The Beaufort scale /ˈboʊfərt/ is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land. Its full name is the Beaufort wind...
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the Beaufort scale. The scale was tested from 1972 to 1975 and was made public at a meeting of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1975. The scale sets...
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hydrographer, the creator of the Beaufort cipher and the Beaufort scale, and a naval officer. Francis Beaufort was descended from French Protestant Huguenots,...
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to smoothly connect the Beaufort scale and the Mach number scale. F1 corresponds to the twelfth level of the Beaufort scale, and F12 corresponds to Mach...
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Beaufort, Haute-Garonne Beaufort, Hérault Beaufort, Isère Beaufort, Jura Beaufort, Nord Beaufort, Savoie Beaufort-Blavincourt, Pas-de-Calais Beaufort-en-Argonne...
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creator of the Beaufort scale, namesake of the Beaufort Sea Louisa Beaufort (1781–1863), Irish antiquarian, author and artist Duke of Beaufort (England),...
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63 mph; 28 m/s). The most common way of describing wind force is with the Beaufort scale which defines a gale as wind from 50 kilometres per hour (14 m/s) to...
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2–4 m High wave 4.01 m + Beaufort scale Fujita scale Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale Sea state Significant wave height TORRO scale Owens, Edward H. (September...
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Tropical cyclones portal Beaufort scale – Relates wind speed to observable conditions at sea and on land Enhanced Fujita scale – For tornado intensity...
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Physics portal Beaufort scale International Fujita scale Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale Severe weather terminology (United States) TORRO scale Tornado intensity...
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