Equivalent longitudinal wind

From Glossary of Meteorology



equivalent longitudinal wind

For an aerial route, that fictitious uniform wind everywhere parallel to the air route that would produce the same mean aircraft speed with respect to the earth's surface as the actual wind.

This is the component of the wind parallel to the line of flight integrated along the entire route.
See equivalent head wind, equivalent tail wind.


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