New research uncovers unexpected ways atmospheric winds impact ocean eddies, influencing ocean weather patterns with greater ...

2. Prevailing wind - The prevailing wind is the most frequent wind direction a location experiences. In Britain the prevailing wind is from the South West, which brings warm, moist air from the ...

Aluie says that prevailing winds that move longitudinally across the globe, such as the westerlies and trade winds, will slow the eddies when they move in the opposite direction but energize them ...

Wind shear in the north-south or "meridional" direction did not significantly ... One excellent web site to diagnose current wind shear values is the University of Wisconsin CIMSS site.