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Meteorology: Getting The Wind Up, Nature
 









Excerpts: (...) findings is that maximum wind speeds occur at an altitude of
about 500 m. (...) Previously, in the absence of observations for wind speeds
above 25 m s-1, levels of increasing drag with increasing wind speed were
extrapolated to high wind speeds. But now it seems that above hurricane force -
about 33 m s-1 - a layer of foam and bubbles from breaking waves develops that
reduces drag and effectively lets the hurricane glide over the sea. In
consequence, air-sea exchange in hurricanes will need to be reassessed.
Source: Meteorology: Getting The Wind Up[
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v422/n6929/full/422273a_fs.html
], Heike Langenberg, Nature 422, 273 (2003); doi:10.1038/422273a

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