Wind shear — Wind shear, sometimes referred to as windshear or wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere. Wind shear can be broken down into vertical and horizontal components, with… … Wikipedia
wind instrument — /wind/ a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute. [1575 85] * * * ▪ music Introduction any musical instrument that uses air as the primary vibrating medium for the… … Universalium
Acoustic streaming — is a steady current forced by the absorption of high amplitude acoustic oscillations.This phenomenon can be observed near sound emitters, or in the standing waves within a Kundt s tube.It is the less known opposite of sound generation by a… … Wikipedia
Wind Profiler — System am Meteorologischen Observatorium Lindenberg Der Wind Profiler ist ein meteorologisches Messsystem. Mit dem Instrument ist man in der Lage, kostengünstig und in hoher zeitlicher Auflösung den Höhenwind zwischen 500 m bis 16 km und die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Wind of Change (disambiguation) — Wind of Change may refer to: *Wind of Change (speech), a speech made by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to the Parliament of South Africa in 1960 * Wind of Change (album), a 1972 album of Peter Frampton * Wind of Change , a song by… … Wikipedia
Wind gradient — In common usage, wind gradient, more specifically wind speed gradientcite book | last = Hadlock | first = Charles | title = Mathematical Modeling in the Environment | publisher = Mathematical Association of America | location = Washington | year … Wikipedia
Wind of Change (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Wind of Change Type = Album Artist = Peter Frampton Released = August 17, 1972 Recorded = October 1971 April 1972, Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, CA; Olympic Studios, Island Studios, London Genre = Rock Length = Label … Wikipedia
Wind controller — A wind controller, sometimes referred to as a wind synth or wind synthesizer , can loosely be defined as an electronic wind instrument. Wind controllers are most commonly played and fingered like a saxophone though models have been produced that… … Wikipedia
Wind profiler — at various elevations above the ground. Readings are made at each kilometer above sea level, up to the extent of the troposphere (up to the limit of the earths atmosphere, or 17 kilometers above mean sea level). Above this level there is… … Wikipedia
Acoustic shadow — An acoustic shadow is an area through which sound waves fail to propagate, due to topographical obstructions or disruption of the waves via phenomena such as wind currents. A gobo refers to a movable acoustic isolation panel and that makes an… … Wikipedia