dynamics, a wind wave, or wind-generated water wave, is a surface wave that occurs on the free surface of bodies of water as a result of the wind blowing...
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fluid dynamics, wind wave modeling describes the effort to depict the sea state and predict the evolution of the energy of wind waves using numerical...
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Rogue waves (also known as freak waves, monster waves, episodic waves, killer waves, extreme waves, and abnormal waves) are huge and unpredictable surface...
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that between the atmosphere and the ocean, which gives rise to wind waves. A gravity wave results when fluid is displaced from a position of equilibrium...
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Tidal wave, a scientifically incorrect name for a tsunami Tollmien–Schlichting wave, in fluid dynamics Wind wave Bloch's theorem Matter wave Pilot wave theory...
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Wave power is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work – for example, electricity generation, water desalination, or pumping water. A machine...
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The Wind and the Wave (stylized as The Wind + the Wave) is an American band composed of Dwight A. Baker and Patricia Lynn. Dwight Baker and Patricia Lynn...
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Wind-wave dissipation or "swell dissipation" is process in which a wave generated via a weather system loses its mechanical energy transferred from the...
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Swell (ocean) (category Water waves)
surface gravity waves. These surface gravity waves have their origin as wind waves, but are the consequence of dispersion of wind waves from distant weather...
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sneaker wave, also known as a sleeper wave, or in Australia as a king wave, is a disproportionately large coastal wave that can sometimes appear in a wave train...
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lee waves are produced when the lapse rate shows a stable layer above the obstruction, with an unstable layer above and below. Strong winds (with wind gusts...
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including winds and swell. The original definition resulted from work by the oceanographer Walter Munk during World War II. The significant wave height was...
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wind sea and swell. It is defined in such a way that it more or less corresponds to what a mariner observes when estimating visually the average wave...
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corresponds to uniform circular motion. Sine waves occur often in physics, including wind waves, sound waves, and light waves, such as monochromatic radiation. In...
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the large-scale ocean circulation. The wind stress is affected by the wind speed, the shape of the wind waves and the atmospheric stratification. It is...
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Cross sea (redirect from Cross waves)
referred to as a squared sea or square waves) is a sea state of wind-generated ocean waves that form nonparallel wave systems. Cross seas have a large amount...
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water—with respect to wind waves and swell—at a certain location and moment. A sea state is characterized by statistics, including the wave height, period,...
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Windsurfing (redirect from Wind surfer)
craft that have used wind as the driving force, many of them sourced to the Polynesians who have been riding the wind and waves for centuries. Early accounts...
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Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Tropical waves are generally carried westward by the prevailing easterly winds along the tropics and subtropics near the...
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Infragravity waves are surface gravity waves with frequencies lower than the wind waves – consisting of both wind sea and swell – thus corresponding with...
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type to any part of a physical wave. Wave model can refer to: Wind wave model, a mathematical model of sea waves Density wave model, a mathematical model...
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Geospace Science (GGS) Wind satellite is a NASA science spacecraft designed to study radio waves and plasma that occur in the solar wind and in the Earth's...
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t is the wind duration (in hours) and U is the wind speed, in metres per second. If F > Fmin, then the wave growth is limited by the wind duration, and...
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storm surges tides tsunamis seiches wind waves – wind seas and swells – characterised by statistics like: significant wave heights and periods, propagation...
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The Waves Extinguish the Wind (Russian: Волны гасят ветер, romanized: Volny gasiat veter; also translated as The Time Wanderers) is a 1985 science fiction...
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is affected by wind shear, which can bend the wave front, causing sounds to be heard where they normally would not. Strong vertical wind shear within the...
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Kamen Rider W (section Wind Wave Internet radio)
To tie into the show, TV Asahi, Toei, and Avex Trax have produced the Wind Wave FM Internet radio station. Only one of the shows, Wakana's Healing Princess...
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faster than Rayleigh waves, at about 90% of the body wave velocity, and have the largest amplitude. Seismic waves Sound waves Wind waves on seas and lakes...
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Surf break (redirect from Big wave point breaks)
break, or big wave break) is a permanent (or semi-permanent) obstruction such as a coral reef, rock, shoal, or headland that causes a wave to break, forming...
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Tsunami (redirect from Tsunami wave train)
the potential to generate a tsunami. Unlike normal ocean waves, which are generated by wind, or tides, which are in turn generated by the gravitational...
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