Talk:Wind shear

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Wind shear is a former good article candidate. There are suggestions below for which areas need improvement to satisfy the good article criteria. Once the objections are addressed, the article can be renominated as a good article. If you disagree with the objections, you can seek a review. Date of review: 2 November 2006

Added references and a couple sections regarding wind shear's effects on thunderstorm formation and tropical cyclones. Thegreatdr 16:13, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I think the article is good enough for B class. If not, useful comments for it reaching B class would be appreciated. Thegreatdr 19:56, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Very good article! I'm going to send it to WP:GAN. -Runningonbrains 12:18, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Failed GA

I'm afraid that the writing in this article isn't really up to GA standard. The second paragraph in the lead is a very blank summary of the main headlines, with no variation in sentence structure and no common theme tying the statements together. The section on when and where wind shear is observed really ought to be in prose form rather than in bullet points. And the final three sections have only two sentences each, which really leads to the suspicion that they could do with some expansion.

Please feel free to resubmit once these points have been addressed. MLilburne 11:39, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merger?

Should this article be merged with wind gradient? It looks like the articles define it identically. Thegreatdr 14:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Either they should remain separate (and expanded), or gradient should be merged here. Wind shear is the chief term and of multiple usage in meteorology. The Glossary of Meteorology (AMS, 2001) doesn't list wind gradient but defines wind shear as follows:

wind shear—The local variation of the wind vector or any of its components in a given direction.

The vertical shear can be expressed in terms of height ∂V/∂z or of pressure ∂V/∂p as the vertical coordinate. If the wind is geostrophic, the vertical shear is given by the thermal wind equation. The wind shear at a point is said to be cyclonic or anticyclonic according to whether the sense of rotation from the wind vector to the shear vector at that point is cyclonic or anticyclonic.

Evolauxia 19:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree that the other article would be merged into this one, if merger is deemed acceptable. I can't imagine both articles being expanded. It would be like having two articles, with one named thermal wind and another called wind shear. Same deal. Thegreatdr 23:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Oops. There is also a thermal wind article! This could be merged in as well, since thermal wind is another term used for vertical wind shear. Thegreatdr 23:13, 28 November 2006 (UTC)