wind driven current
1wind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. twist, [en]twine; coil, curl, spiral; bandage, loop; enfold, in fold; wreathe, roll; crank, reel; sinuate, meander, wander. See convulsion, deviation, rotation. n. See wind. II Current of air Nouns… …
2Wind turbine — Offshore wind farm using 5MW turbines REpower 5M in the North Sea off Belgium This article discusses wind powered electrical generators. See windmill for wind powered machinery used to grind grain or pump water. A wind turbine is a device that… …
3longshore current — wind driven current along the shore, playing an important role in sediment transport and deposition and thus affecting fishes through habitat formation …
4Wind wave — Ocean wave redirects here. For the film, see Ocean Waves (film). North Pacific storm waves as seen from the NOAA M/V Noble Star, Winter 1989 …
5Wind power — Wind power: worldwide installed capacity [1] …
6Current sea level rise — This article is about the current and future rise in sea level associated with global warming. For sea level changes in Earth s history, see Sea level#Changes through geologic time. Sea level measurements from 23 long tide gauge records in… …
7WIND (AM) — infobox Radio Station name= WIND first airdate = 1927 frequency= 560 (kHz) area = Chicago, Illinois format = News/Talk owner = Salem Communications power = 5,000 watts erp = branding= News Talk 560 slogan= Where Your Opinion Counts class= B… …
8wind farm — n. A collection of generators that convert wind power into electricity. Example Citation: The sandy shoals about two miles off Skegness beaches provide the ideal foundation for one of the world s first offshore wind farms, which will convert the… …
9Ocean current — This article is about ocean currents. For other uses, see Current (disambiguation). The ocean currents. Distinctive white lines trace the flow of surface currents around the world. An ocean cur …
10Sailing faster than the wind — Devices that are powered by sails (such as sailboats, iceboats and sand yachts) can sail (that is, advance over the surface) faster than the wind.[1] Such devices cannot do this when sailing dead downwind using simple square sails that are set… …
