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INCLINATION WIND [5 records]

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Record 1 2005-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
DEF

Instrument with a light plate which is suspended on a horizontal axis and whose angle of inclination to the vertical is a function of wind speed.

CONT

... the pressure plate or normal plate anemometer. This is the oldest anemometer known, having been developed by Robert Hooke in 1667. ... The main application of this type of anemometer has been in gust studies because of its very short response time. Gusts of duration 0.01 s can be examined with this anemometer.

OBS

Anemometers may be divided into two classes, (1) those that measure the velocity, (2) those that measure the pressure of the wind, but ... a suitable anemometer of either class will give information about both these quantities. ... Anemometers which measure the pressure may be divided into the plate and tube classes, but the former term must be taken as including a good many miscellaneous forms.

OBS

[Examples of pressure-plate anemometers:] bridled-cup anemometer, normal-plate anemometer, pendulum anemometer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Instrument muni d'une plaque légère suspendue à un axe horizontal et dont l'inclinaison par rapport à la verticale est fonction de la vitesse du vent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
DEF

Instrumento en que el viento actúa sobre una placa suspendida en un eje horizontal cuya inclinación, con respecto a la vertical, es función de la velocidad del viento.

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Record 2 2005-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
DEF

Instrument which measures the inclination of the wind velocity to the horizontal plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Instrument de mesure de l'inclinaison de la vitesse du vent par rapport au plan horizontal.

CONT

Les anémomètres utilisant la pression exercée par le vent sur un capteur stationnaire : tube de Pitot, anémoclinomètre, anémomètre à traînée. [...] Anémoclinomètre. La vitesse du vent est proportionnelle à l'inclinaison que prend une palette, mobile autour d'un axe horizontal, placé normalement au flux d'air.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
DEF

Aparato para medir la inclinación de la velocidad del viento con respecto a un plano horizontal.

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Record 3 2002-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Angle between the directions of the wind and the gradient wind (blowing along the isobars) at a specific point.

Key term(s)
  • angle of the wind inclination
  • wind inclination
  • wind inclination angle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Angle entre la direction du vent et celle du vent du gradient (soufflant le long des isobares) au point considéré.

CONT

[...] Raphaëla s'est éloignée de la côte africaine à bord de sa planche. [...] Depuis 4 jours, [..] le faible vent du Nord (force 1 à 2) n'a malheureusement pas pu la propulser plus de 25 milles par jour. Les prochains jours laissent espérer une inclinaison du vent vers le Nord Est, et un forcissement léger vers force 3.

Spanish

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

Ángulo que forman la dirección del viento y la dirección del viento del gradiente (que sopla paralelo a las isobaras) en un cierto lugar.

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Record 4 2001-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

The inclination of a ship or floating drilling rig to one side caused by wind, waves, or shifting weights on board.

OBS

[Heel] is a dynamic condition and not static as list ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Inclinaison transversale prise par un navire, soit sous l'effet du vent, soit en raison d'un mauvais balancement ou d'un désarrimage de la cargaison, soit du fait d'une voie d'eau.

CONT

Donner de la bande : incliner sur son bord. Mettre à la bande : incliner volontairement un bateau, par exemple pour caréner. (du provençal banda : bord, XVIème siècle)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maniobras de los buques
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
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Record 5 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Astronautics
CONT

Out-of-plane corrections are used to correct the steady drift of inclination caused by the solar wind. Inclination drift degrades the ground-track maintenance at high latitudes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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