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so rhai erop yields are hlghes| duwnwmd lmm
windbreak areas. wnerever snow blows aeroirs rhe
iandseape, windbreaks oi savannah zunliguralians
ereaie springso inoishire «aps ii is also pronble iodo
ihis by using open swales in snew-drrn areas
Wlndbreaks in exposzd snowiield areas ean be better
esraohshed in ihe lee or eanh bonds :1! in naioral
eorniee hisi polewards ol ndgei.
CROP YIELDS vary in inerease irorn ihe 1mm
increase In sireh ereps as avoudo ro ml in eorri,
60-70% in allalia, was in wheai and lesser gains
(Him ror low Crops sneh as lemiee All rhese
inereases lailow wlndbmak esiaolishrnehi on exposed
sires Elieeis are oi eenrse less in narnraliy sneirered
siriiarions or areas ei nurmally low Wind speed
However, niinosi all normal garden vegelahies
ieneoroii, lumam. polaioi benehi greaily lmm Wind
sheiier For lhis reason, a yawn! panern similar in rhai
in figure no is ieeernrneiided lor sneh erops and
wmdriflecud pasnires
mun: 5.2- I I I
LUWLEGUMINGUS wwnanux m CROP
m spiral lea-um alum a minimal harm. oaui ii aim pmviaes
u: m""" ré'ss
rililm: 5.11
HURNCANES on CYCLONES
Rim aim Inmnll. nail salons ai- mvsi wm: la iris wkwlm noes
01 he lawn/Esau all as isinpniliioadiio arernmaisd or [hum]
hull!
averysnuiaiedemoernimnmi ioraiiwind autumn;
HURRICANB (mamas, TYPHOONS)
Very sraole and sllllwan ulms near line eqnaror may
prediiee iieree npdranghis 0! air ovzr warin oeeanie
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areas, whldl over some days or weeks build up ro ine
greal rising spirals ol humeanes A: ihese move slowly
lusually ai 24—32 kin/hi iavss ihe oeeari (awards land,
Wind speeds aronnd ihe vortex ean reaeh 125491
kin/ii, while wimln rhe vonex iisell a ndal hulge rises
up lo 2,7 rn 19 leer) above sea level (Figure 511:, ihis
warer oulge causes a lidal surge ai roasllines
Voriiees revolve imirdockwlsn iii lho norihern
hennsphere, dockwlse in ihe souihem, and inns coasral
areas in ine nonh side have ihe highrfl wnier and wave
levels in ihe norlhern heonsphere, and lo lhe small. side
in ihe sourhern the eornliined elloeis of npldly
{luduahng pressures, iidal bulge, wave and sea
pllrup, and wave backwash ereare dcvlslilwn on
masis Alihoirgh hnrrieanes eannoi persisi iar inland,
as ihe sea resell sultan-s ihe earner, lhe inlense nms
generaied do reach well inland |0 nood rivers and
esiiinries, adding io the general desirueiion Wllh all
erleers eolnblned in a "worst case“ oi high lides and
prior rains, dtshudivz wave ariaek ean reaeh ens rn
mun leeii ibuve nornial highrnde wave levels.
As wind srrengih inereases at sea, wi Length also
inmzses, so ihal norrnai wave minis arri ne al a per
minnie m eaiiri Adam): candllions slow down la a
irorrn Irequenry ul 5 per niiniile beloie year wrnds
mese wider—spaced waves liavel list, are larger, and
male severe backwash undermining or shorelines.