Kemiringan angin atau gradien angin atau secara lebih spesifik kemiringan kecepatan angin[1][2] atau pergeseran angin[3] adalah tingginya kemiringan ke arah vertikal pada rata-rata kecepatan angin ke arah horisontal di bawah atmosfer.[4] Kemiringan angin merupakan tingkat tingkat kenaikan kekuatan angin dengan unit peningkatan ketinggian di atas permukaan tanah.[5][6] dalam satuan metrik. Kemiringan angin sering diukur dalam satuan meter per detik kecepatan, per kilometer ketinggian (m / s / km ), yang mengurangi unit standar kecepatan geser, (s−1).
Thus we have a “wind-speed gradient” as we move vertically, and this has a tendency to encourage mixing between the air at one level and the air at those levels immediately above and below it.line feed character di
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...the effect of a change in mean wind velocity with altitude, the wind velocity gradient...[pranala nonaktif permanen]
...the shear wind gradient is rather weak....the energy gain...is due to a mechanism other than the wind gradient effect.
Therefore the vertical gradient of mean wind speed (dū/dz) is greatest over smooth terrain, and least over rough surfaces.
wind gradient = rate of increase of wind strength with unit increase in height above ground level;
The relation between wind speed and height is called the wind profile or wind gradient.