wind ripple

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wind ripple [′win ‚drip·əl]

(meteorology)

One of a series of wavelike formations on a snow surface, an inch or so in height, at right angles to the direction of wind. Also known as snow ripple.

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No references found			Wild horses ran past us as we crossed Bodmin Moor and watching the wind ripple through their manes made us feel as relaxed and free as the strong, beautiful creatures. Views of two counties that will take your breath away; Holidaying on ... by Birmingham Mail (England) The poet, now emotionally free and open to the beauty of ordinary life, is quick to pick out evocative, complex moments from the tissue of space and time: "Wet Sunday afternoon; after the rain a bible wind ripples the sheet puddles on Station Road; along the hedges by the girls' school an elaborate birdsong streams through the wet scent of roses, like a new form of music evolving out of water. A Lie About My Father: Selected Poems: Gift Songs by Kafatou, Sarah / Harvard Review That is very distinctive and is a very reliable indictaor of deposition by wind ripples," Hunter says. Wading newts may explain enigmatic tracks by Monastersky, Richard / Science News			wind crust wind current Wind Currents wind deflection wind direction wind divide wind drift Wind Energetics Wind Engine wind erosion wind factor wind farm Wind Festival wind filling wind force wind gage wind gap Wind Gauge wind guard wind instrument wind load wind measurement wind noise wind power wind pressure wind ripple Wind River Wind River Range Wind River Systems Wind Rose wind scoop wind shake wind shear wind shield wind ship wind slab wind sleeve wind sock wind speed wind star wind stop wind stress wind tee wind tide wind triangle Wind Tunnel wind turbine wind uplift wind valley wind vane wind velocity			wind onto Wind or concert band wind out Wind Over Deck wind park wind park wind poppy wind power wind power Wind Power Generation Wind Power Generation System Wind power plant Wind power plant Wind power plant Wind Power Prediction Tool Wind Power Producers' Association Wind Power Production Incentive Wind Power Unit wind pressure Wind Profile Wind Profiler Demonstration Network Wind Profiler Processing Platform Wind Profiler Radar Wind Profilers Wind pump Wind pump Wind pump Wind Resistant Sateen Wind Riders Hang Gliding Club wind ripple Wind River Wind River Wind River Bear Institute Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility Wind River Development Fund Wind River Environmental Quality Commission Wind River Experimental Forest Wind River Mountains Wind River Mountains Wind River Range Wind River Range Wind River Search and Rescue Wind River Shoshone Wind River Systems Wind River Systems Wind River Transportation Authority Wind River Tribal College wind rose wind rose wind roses wind roses wind roses wind roses Wind row Wind row Wind rush Wind sail wind scale wind scoop Wind Scorpion

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