Session 15 Wind Speed Estimation Techniques in the ASCE/AMS Standard

Thursday, 1 February 2024: 1:45 PM-3:00 PM
342 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms
Chair:
Danielle Nagele, PhD, NWS, AFSO, Silver Spring, MD

This oral session features abstracts submitted describing the techniques of wind speed estimation that are planned for the ASCE/AMS standard.

Papers:
1:45 PM
15.1
On the Current Revision of the EF-Scale
Tim Marshall, HAAG ENGINEERING CO., Flower Mound, TX; and T. M. Brown-Giammanco, S. Krautwurst, and N. L. de Toledo

2:00 PM
15.2
The Development of New Dis for the EF-Scale
Tanya M. Brown-Giammanco, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD; and T. Marshall, F. L. Haan, D. M. L. Sills, L. Fisher, and S. Krautwurst

2:15 PM
15.3
Revision to the Tree-Related Damage Indicators of the Enhanced Fujita Scale
Chris J. Peterson, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and C. M. Godfrey, C. Cappella, E. Ostuno, D. M. L. Sills, J. Gordon, W. Fountain, and T. M. Brown-Giammanco

2:30 PM
15.4
Wind Speed Estimation In Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and Other Windstorms using Radar
Joshua M. Wurman, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and K. A. Kosiba, D. W. Burgess, and J. C. Snyder

2:45 PM
15.5
An Overview of the ASCE/SEI/AMS Standard on Wind Speed Estimation Chapter on Treefall Pattern and Forest Damage Analysis
Christopher M. Godfrey, PhD, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC; and C. Karstens, C. J. Peterson, and F. T. Lombardo

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