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Wind Posted on Oct 25 2006 at 9:02am by I noticed in the small clip that the wind was mentioned as makeing the waves when I believe it is the earth movement making waves and then wind is generated from that. Is that wrong? 
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RE: Wind Posted on Oct 26 2006 at 2:35pm by synaptice wrote:
(Oct 25 2006 @ 09:02am)
I noticed in the small clip that the wind was mentioned as makeing the waves when I believe it is the earth movement making waves and then wind is generated from that. Is that wrong?
As the wind blows over the ocean's surface, ripples begin to form. With sustained wind, gradually these small ripples become larger ripples, in turn the larger ripples become waves. The size of ocean waves depends on three factors: the wind speed, the distance over which the wind blows and the length of time it blows for.
It is the rotation of the earth which causes what is known as the Coriolis effect, which, in the northern hemisphere means that wind blows anti-clockwise round lows and clockwise around highs and vice versa in the southern hemisphere.RE: Wind Posted on Nov 7 2007 at 6:18am by What about the moon and its effect on the tides? Doesn't that come into the equation, as well?
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