Estimation of Strong Wind Distribution on the Korean Peninsula for Various Recurrence Periods: Significance of Nontyphoon Conditions

Long-term automated synoptic observing system (ASOS) data collected from 101 stations over a period of 50 years (1967–2016) were analyzed to investigate the distribution of strong winds on the Korean peninsula by utilizing a statistical method. The Gumbel distribution was used to estimate the wind s...

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Main Authors: Jae-Hee Hahm, Ha-Yoon Jeong, Kyung-Hwan Kwak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8063169