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Change wind speed averaging time
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Alter the gust factor to return a wind speed corresponding to a 10-minute
mean wind speed. Per requirements for TC hazard model intercomparison
project.
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wcarthur committed Aug 10, 2015
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primary vortex of the simulated TC, and bounday layer models that
define the asymmetry induced by surface friction and forward motion of
the TC over the earth's surface. The final output from the module is a
netCDF file containing the maximum surface gust wind speed (a 3-second
gust, at 10 metres above ground level), along with the components
netCDF file containing the maximum surface gust wind speed (a 10-minute
mean wind speed, at 10 metres above ground level), along with the components
(eastward and westward) that generated the wind gust and the minimum
mean sea level pressure over the lifetime of the event. If multiple
TCs are contained in a track file, then the output file contains the
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margin=self.margin,
resolution=self.resolution,
gridLimit=self.gridLimit,
gustFactor=0.9009,
domain=self.domain)

return track, wt.regionalExtremes(self.gridLimit, callback)
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