Wind Roses for Florida

Green, Alex E. S.; Schwartz, Joel; Singhal, Ruchi; Bolch, Wesley E.

doi:10.1080/00022470.1982.10465470

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“…In addition, urban areas may increase precipitation for areas downwind through increased convection or particulate matter (Burian & Shepherd, 2005). However, winds in Palm Beach County are more likely to come from the west, making this explanation less compelling (Green et al ., 1982). Regrettably, we know of no recent or concurrent meteorological studies of this area at a sufficiently fine scale that might corroborate our measurements of temperature, humidity and wetness in this landscape.…”

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Spatial and temporal patterns of abundance of Aedes aegypti L. (Stegomyia aegypti) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) [Stegomyia albopictus (Skuse)] in southern Florida

Reiskind

Lounibos

2012

Medical Vet Entomology

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Invasion by mosquito vectors of disease may impact the distribution of resident mosquitoes, resulting in novel patterns of vectors and concomitant risk for disease. One example of such an impact is the invasion by Aedes albopictus (Skuse) [Stegomyia albopictus (Skuse)] (Diptera: Culicidae) of North America and this species' interaction with Aedes aegypti L. (Stegomyia aegypti L). We hypothesized that Ae. aegypti would be found in urban, coastal areas that experience hotter and drier conditions, whereas Ae. albopictus would be more commonly found in suburban and rural areas that are cooler and wetter. In addition, we hypothesized that Ae. aegypti would be more abundant early in the wet season, whereas Ae. albopictus would be more abundant later in the wet season. Urban areas were drier, hotter and contained more Ae. aegypti than suburban or rural areas. Aedes aegypti was relatively more abundant early in the wet season, whereas Ae. albopictus was more abundant in both the late wet season and the dry season. The spatial patterns of inter- and intraspecific encounters between these species were also described. The distribution of these mosquitoes is correlated with abiotic conditions, and with temperature, humidity and the relative availability of rain-filled containers. Understanding the ecological determinants of species distribution can provide insight into the biology of these vectors and important information for their appropriate control.

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Spatial and temporal patterns of abundance of Aedes aegypti L. (Stegomyia aegypti) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) [Stegomyia albopictus (Skuse)] in southern Florida

Reiskind

Lounibos

2012

Medical Vet Entomology

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“…Studies of wind field characteristics have increased as wind affects heat and moisture transfer between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere (Oke, 1987), particulate transports (Green et al, 1982;Cabezudo et al 1997;Weber, 1998) and engineering design and construction (Cook, 1985;Liu, 1991). Wind speed is important for evaluating wind power potential (Brown et al, 1984;Palutikof et al, 1987;Rohatgi and Nelson, 1994), and so has become the research focus of wind power resources.…”

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Surface wind characteristics and variability in Hong Kong

Yan

2007

Weather

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“…Numerous studies have been undertaken to analyse and quantify the characteristics of the winds. Most investigations, however, separately evaluate the scalar (zonal and meridional) components of wind velocity (Pazan et al, 1982;Thomson, 1983;Halpern and Knox, 1983; Weisberg and Pietrafesa, 1983; Schwing and Blanton, 1984;Kato, 1985;Wylie et al, 1985;Schott et al, 1987) or rely on speed and/or direction partitions (Walmsley and Bagg, 1978;Justus et al, 1979;Green et al, 1982;Kau et al, 1982) even though wind velocity is a vector. Realizing that a priori decompositions of velocity into separate coordinate fields and the subsequent analysis of those fields cannot faithfully represent the vector nature of winds, other researchers have performed analyses on the complete vectors.…”

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Principal components of the surface wind field in the United States: A comparison of analyses based upon wind velocity, direction, and speed

Klink

Willmott

1989

Intl Journal of Climatology

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Three statistical summaries of the 1975 surface wind field in the United States are computed using principal components analysis (PCA). Separate analyses of wind velocity and direction are made with vector-based PCA, and the scalar (zonal and meridional) components of wind are described using a scalar-based PCA. Comparisons indicate that results of the three PCAs are not equivalent. Vector PCA yields the most physically comprehensive components because the velocity observations are not decomposed into direction and speed, or into zonal and meridional coordinates a priori. Directional and scalar-based PCAs appear similar but since they only summarize one coordinate of velocity at a time, they represent incomplete descriptions of the wind field. Vector-based PCA then is the most appropriate of the three for investigating wind fields or other vector-valued data sets.

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Wind Roses for Florida

Cited by 5 publications

References 2 publications

Spatial and temporal patterns of abundance of Aedes aegypti L. (Stegomyia aegypti) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) [Stegomyia albopictus (Skuse)] in southern Florida

Spatial and temporal patterns of abundance of Aedes aegypti L. (Stegomyia aegypti) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) [Stegomyia albopictus (Skuse)] in southern Florida

Surface wind characteristics and variability in Hong Kong

Principal components of the surface wind field in the United States: A comparison of analyses based upon wind velocity, direction, and speed

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