American Meteorological Society - Glossary of Meteorology

velocity profile

  1. The variation of horizontal wind speed and direction (
    or of horizontal components of wind) with height such as would be measured with a sounding.
  2. The equations describing the variation of wind with height.
    A classic example is the logarithmic wind speed profile in the surface layer of the atmospheric boundary layer.
    Compare shear.
  3. See velocity distribution.