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Estimation of extreme wind speeds in the mixed strong wind climate of South Africa

Author: Kruger, AC ; Goliger, Adam M ; Retief, JV ; Sekele, SS Date: Aug 2010 The South African Weather Service, with the support of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the University of Stellenbosch, is in the process of updating the extreme surface wind statistics for South Africa. A previous ... Read more
Strong wind climatic zones in South Africa

Author: Kruger, AC ; Goliger, Adam M ; Retief, JV ; Sekele, S Date: Jan 2010 In this paper South Africa is divided into strong wind climate zones, which indicate the main sources of annual maximum wind gusts. By the analysis of wind gust data of 94 weather stations, which had continuous climate time series of 10 years ... Read more
Strong winds in South Africa, part 2: mapping of updated statistics

Author: Kruger, AC ; Retief, JV ; Goliger, Adam M Date: Aug 2013 Although wind is the most important environmental action on buildings and structures in South Africa, the last comprehensive strong wind analysis was conducted in 1985. The current wind loading code is still based on the strong wind quantiles ... Read more
An updated description of the strong-wind climate of South Africa

Author: Kruger, AC ; Retief, JV ; Goliger, Adam M Date: Jul 2011 This paper provides an outline of the process followed to compile the information that should serve as input for the determination of the characteristic wind speed across the country. The main aspects considered here are the physical conditions, ... Read more

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