Dear Gary What does "sustained" mean more precisely and at what level is the wind speed supposed to occur?
Cheers Jonathan ----- Forwarded message from Gary Meehan <[email protected]> ----- > Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 07:37:06 -0500 > From: Gary Meehan <[email protected]> > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130328 > Thunderbird/17.0.5 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CF-metadata] Proposed Standard Name: > tropical_cyclone_maximum_sustained_wind_speed > > Dear CF Board, > > I would like to propose a new standard name: > tropical_cyclone_maximum_sustained_wind_speed > > Dimensions: m/s > > Definition: > > "tropical_cyclone_maximum_sustained_wind_speed" means the maximum > sustained wind speed of a tropical > cyclone derived using the Advanced Dvorak Technique based on > satellite observations, which has been empirically > related to maximum sustained 1-minute wind speed and mean sea level > atmospheric pressure. > > Sincerely, > > Gary > > -- > Gary Meehan > Senior Staff Scientist > Atmospheric and Environmental Research > 131 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421-3126 > Tel (781) 761-2228 ? Fax (781) 761-2299 > e-mail: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
