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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.
ENTRY TERMS
  • horizontal_wind_speed
  • Vh
ABBREVATION
  • WS
PREFERED UNIT
  • m s-1
URI
http://purl.org/aspect/wind_speed
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