Wind shear

Wind shear - difference in wind speed or direction over a short distance. Article “Wind shear” in Simple English Wikipedia has 14.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 4 sections.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Wind shear”, its content was written by 12 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 621 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 80 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 5992 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #180 in July 2022
• Global: #15632 in August 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #3483 in April 2013
• Global: #32235 in March 2009

There are 29 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Chinese (zh) 风切变		73.3503
2	English (en) Wind shear		67.5616
3	Indonesian (id) Geser angin		36.8914
4	Portuguese (pt) Windshear		34.227
5	Czech (cs) Střih větru		32.2216
6	Turkish (tr) Rüzgâr makası		31.216
7	Catalan (ca) Cisallament del vent		29.1468
8	French (fr) Cisaillement (météorologie)		28.5917
9	Italian (it) Wind shear		21.4277
10	Persian (fa) چینش باد		19.2066

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Wind shear" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wind shear		2 639 691
2	Japanese (ja) ウインドシア		447 282
3	Spanish (es) Cizalladura del viento		352 559
4	Chinese (zh) 风切变		297 409
5	Italian (it) Wind shear		191 398
6	French (fr) Cisaillement (météorologie)		173 545
7	Russian (ru) Сдвиг ветра		147 917
8	German (de) Windscherung		142 982
9	Dutch (nl) Windschering		111 383
10	Portuguese (pt) Windshear		109 905

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Wind shear" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wind shear		6 647
2	Japanese (ja) ウインドシア		1 199
3	Dutch (nl) Windschering		1 162
4	Spanish (es) Cizalladura del viento		1 049
5	Chinese (zh) 风切变		903
6	German (de) Windscherung		583
7	French (fr) Cisaillement (météorologie)		559
8	Italian (it) Wind shear		483
9	Russian (ru) Сдвиг ветра		452
10	Polish (pl) Uskok wiatru		211

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Wind shear" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Wind shear		171
2	Chinese (zh) 风切变		56
3	French (fr) Cisaillement (météorologie)		50
4	Dutch (nl) Windschering		44
5	Italian (it) Wind shear		39
6	Spanish (es) Cizalladura del viento		32
7	German (de) Windscherung		31
8	Japanese (ja) ウインドシア		27
9	Finnish (fi) Tuuliväänne		23
10	Portuguese (pt) Windshear		17

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Wind shear" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) ريح القص		1
2	Catalan (ca) Cisallament del vent		1
3	French (fr) Cisaillement (météorologie)		1
4	Chinese (zh) 风切变		1
5	Czech (cs) Střih větru		0
6	German (de) Windscherung		0
7	Greek (el) Διατμητικός άνεμος		0
8	English (en) Wind shear		0
9	Spanish (es) Cizalladura del viento		0
10	Basque (eu) Haize ebakidura		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Wind shear" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Wind shear		1 802
2	Portuguese (pt) Windshear		750
3	Chinese (zh) 风切变		733
4	Spanish (es) Cizalladura del viento		455
5	French (fr) Cisaillement (météorologie)		433
6	Russian (ru) Сдвиг ветра		309
7	Ukrainian (uk) Градієнт вітру		237
8	German (de) Windscherung		220
9	Japanese (ja) ウインドシア		145
10	Italian (it) Wind shear		120

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ريح القص
ca	Catalan Cisallament del vent
cs	Czech Střih větru
de	German Windscherung
el	Greek Διατμητικός άνεμος
en	English Wind shear
es	Spanish Cizalladura del viento
eu	Basque Haize ebakidura
fa	Persian چینش باد
fi	Finnish Tuuliväänne
fr	French Cisaillement (météorologie)
hu	Hungarian Szélnyírás
id	Indonesian Geser angin
it	Italian Wind shear
ja	Japanese ウインドシア
ko	Korean 급변풍
ms	Malay Rincihan angin
nl	Dutch Windschering
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Vindskjer
no	Norwegian Vindskjær
pl	Polish Uskok wiatru
pt	Portuguese Windshear
ru	Russian Сдвиг ветра
simple	Simple English Wind shear
th	Thai ลมเฉือน
tr	Turkish Rüzgâr makası
uk	Ukrainian Градієнт вітру
vi	Vietnamese Gió đứt
zh	Chinese 风切变

Best Rank

Simple English: #3483 04.2013

Global: #32235 03.2009

Best Rank

Simple English: #180 07.2022

Global: #15632 08.2005

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