Impact of Annual Maximum Wind Speed in Mixed Wind Climates on Wind Hazard for Mainland China
Publication: Natural Hazards Review
Volume 23, Issue 1
Abstract
The coastal region in mainland China is prone to typhoon winds. However, a systematic analysis of the annual maximum wind speed analysis for typhoon and nontyphoon winds (i.e., mixed wind climate) using the wind records has not been reported for the region. The wind hazard modeling and analysis for mainland China was carried out in the present study by using wind records from 839 meteorological stations and considering mixed wind climates. The identification of typhoon winds from wind records is based on historical typhoon tracks. Both the region of influence approach and the at-site approach were used to estimate the return period value of the annual maximum wind speed, , according to the wind-producing mechanism. The estimated for typhoon and nontyphoon winds was used to identify regions where typhoon winds dominate the wind hazard. Wind maps for mainland China were developed by combining wind hazards determined from a typhoon wind hazard model and wind records from meteorological stations to estimate . A comparison of developed maps to that given in the Chinese structural design code is given.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. These include some of the distribution parameters and estimated return period values. The wind records are from the China Meteorological Data Service Center (CMDSC) (http://data.cma.cn/).
Acknowledgments
The funding received from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51808169 for HMM), the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) (RGPIN-2016-04814 for HPH), and the University of Western Ontario is gratefully acknowledged.
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