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Beaufort scale
Sinônimos - Inglês
Beaufort wind scale
Definição1
A system of estimating and reporting wind speeds using a numerical scale ranging from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane).
Fonte1
AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 21 set. 2021.
Definição2
Wind force scale, originally based on the state of the sea, expressed in numbers from 0 to 12.
Fonte2
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. International Meteorological vocabulary. 2nd ed. Geneva, 1992. (WMO, n.182). Disponível em: < https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=220#.XeauGOhKiUk >. Acesso em: 21 set. 2021.
Fonte3
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. Manual on codes: international codes: volume I.1: annex II to the WMO technical regulations: parte A: annex II to the WMO technical regulations. Geneva, 2017. (WMO, n.306).
Fonte4
AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 21 set. 2021.
Nota Adicional1
In its present form for international meteorological use it equates 1) Beaufort force (or Beaufort number), 2) wind speed, 3) descriptive term, and 4) visible effects upon land objects or sea surface. One land adaptation is the NRM wind scale.
Contexto
In the absence of wind instruments, the wind speed shall be estimated on the basis of the Beaufort wind scale.
Subárea
Meteorology
Français
échelle de Beaufort