Preferred term
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.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- horizontal_wind_speed
- Vh
abbrevation
- WS
prefered unit
- m s-1
URI
http://purl.org/aspect/wind_speed