A Comparison of Three Wind Speed Estimation Techniques Based on Tornado-induced Treefall Patterns
Godfrey CM, Karstens CD, Rhee D, Peterson CJ, Lombardo FT. 2020. A Comparison of Three Wind Speed Estimation Techniques Based on Tornado-induced Treefall Patterns. Pages 101 pages. In 100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts
AUthors are comparing three methods for using the patterns of tree fall during tornadoes to estimate the wind speed, in part using measurements from a 2011 tornado in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Godfrey, Christopher; Karstens, Christopher; Rhee, Daniel; Peterson, Chris; Lombardo, Franklin
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, EF-scale, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, GRSM-01087, meteorology, SER, Southeast Region, tornado, treefall, wind speed