Explore: Surface Wind

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

prevailing wind in a region of the Earth's surface is a surface wind that blows predominantly from a particular direction. The dominant winds are the trends

Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens

enhances wind decoupling between the winds at the surface and the winds above the boundary layer by calming the surface wind which increases wind shear.

extending from the surface of the planet up to altitudes of about 12–15 km. Mathematically, the thermal wind relation defines a vertical wind shear – a variation

of wind speed observed near the Earth's surface between the 1980s until around 2010, originally termed "stilling". This slowdown of near-surface terrestrial

there is a wind gradient in the wind flow ~100 meters above the Earth's surface—the surface layer of the planetary boundary layer. Wind speed increases

winds in the nearly frictionless flow well above the Earth's surface. This bottom layer, where surface friction slows the wind and changes the wind direction

atmosphere or on the surface of the Earth. It is vital to wind speed, because the greater the difference in pressure, the faster the wind flows (from the high

hurricane wind scale is based on the highest wind speed averaged over a one-minute interval 10 m above the surface. Although the scale shows wind speeds