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Beaufort Scale

empirical measure describing wind speed based on observed conditions
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Beaufort Scale
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Summary

Beaufort Scale is a meteorological index[1]. It draws 16,091 Wikipedia views per month (meteorological index category, ranking #2 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: measurement scale[3]
  • Named after: Francis Beaufort[4]
  • Commons category: Beaufort Scale[5]
  • Has part(s): calmness[6], light air[7], light breeze[8], gentle breeze[9], moderate breeze[10], fresh breeze[11], strong breeze[12], near gale[13], gale[14], strong gale[15], storm[16], violent storm[17], hurricane[18]
  • Described at URL: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/guide/weather/marine/beaufort-scale[19]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]

Why It Matters

Beaufort Scale has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Francis Beaufort

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . weather.metoffice.gov.uk. weather.metoffice.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . metoffice.gov.uk. metoffice.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . weather.metoffice.gov.uk. weather.metoffice.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . weather.metoffice.gov.uk. weather.metoffice.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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