Mathew, stagnation pressure at infinity for a given condition is defined as:
Pstagnation = Patmos + 1/2RhoV^2, where v describes the wind velocity.
So it must be higher than atmospheric, but will be the same in all places for incompressible and inviscid flow. But, yes this is just one way to describe what is happening to the kite.
Last edited by Graviman; 30th Nov 2007 at 21:02.
Reason: Typo: Pstat should have read Pstagnation.