What is a wind shear?
It is when two layers of air lying next to each other move with different velocities. A shearing action takes place between them. Also when different air masses, e.g. cold air moving down a slope and warm air moving above it and up the slope meet one another, a shearing effect between the two air masses takes place.
Related Questions
- Why does the Monthly Statistics table for the wind shear parameter show different numbers than the Wind Shear Analysis window?
- Why do the mean wind speeds in the vertical wind shear profile not match the overall mean wind speeds?
- Does Windographer use all wind speed sensors when it calculates the wind shear?
