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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/was.2014.19.3.271

Detecting artefacts in analyses of extreme wind speeds  

Cook, Nicholas J. (RWDI)
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Wind and Structures / v.19, no.3, 2014 , pp. 271-294 More about this Journal
Abstract
The impact of artefacts in archived wind observations on the design wind speed obtained by extreme value analysis is demonstrated using case studies. A signpost protocol for detecting candidate artefacts is described and its performance assessed by comparing results against previously validated data. The protocol targets artefacts by exploiting the serial correlation between observations. Additional "sieve" algorithms are proposed to identify types of correctable artefact from their "signature" in the data. In extreme value analysis, artefacts displace valid observations only when they are larger, hence always increase the design wind speed. Care must be taken not identify large valid values as artefacts, since their removal will tend to underestimate the design wind speed.
Keywords
wind observations; validation; bias; artefacts; extreme values; design wind speed;
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