In common usage, wind gradient, more specifically wind speed gradient or wind velocity gradient, or alternatively shear wind, is the vertical component...

Wind shear (or windshear), sometimes referred to as wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and/or direction over a relatively short distance in the...

thermal wind balance, a term generalizable also to more complicated horizontal flow balances such as gradient wind balance. Since the geostrophic wind at a...

over time. The gradient wind is similar to the geostrophic wind but also includes centrifugal force (or centripetal acceleration). Wind direction is usually...

there is a wind gradient in the wind flow ~100 meters above the Earth's surface—the surface layer of the planetary boundary layer. Wind speed increases...

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-ˈstroʊ-/) is the theoretical wind that would result from an exact balance between the Coriolis force and the pressure gradient force. This condition is called...

above, the pressure gradient constitutes one of the main forces acting on the air to make it move as wind. Note that the pressure gradient force points from...

{\displaystyle \ v_{z}} = speed of the wind at height   z {\displaystyle \ z}   v g {\displaystyle \ v_{g}} = gradient wind at gradient height   z g {\displaystyle...

the boundary between air masses of different velocity. Such zones of wind gradient are generally found close to obstacles and close to the surface, so...

pressure gradient, Rossby waves and jet streams, and local weather conditions. There are also links to be found between wind speed and wind direction...

is a wind gradient; the fact that sound is carried along by the wind is not important. For sound propagation, the exponential variation of wind speed...

the mechanism behind this is not yet fully understood. Boundary layer Wind gradient Shear stress Shell balance Reynolds, Osbourne. (1876). "I. On the force...

stability of the Great Basin High, causing a pressure gradient that turns the synoptic scale winds southward down the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada...

soaring involves repeatedly rising into wind and descending downwind, thus gaining energy from the vertical wind gradient. The only effort expended is in the...

ISBN 0-415-23870-6. Everest, F. (2001). The Master Handbook of Acoustics. New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 262–263. ISBN 0-07-136097-2. SOFAR channel Wind gradient v t e...

Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing, 2001l ISBN 978-1572492547. Wind gradient § Sound propagation for a fuller explanation of the phenomenon. Gobo...

birds is less dependent on it. Prevailing winds in mountain locations can lead to significant rainfall gradients, ranging from wet across windward-facing...

pressure charts supporting gradient-wind conditions Each balanced-flow idealisation gives a different estimate for the wind speed in the same conditions...

water, maximum sustained winds over land average 8% lower. More especially, over a city or rough terrain, the wind gradient effect could cause a reduction...

pressure gradient is low. Consequently, the winds are rare and usually weak (except sea and land breezes in coastal areas) while in tropical trade-wind climates...

masses of different horizontal velocity. However, such zones of high "wind gradient" are usually too close to the ground to be used safely by gliders.: 35 ...

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patterns and gradients. Japanese: ゼルダの伝説 風のタクト, Hepburn: Zeruda no Densetsu: Kaze no Takuto, lit. "The Legend of Zelda: Baton of Winds" Based on 80 reviews...

the hydraulic conductivity of the soil and the magnitude of the pressure gradient through the soil. Both of these factors influence the rate of bulk flow...

using the pressure of wind blowing into the windcatcher, or directing airflow using buoyancy forces from temperature gradients (stack effect). The relative...

wind farm. In January 2014 however Statkraft announced not to continue this pilot. Statkraft found that with existing technology, the salt gradient was...

horizontal velocity rather than by rising air. Such zones of high "wind gradient" are usually too close to the ground to be used safely by gliders, but...

dynamics, a wind wave, or wind-generated water wave, is a surface wave that occurs on the free surface of bodies of water as a result of the wind blowing...

soaring, gliding across wave fronts gaining energy from the vertical wind gradient. The diet of many storm petrels species is poorly known owing to difficulties...