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Item Characterization of on-road, automotive wind conditions(Texas Tech University, 1990-05) Duncan, Rod AllenVehicle sensitivity to transient side wind gusts has gained interest in the recent past. Documentation of actual on-road wind conditions is currently lacking. A 1983 Ford Thunderbird has been instrumented to provide information in this area. Collection of naturally occurring wind data measured at a stationary site and on a traveling vehicle on the open road has been performed. Statistical analysis has been performed on collected data in an attempt to characterize on-road wind conditions. A transformation process from moving to stationary coordinates has been developed. A reverse transformation may be utilized using the extensive set of existing stationary wind data to provide information on wind that a vehicle encounters on the open road.