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blnw lrorn eonnnenlal lmmnvs rn wmm'. and warrncr
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oul m‘ll dullurg wlnlcr wrnds bluw rn lrorn the seas
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Islands and penrnsulas lmm Lamudes 0s lo 15-
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epenenee ewo mm wlnd rnodes, loose ol lhe wxmev
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winds or lrade wrnds lsoufllusl rn lhe smflhlnl hernr-
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splrere, norlhease m rhe nonhern henrrspherel and
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lhoseof lhe monsoon ln eneer, we look (or twu seasons
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ol wlnds and hate shorl periods at relarrve calms or
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shifting wlnd syslenrs in llrese laorudes These are lhe
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rnarn wlndsol wplnl oeeanre lslands
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ln snrnrner, lhe crussrzqualcnal rnonsoon wrnds
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deneel lo blow (mm lhe norllrwesl in rlre soulhern
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hemispherz, land as sourhwesl rnorrroons m lhe
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nonhern hernnphere, Soullreasr Asl: and lhe thc or
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lndlan oeean nlands are rnosl prodreraoly affect-1 by
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lhrse hirmbdal sysrenrs. Alrhough many sues are also
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aneeled by only rwo rnsrn sarong wrnd dlrecllons, shese
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are rarely rs sorelly seasonal in elleel as rhey are closer
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co (in: equamr
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me news
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On warrn sea eorsrs, whm onshore wlnds not only
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earry sall laur also evaporsle mmslule, sall deposrrs on
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vegelauon are lhe Ilmlfing laeror on speoes seleerlon
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and only selecled hardy speoee wllh libmns or waxy
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mlhres ean escape dearh or delor-oranon by sall laurn,
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As well as lnorganrr rrrarennls. wrnd rrray lranspon
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organrsrns rangrng lronr alrnosr lmpalpable spores ol
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lungr and ler-ns ro yery welghly rnsecls such as plague
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locusls wlrrrh are swepl aloll by healed arr eolurnns,
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and carried as lrozen or enllled swarms lo duwnr
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draugm areas Here, rhey rhaw oul and eornrnense
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leedrng or perlsh m oceans lar lrorn land Mosqnuoes,
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rrurr llles, wasps, and spiders delllxfilely s - renal
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floallmes and also nrrgrale ovzr rnounrarn and oseanle
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laarrrers on wlndslresnrs. Florlrs or "figuring ouds also
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lake advanragr olwindsmams as (My errele llre glubes
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Flow oI arr lwrndl nvn kal’ surfaces prornoles raprd
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lrrnsprralron, as does hrgh llghl rnlensrly {Daubenv
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nure, lml When we have both elleels logelher, shrubs
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and lrees nray lose Ion rnuelr waler, and lrees guard
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agalnsl rhls eornbrned Iaclor by presenling whltisll
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undersrdes ol leaves lo lhe fly“ as lhe wrnd lalows,
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lhus can-yang on a dynarnu- balance laerween lhe llghr
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and mud [actors lrrnes and mes rnay oller leal angles
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lo reneer lrghl. rrap air, or lo reduce lhe am of lea:
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rxywed lo llghl or word Thus, bum plgmenlahun and
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lea! rnoyernem are used |o balance rlre efletts o!
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varraole rneorrung gnaw and lea: pores close down to
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prevenl rnolsrure loss
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wmn mmole
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In a radro programme on sallrng ulnslralran Broad-
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easlurg Corporarlon. I? Dee Ml, Funk nellrwalle, a
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New Zgalandrbom Ausoalrnn boa| deslgner, palm, and
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sarlor oulllned sorne ol lhe :hindmslls n1 ground
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wrnds Such wrnds do nol blow rleadlly, our vary as
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gnsls and alrns in a predrsrahls and localuyspecrzre
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way; lhal ls, the eornrnon winds oi any one slle have
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regular pulsé
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He slares lhar sueh regular vansllons are easrly
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neared; a 49450 rnrnule nequerrey ol gusllng ls rypreal ol
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rnrd—larhudes, wulr gusls 4m. srronger lhan lulls. ln
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lulli. rlre wind drreslrsn also clranges, as llghl
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orosswrnds a: ahoul IS“ lo lhe rnarn wrnd dlrxtlmls
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The van-nun m wlxld speed and dueclron ls sysrenu
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she and regular, and bolh fmqurmes, durroons, and
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arnpllrrrdes can b! ohlarned by eorrrlainallons or
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slopwalohes, anernornelers, and wind vanes lor all u!
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lloese reeorded on auronraoc Equipment).
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Such 'wdves" ol wand are rnade nsrhle rn grwlulds,
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or on lhe surlaee ol walers vuewed flom a (lllf They are
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also, al lrnres, rellecled rn elouds as "null and me-
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sysmm 11w lulls slrow as spaees Ween cloud ranlrs,
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and in llrese spaces, lrglrl clouds ol dmeaenl allgnrneru
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represenl llre elrange ol dueerron lypiul or lulls
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The gusls are ponderous, represenung yorrlres; lhe
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lnlls are at llglrr erosswrnds Some perrods are shorr
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llaahrarn, 5.25 nunules, sydney, H2 rnlnures; loronlo,
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ln urrnulerl. Wave "Irons“ ml gisslands may eorne al
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every 14 seconds, wrlh gusls ar longer lnlervals, Sea
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waves rhenrsclyas have a characrensue pmodlmy and
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speed, usually ahoul 5-I2 per rnrnule, lhe perrod
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longlhenlng ln slonns
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In lhe weslerly wlnd laelrs, we can distinguxsh
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belween rhe PREVALEN'I WINDS ol lrorn (.24 km/h,
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wluch hlow lav llye mu 0! seven windy days, and lhe
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ENERGY wmos ol lrorn 1640 kin/h wlueh blnw nn
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lhe ollrer mo days. The energy wrnds eorne lrorn
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oerween lstw omhe dmfion ol lhe preyalenl wrnds
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erehael Hatklemln, Wrnd and Wmdsprnrnrs. posse
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l'ltss,Ca|ilomia,19'74).
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WINDEREAKS
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ll rs the chill lamps—lhe removal ol heal horn surlaees,
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and eyaporalron o1 fluldFthal rreales cool lo sold
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clarnales ur are Impks ar lower a|tiludes lhan adulaalie
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or a rule lacrors would rndrcale. 1hrs ehrll laelor
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reords phm gum, and lowers lhe elrielervey al solar
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devices and rrrsulalron ln eyelonre or humane nmir
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raluaophle wurds rrray become lhe uvurndlng desrgn
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rnodrrrcarlon, around whreh all DLhu laerors rnusr ls:
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arrayed.
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We are nor rnueh concerned wuh leleMi and low
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wind—energy slres, excepl to choose lhenr [or our
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dwellrngs in exposed landscapes, our elose arrenrron
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mustbe pald losheller untry'tsm exposed uler
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On sues wulr prodrelaole wrnd panerns, Nvulzd
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ehlher by lrees, derrved lrorn [nul knnwledge. or
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rndrealed lay wrnd records over lrnre, we ran plan
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drreenonal, palrerned wlndbruk o1 eanhbank and
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hrs. on sues where severe wands and Sindhi”! rnay
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eorno 1mm any drreelron las ln some deserlsl, lhe
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slraregy rs ro rnapose a elose roclangular or nelworlc
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palrern ml wrndlareak
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However rlre wlndbre-ks are arranged, ourldrngs,
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gardens, and anlrnal shelter: can be arranged lolaoe lhe
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‘IB
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