Question

The Rate Of Change Of Wind Speed With Height Is Called_______

Answer 1

Answer:

Wind Gradient...........

Answer 2

The rate of change of wind speed with height is called wind gradient.

Wind gradient:

• The gradient wind is defined as a horizontal wind having the same direction as the geostrophic wind but with a magnitude consistent with a balance of three forces namely:
• The pressure gradient force the Coriolis force and the centrifugal force arising from the curvature of a parcel trajectory.
• When the wind begins flowing through curved height contours a geostrophic wind becomes a gradient wind.