wind
Let an agent handle wind as a phenomenon with scales, named systems, hazards and energy use, aligned with the lexical wind entry.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle wind as a phenomenon with scales, named systems, hazards and energy use, aligned with the lexical wind entry.
The large-scale movement of air in the atmosphere, from breezes to violent storms and jet streams, as a meteorological phenomenon and an energy source.
What it is for: Wind shapes climate and weather, drives waves, and powers turbines and sails.
It can be observe, measure and forecast it; warn of damaging winds; harness it for energy; study circulation patterns.
Distinguishing features
Air movement at many scales
Driven by pressure gradients and Earth rotation
Hazardous at high speeds
A renewable energy source
What it looks like
Moving trees, waves, clouds and dust; storms such as derechos show as squall lines.
Physical character
hurricane force: 32.7 or more m/s - Beaufort 12
How it is recognised
Beaufort descriptions and wind barbs
Named systems such as sea breezes or the Turkana jet
Storm classes such as hurricane force
Related models
is the same phenomenon as - aligned entries
is part of - element
powers - wind farms
can cause - storms
In practice
Families and kinds
breezes and local winds
storms and derechos
jet streams and low-level jets
global circulation winds
Standards and regulation
WMO wind measurement standards
National severe weather warnings
IEC 61400 wind turbine standards
Failure modes and hazards
Storm damage and falling trees
Transport disruption
Wildfire spread
Unit confusion
Also called
+102
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.wind-2
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Scale Which wind system.
Scale decides behaviour.
System
Breeze, storm, jet.
System
Wind system.
- Which wind system is this? definition
- At what scale does it operate? definition
Drivers
Causes.
Drivers
What drives it.
- What drives this wind? definition
- How does it vary seasonally? measurement
Observation Measuring it.
Standard measurement enables comparison.
Measurement
Speed and direction.
Measurement
Measured wind.
- What speeds and directions are measured, where? measurement
- At what height? provenance
Forecast
Prediction.
Forecast
Forecast.
- What winds are forecast, by which service? provenance
- With what confidence? measurement
Hazards Storms and warnings.
Warnings save lives.
Warnings
Official alerts.
Warnings
Wind warnings.
- Are there official warnings? provenance
- What should people do? action
Impacts
Damage and fire.
Impacts
Expected impacts.
- What damage is expected? boundary
- Does it raise wildfire danger? boundary
Energy Wind power.
Wind is a major renewable resource.
Resource
Site potential.
Resource
Wind resource.
- What is the wind resource at a site? measurement
- How variable is it? measurement
Limits
Cut-out speeds.
Operating limits
Operating limits.
- At what speeds do turbines stop? measurement
- How do storms affect output? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- How should the Wikidata and lexical wind entries be merged or linked?
- Should storm types be separate entries?
- How should named local winds be recorded?