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Proposal of Wind Force Scale Based on Wind Speed Measurement and Free-text Description by Local Residents

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: We distributed portable anemometers to the residents of Musashi-Kosugi area, Kawasaki city, Kanagawa prefecture and conducted a field investigation concerning the wind environment. The participants were asked to measure wind speed anytime anywhere in the Musashi-Kosugi area and freely describe the things they observed and their impression about the wind at that time. Using the wind speed data measured by the participants and the descriptive information (i.e. impression on the things they saw and the wind), a new wind force scale was proposed.

Source: Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ)

DOI: 10.3130/aije.89.694

Authors: Taichi SHIRASAWA, Ryuichiro YOSHIE, Yingli XUAN, Kunio FUJII

Institutions: Otsuma Women's University, Tokyo Polytechnic University

Language: English

Topic: Wind and Air Flow Studies

Subfield: Environmental Engineering

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science