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Articles by Nicholas Cook
Evaluating the Effects of Disjunct Sampling and Averaging Time on Extreme Wind Speeds
This version is not peer-reviewed. You are already at the latest version This study evaluates the effects of sampling interval and averaging period on the assessment of extreme mean wind speeds for structural design, focusing on correction factors for the standard meteorological observations that are archived for more than 35,000 stations around the globe. A literature review reveals insights and flaws in past works that influenced the design of the two phases of the study.
Meeting Demand, Ensuring Compliance: A Success Story In Executing Fast-Paced Water System Improvements In Missouri City, Texas
By Keval Satra, PE, and Nicholas Cook A Rapid, Multi-Phase Response To Unprecedented Growth The Mustang Bayou Service Area (MBSA) Water System Improvements project delivered a fast-tracked, multi-phase response to rapid development and critical capacity challenges in one of the Missouri City’s fastest-growing regions.
Extreme Convective Gusts in the Contiguous USA
1. Introduction Despite the attention given to the destruction wrought by hurricanes along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of the contiguous USA (CONUS), more damage across the whole of CONUS, in terms of numbers of buildings and costs of repair, is caused by thunderstorms [1]. Thunderstorm downbursts are also the cause of 20% of all wind turbine damage [2], with the associated sudden changes in wind direction being a contributory factor.
High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Challenges of Complex Karyotype and TP53 Mutation
Preprint Case Report Version 1 This version is not peer-reviewed Version 1 : Received: 4 August 2024 / Approved: 5 August 2024 / Online: 5 August 2024 (13:37:18 CEST) Peshin, S.; Khattak, A.; Cook, N. High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Challenges of Complex Karyotype and TP53 Mutation. Preprints 2024, 2024080340. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0340.v1 Peshin, S.; Khattak, A.; Cook, N.
Reliability of Extreme Wind Speeds Predicted by Extreme-Value Analysis
Abstract : The reliability of extreme wind speed predictions at large mean recurrence intervals (MRI) is assessed by bootstrapping samples from representative known distributions. The classical asymptotic generalized extreme value distribution (GEV) and the generalized Pareto (GPD) distribution are compared with a contemporary sub-asymptotic Gumbel distribution that accounts for incomplete convergence to the correct asymptote.
Impact of ASOS Real-Time Quality Control on Convective Gust Extremes in the USA
Abstract : Most damage to buildings across the contiguous United States, in terms of number and total cost, is caused by gusts in convective events associated with thunderstorms. Their assessment relies on the integrity of meteorological observations. This study examines the impact on risk due to valid gust observations culled erroneously by the real-time quality control algorithm of the US Automated Surface Observation System (ASOS) after 2013.
Take a Holistic Approach to Control Nitrification
Nitrification in a water distribution system can biologically and chemically degrade water quality and possibly cause compliance issues with the US Environmental Protection Agency's Safe Drinking Water Act. In Texas, about 1,200 of 7,000 public water systems either practice chloramine disinfection or distribute chloraminated surface water, including the city of Deer Park, which, as detailed later in this article, suffered from nitrification in its distribution system in 2017.
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