When weather conditions deteriorate, keeping ships on track for their mission in churning seas can challenge both ship bridge ...

Forecasters say the main reason involves wind direction. Broadly speaking, the mountain passes and canyons flanking Los Angeles are oriented north to south. This week, the Santa Anas have been ...

As the air descends, it dries further and accelerates in speed. Wind speeds can increase further as they funnel through the valleys and gorges in the area, much like water increases its speed as ...

Forecasters are warning residents about damaging winds and extreme fire weather for the Southland in what could be the strongest wind event since 2011. The city of Los Angeles is declaring a state ...

But the direction of travel is clear. Back in 2014, wind and solar accounted for around 10% of Great Britain's electricity. That has now risen to about a third, according to Neso's figures.

Abstract: The Geophysical Model Function (GMF) for sea surface wind speed retrieval from co-polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images typically requires wind direction as prior information.