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Terrain
controls wind speed and direction
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However,
some general characteristics of wind
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speed
vs. altitude
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Mid-latitudes:
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Wind
speed increases with height
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Mt.
Washington 1915 m: 23m/s in winter;12m/s in
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summer
averages
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Tropics
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Wind
speed decreases with height
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New
Guinea 4250 m: 2 m/s DJF average
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El
Misti Peru 4760 m 5 m/s average
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