USGS: Science Topics: wind

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Wind

Local air movements.

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Climate of North Dakota: severe storms [More info]: Reviews frequency and distribution of tornadoes, windstorms, and hailstorms in North Dakota.
Monitoring and analysis of sand dune movement and growth on the Navajo Nation, southwestern United States [More info]: We combine long-term records from aerial photographs, detailed mapping using survey-grade GPS, and ground-based lidar with meteorological monitoring. Sand dune migration rates are currently about 35 meters per year.

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