gustiness components

gustiness components

[′gəs·tē·nəs kəm‚pō·nəns] (meteorology) The ratios, to the mean wind speed, of the average magnitudes of the component fluctuations of the wind along three mutually perpendicular axes. The ratios of the root-mean-squares of the eddy velocities to the mean wind speed. Also known as intensity of turbulence.