Wind Waves (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Wind Waves

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Wind waves depend on wind speed and have long been logged by ship crews. A new ocean wind data corrected with wind-wave heights suggests a slow down of the southeast trade winds in the equatorial Atlantic.

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Image courtesy of Ship DAVID STARR JORDAN, NOAA Photo Library.

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