Thunderstorm at Preston

A severe thunderstorm climatology for Australia and associated thunderstorm environments

Comments on Preston ∗ Seppo Honkapohja

I offer comments on Bruce Preston’s model of learning and monetary policy in (Preston 2003).

Reply to Oppenheimer and Preston

I am honored to have my essay discussed at such length by two of the most eminent scholars in the field. Because of space constraints, I will not attempt to respond to all of their points, but instead will focus on the most serious criticisms. Many of the issues raised by Preston and Oppenheimer are quite technical, and I will address them in due course. Let me begin, though, by addressing a mo...

Automated extraction and classification of thunderstorm and non-thunderstorm wind data for extreme-value analysis

Design wind loads are partly based on extreme value analyses of historical wind data, and limitations on the quantity and spatial resolution of wind data pose a significant challenge in such analyses. A promising source of recent wind speed and direction data is the automated surface observing system (ASOS), a network of about 1000 standardized US weather stations. To facilitate the use of ASOS...

Il Birraio di Preston di Andrea Camilleri

Nella letteratura italiana degli ultimi decenni lo scrittore Andrea Camilleri rappresenta un caso raro di successo editoriale e di pubblico, con centinaia di migliaia di copie vendute, traduzioni in molte lingue, riconoscimenti e convegni in suo onore. Uno dei suoi titoli più noti è il romanzo storico Il Birraio di Preston. Lo scrittore è diventato famoso presso il grande pubblico inizialmente ...