What does WS stand for?

Wind Shear

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The presence of an El Nino can help to suppress Atlantic hurricane activity by increasing the vertical wind shear over the Caribbean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean.

Mild El Nino continues, strengthening expected

He said the ministry had awarded the installation of N208million three low level wind shear alert systems as part of the intending project covered in the budget.

Nigeria: Ministry Spends N15 Million on Nimet s E-Met System

As the flight touched down on the runway there was a sudden wind shear," he said.

Weather may have caused Thai plane crash: PM

Byline: The Associated Press TOKYO -- Investigators said Monday that wind shear may have caused Sunday's crash of a FedEx jet at Tokyo's main international airport, killing the pilot, who was from Oregon, and co-pilot.

Wind shear may be cause of FedEx crash

But the 'right man Boeing 777s are all equipped with apredictive wind shear system, which would normally delay the approach.

Safest jet, why did it crash? (1) Riddle:the stricken Boeing floodlit ...

It is also more stable with less turbulence and less wind shear, making it possible to use cheaper turbines.

Divided opinion of the experts

When wind shear is strong, tropical storms get ripped apart before they can develop into hurricanes.

A stormy History

In both equations, a coefficient is used, which characterizes the average wind shear curve.

Periodicity of the average wind shear/Tuule kiiruse keskmise ...