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The aerodynamic lift (and drag) forces on the spanwise elements of radius r and length δr of the several blades of a wind turbine rotor are responsible for the rate of change of axial and angular momentum of all of the air that passes through the annulus swept by the blade elements. In addition, the force on the blade elements caused by the drop in pressure associated with the rotational velocity in the wake must also be provided by the aerodynamic lift and drag. As there is no rotation of the flow approaching the rotor, the reduced pressure on the downwind side of the rotor caused by wake rotation appears as a step pressure drop just as is that which causes the change in axial momentum. Because the wake is still rotating in the far wake, the pressure reduction associated with the rotation is still present and so does not contribute to the axial momentum change.