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  2. Wind gradient - Wikipedia

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    In common usage, wind gradient, more specifically wind speed gradient [1] or wind velocity gradient, [2] or alternatively shear wind, [3] is the vertical component of the gradient of the mean horizontal wind speed in the lower atmosphere. [4] It is the rate of increase of wind strength with unit increase in height above ground level.

  3. Wind profile power law - Wikipedia

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    The power law is often used in wind power assessments [4] [5] where wind speeds at the height of a turbine ( 50 metres) must be estimated from near surface wind observations (~10 metres), or where wind speed data at various heights must be adjusted to a standard height [6] prior to use.

  4. Climate of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The extreme heat that Chicago is capable of experiencing during the height of the summer season can persist into the autumn season. Temperatures have reached 100 °F (38 °C) as late as September 7 (with 99 °F (37 °C) occurring as late as September 29), and temperatures have reached 90 °F (32 °C) as late as October 6, which occurred in 1963 ...

  5. Log wind profile - Wikipedia

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    Zero-plane displacement is the height in meters above the ground at which zero mean wind speed is achieved as a result of flow obstacles such as trees or buildings. This displacement can be approximated as 2 / 3 to 3 / 4 of the average height of the obstacles. [2]

  6. Planetary boundary layer - Wikipedia

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    Typically, due to aerodynamic drag, 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 with increasing height above the ground, starting from zero [4] due to the no-slip condition. [5]

  7. Chicago’s wind gusts expose how Elon Musk failed to ... - AOL

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    Teslas have hit a new speed bump: the winter cold. ... Chicago’s wind gusts expose how Elon Musk failed to design a Tesla for when it gets too cold. Chloe Berger. January 17, 2024 at 12:13 PM ...

  8. Mount Washington sees 161-mph wind gust, but doesn't reach ...

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    Wind speeds are relative however, the mountain still holds the record for the highest surface wind speed ever measured in the U.S. – 231 mph. Still referred to as the “ Big Wind ,” that ...

  9. Roughness length - Wikipedia

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    Roughness length is a parameter used in modeling the horizontal mean wind speed near the ground. In wind vertical profile such the log wind profile, the roughness length (with dimension of length and SI unit of metres) is equivalent to the height at which the wind speed theoretically becomes zero in the absence of wind-slowing obstacles and ...