Sentences with phrase «on average wind speeds»

Most of MacKay's conclusions are based on average wind speeds of 6m / s and a consequential on shore wind farm output of 2W / square meter.

Not exact matches

The American Meteorological Society published research in 2011 that found current temperature has a bigger effect on our happiness than variables like wind speed and humidity, or even the average temperature over the course of a day.

On average, the pups moved farther downwind when wind speeds were higher, and tended to move to the right of the wind direction — likely following wind - driven ocean currents.

Out of 58 hurricanes, 56 showed a significant correlation between lightning activity and wind speed, with peak winds arriving 30 hours after the lightning on average.

On average, the LIDAR measurements were within 0.1 meters per second and 1 degrees for wind speed and direction, respectively.

Things can be rough on the open ocean — and they appear to be getting rougher, with increased average air speed, wave height, and frequency of strong winds and large waves over the past two decades.

The average wind speed dropped significantly by 9 per cent on average during the first half of the eclipse, in line with previous studies.

Located in North Cape, Prince Edward Island on Canada's east coast, we're ideally situated for wind study with 300 degree exposure to the water, average wind speeds of 8.2 m / s at 50 m, and numerous icing events per year.

The wind never settles, but on his first official run Lilja heads uphill into the sporadic gusts and rips off an average speed of 271.2 mph over the flying kilometer.

On the other hand, the lowest average wind speed of 3 m / s occurs around August 5th, when the average daily maximum is 6 m / s.

On the other hand, the lowest average wind speed of 3 m / s (light breeze) usually occurs around October 12th, when the average daily maximum is 6 m / s.

On the other hand, the lowest average wind speed of 4 m / s tends to occur around December 1st, when the average daily maximum wind speed is also 6 m / s.

The highest average wind speed of 4 m / s is most likely to occur on February 28th / 29th, when the average daily maximum wind speed is 6 m / s.

The greatest average wind speed of 4 m / s occurs on March 2nd, during when the average daily maximum wind speed is 6 m / s.

Fargo, North Dakota Average wind speed: 12.2 mph Average windiest month: April Record wind gust: 115 mph on June 9, 1959

For instance, capacity factors for wind units on the U.S. West Coast for the first five months of this year were consistently below their previous five - year average because wind speeds dropped in California, Oregon and Washington.

Urban pollution concentrations depend on the magnitude of local emissions sources and the prevailing meteorological ventilation of the area — i.e., the height of the atmospheric layer through which the pollutants are being mixed and the average wind speed through that layer.

On average, storm wind speeds had increased by 1.3 metres a second and there were 6.1 fewer tropical storms a year worldwide than there would have been if land and water temperatures had remained constant.

Estimating daily average wind speed based on four point measurements is going to be horribly inaccurate.

The team found that the average boost in wind speed during a 24 - hour intensification event is about 13 mph more than it was 30 years ago — on average about 3.8 knots (4.3 mph) for each of the three decades studied.

Another satellite - based study found that global wind speeds had increased by an average of 5 percent over the past two decades,» a feature on the NASA website noted.

Based on data available from the National Renewable Energy Lab, the area may support average wind speeds of roughly 8.5 meter per second (19 MPH), with annual capacity factors over 42 %.

Scientists project that, on average, tropical cyclones and hurricanes will have higher wind speeds and higher precipitation rates.