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CYCLONIC SHEAR [2 records]

Record 1 2015-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Horizontal shear such that the wind speed increases from left to right in the Northern Hemisphere and from right to left in the Southern Hemisphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Cisaillement horizontal du vent tel qu'à un instant donné et par rapport à la direction du courant, la vitesse du vent croît de la gauche vers la droite dans l'hémisphère Nord et de la droite vers la gauche dans l'hémisphère Sud.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Cizalladura horizontal en que el viento aumenta de izquierda a derecha en el hemisferio Norte y de derecha a izquierda en el hemisferio Sur.

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Record 2 2000-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Vertical shear such that the rotation from the wind vector to the shear vector at a particular point is cyclonic in sense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Cisaillement vertical tel que la rotation du vecteur vent vers le vecteur de cisaillement en un point est cyclonique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Cizalladura vertical en un punto en que el giro del vector viento al vector de la cizalladura tiene sentido ciclónico.

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