ENVS variables

Last uploaded: September 27, 2021
Preferred Name

wind_speed

Synonyms
Definitions

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.

ID

http://purl.org/m4m-dk-2/variables/wind_speed

broader

http://purl.org/m4m-dk-2/variables/AtmosphericTerms

creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9381-9693

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.

exactMatch

https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/wind_speed

inScheme

http://purl.org/m4m-dk-2/variables/

prefLabel

wind_speed

unit

http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/M-PER-SEC

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