Historical review of wind speed maps in the Philippines for various purposes: Toward further development and use as typhoon hazard maps

• Main Authors: Pacheco, Benito M., Rosaria, Nicetos E., Aquino, Ronwaldo E.R., Garciano, Lessandro Estelito O.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Winds—Speed—Philippines—Maps; Winds—Speed—Philippines—Measurement; Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/6028
• Institution: De La Salle University

Different wind speed maps have been prepared and used in the Philippines over the last 35 years. The wind zone map of the National Structural Code of the Philippines gradually evolved due in part to the results of individual researches. Other wind maps have also been developed primarily for disaster...