COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Global Trends in Wind Speed and Wave Height
Description: Researchers used a database of calibrated and validated satellite altimeter measurements to investigate global changes in oceanic wind speed and wave height over a 23-year period. They found a general global trend of increasing values of wind speed and, to a lesser degree, wave height. The rate of increase is greater for extreme events as compared to the mean condition. [Source: Science]
URL: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6028/451.short
Availability: Summary
Source: Science
Publish Date: 4/22/2011
Reading Level: Expert
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