This book provides an essential overview of wind science and engineering, taking readers on a journey through the origins, developments, fundamentals, recent advancements, and latest trends in this broad field. Along the way, it addresses a diverse range of topics, including atmospheric physics; meteorology; micrometeorology; climatology; the aerodynamics of buildings, aircraft, sailing boats, road vehicles and trains; wind energy; atmospheric pollution; soil erosion; snowdrift, windbreaks, and crops; bioclimatic city-planning and architecture; wind actions and effects on structures; and wind hazards, vulnerability, and risk. In order to provide a comprehensive overview of wind and its manifold effects, the book combines scientific, descriptive, and narrative chapters.
The book is chiefly intended for students and lecturers, for those who want to learn about the genesis and evolution of this topic, and for the multitude of scholars whose work involves the wind.