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Bevorzugte Bezeichnung

wind_speed

Definition

  • Speed is the magnitude of velocity. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.

Synonyme

  • horizontal_wind_speed
  • Vh

abbrevation

  • WS

prefered unit

  • m s-1

URI

http://purl.org/aspect/wind_speed

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