The process of characterizing the wind resource, and its energy potential, for a specific site or geographical area.

See gust and peak gust.

Department Of the Interior

The ratio of the output of an instrument to the input value, i.e. a rain gauge with a sensitivity of 1 tip per 0.01"

Same as mercury barometer.

To turn the boat head-to-wind so as to go about on the opposite tack

One thousand kilowatts, or 1 million watts; standard measure of electric power plant generating capacity.

The depth of water that would result from the melting of snow or ice, assuming measurement on a horizontal surface and no infiltration or evaporation.

A tube with a narrow throat (a constriction) that increases the velocity and lowers the pressure of the liquid passing through it, creating a partial vacuum immediately after the constriction in the tube. The vacuum created has a sucking effect, and a ven ...

The overall assets of an individual less liabilities.

Material Safety Data sheets. Detailed Information about the dangerous products carried.

Certificate of Registry (U.S. Coast Guard)

The positioning and shape of the sails to the wind; To sheet in or out the sails for the most optimal performance and speed

A heat exchanger for recovering heat from flue gases for heating water or air.

A notional continuous sound level which is calculated from the various A-we~ghteds ound levels and duration at these levels with an XdB exchange rate. The exchange rate is the number of dB decrease in noise level which would allow doubling of exposure tim ...

In the US, a board of Directors comprised of seven members which directs the federal banking system,.

A unit of power equal to 1 billion Watts; 1 million kilowatts, or 1,000 Megawatts.

Place where a ship should report when passing i.e. when approaching a port.

This committee has jurisdiction on: coal production, distribution and utilization; energy policy; energy research, conservation, and development; hydroelectric power; irrigation; mineral conservation; nonmilitary development of nuclear energy; solar energ ...

A general term for instruments which sample atmospheric suspensoids by impaction. Same as impactometer.