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Surface Wind Wave

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-027392

A surface wave generated by direct wind action on the water’s surface producing shear, piling up water in the direction of the wind and generating a wave.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-027392
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027392",
  "term": "Surface Wind Wave",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A surface wave generated by direct wind action on the water’s surface producing shear, piling up water in the direction of the wind and generating a wave.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/surface-wind-wave/"
}

Record 27,392 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.