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tailwind
- Definição1
- In the same direction as the wind is blowing.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Wind shear. Montreal, 1987. (Cir. 186 AN/122).
- Contexto
- By scanning azimuthally at a given elevation angle, an almost sinusoidal variation in Doppler velocity is obtained as the antenna scans upwind, across wind, downwind and across wind during each rotation.
- Subárea
- Aeronautical Meteorology Air Navigation
- Related Term
- crosswind
- crosswind component
- headwind component
- tailwind component
- Français
- vent arrière