Sentence examples similar to wind-driven water rise from inspiring English sources

It lost its water pump and its shutters, and the wind drove water in under the window panes.

Upwelling fronts occur when northerly winds drive water masses offshore that are replaced by cold, nutrient-rich water that is upwelled from depth.

Storm surge is an episodic increase in sea level driven by shoreward wind-driven water circulation and atmospheric pressure3.

But new programs combine wind and water: Wind-driven turbines pump water uphill at night, the most blustery period; then the water flows downhill by day, generating electricity, when consumer demand is highest.

A wall of warm water, in other words, is being held in place by powerful winds, with cool water rising behind it.

Upwelling can occur via eddies or wind driven slope water intrusions.

Then, as the hurricane continued north, its winds drove the water to the south, into the canals that link the lake to the city.

The biggest fear concerns the storm surge, the effect of wind-whipped waters rising high above their normal levels.

Anderson, R. F. et al. Wind-driven upwelling in the Southern Ocean and the deglacial rise in atmospheric CO2.

Wind-driven rain and the simultaneous action of wind pressure contribute to water penetration into building façades.

Wind-driven stress on the ocean surface is proportional to the square of the wind speed and the direction of the wind; it is this force that sets the surface water in motion.