Open AccessHumans Misread Wind Speeds, Skewing a Major Hazards Database
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Deatrick
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo053709
Subject(s) - database , computer science , environmental science
Weather spotters who report storm measurements and observations to a U.S. national compendium of storm data often exaggerate winds speeds—by about one third, on average.