements of wind speeds. This paper discusses design criteria of the tripods and tie down system, proposed deployment of the anemometers, instrumentation, and data logging. Preliminary assessment of the anemometer response indicates a reliable system for 1 second response, however, it is noted that the Australian building code and wind loading standard uses a moving average time of approximately 0.2 seconds for its wind speed design criteria.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	12th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering 2013, ACWE 2013: Wind Effects on Structures, Communities, and Energy Generation
Pages	1349-1356
Number of pages	8
Volume	3
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	12th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering 2013: Wind Effects on Structures, Communities, and Energy Generation, ACWE 2013 - Seattle, WA, United States Duration: 16 Jun 2013 → 20 Jun 2013

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Other	12th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering 2013: Wind Effects on Structures, Communities, and Energy Generation, ACWE 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle, WA
Period	16/06/13 → 20/06/13

Keywords

Anemometer
Cyclone
Damage
Design
House
Re-locatable

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Henderson, D, Mason, M & Ginger, J 2013, SWIRLnet: Portable anemometer network for wind speed measurements of land-falling tropical cyclones. in 12th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering 2013, ACWE 2013: Wind Effects on Structures, Communities, and Energy Generation. vol. 3, pp. 1349-1356, 12th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering 2013: Wind Effects on Structures, Communities, and Energy Generation, ACWE 2013, Seattle, WA, United States, 16/06/13.

SWIRLnet: Portable anemometer network for wind speed measurements of land-falling tropical cyclones. / Henderson, David; Mason, Matthew; Ginger, John.
12th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering 2013, ACWE 2013: Wind Effects on Structures, Communities, and Energy Generation. Vol. 3 2013. p. 1349-1356.

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