Hurricane Irene
August 23 - August 28, 2011



Deployment Team

John Schroeder, PhD (Principal Investigator)
Ian Giammanco, PhD
Brian Hirth, PhD
Tanya Brown, PhD
Jerry Guynes, PE
Rich Krupar - Field Coordinator
Natalie Gusack
Vanna Sullivan
Scott Gunter

TTUHRT Hurricane Irene Deployment Summary



Deployment Notes: The table below contains summary statistics of wind speeds measured by Texas Tech University during Hurricane Irene. All probes collect wind data at 2.25 m AGL and data is not standardized for height or exposure. Updates to this table maybe added as further analysis is conducted. Please see our data disclaimer .

Tower: GPS Coordinates Peak Sustained Wind Speed (1-min) Peak Gust Wind Speed (3-sec):
101A 34.4930 N
77.4187 W
44.5 mph
60.2 mph
102A 35.2342 N
75.6143 W
50.8 mph
67.6 mph
*103A 35.5577 N
75.4632 W
66.9 mph
79.4 mph
104A 36.7315 N
76.0127 W
32.4 mph
41.8 mph
105A 36.3782 N
76.3725 W
40.5 mph
52.6 mph
107A 34.6969 N
76.6768 W
64.0 mph
76.3 mph
108A 34.6551 N
77.0576 W
51.9 mph
83.9 mph
109A 34.8793 N
76.5931 W
52.6 mph
64.4 mph
*110A 36.2612 N
75.7866 W
27.3 mph
31.8 mph
111A 36.2674 N
76.0337 W
38.0 mph
53.5 mph
112A 35.1644 N
76.8254 W
52.8 mph
70.7 mph
213A 35.5967 N
76.8071 W
46.3 mph
61.5 mph
214B 34.8118 N
76.8542 W
49.0 mph
64.9 mph
215A 35.0005 N
76.8036 W
46.8 mph
59.3 mph
216B 35.7778 N
76.7069 W
49.9 mph
63.3 mph
217A 35.7904 N
76.5896 W
40.0 mph
54.6 mph
219A 36.0526 N
76.5263 W
37.4 mph
54.6 mph
220A 36.0547 N
75.6916 W
41.2 mph
59.7 mph
221A 36.3182 N
75.9005 W
31.3 mph
48.8 mph
223A 36.6638 N
76.3301 W
31.8 mph
47.9 mph
*Incomplete data record


Platforms 01XXA sample at 5 Hz, 02XXA sample at 10 Hz, 01XXB and 02XXB sample at 1 Hz. All wind measurements were made at approximately 2.25 meters AGL.







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