Each image was processed and projected, and the 0.5 μμm wavelength was selected to detect the wave packets. Images A, B, D, F, and G are at Ls≈150°; Image C at Ls≈285°; Image E at Ls≈245°. Image G is ...

Concentric waves are circular ripples on water created by raindrops or other surface disturbances, visually showing how ...

Eight days ago, it rained over the western Pacific Ocean near Japan. There was nothing especially remarkable about this rain event, yet it made big waves twice. First, it disturbed the atmosphere in ...

Two weeks before Christmas in 1978, the cargo ship MS München encountered a fierce storm in the North Atlantic. Although the captain couldn’t evade it, the forecasted waves and winds should have posed ...

Perhaps the most iconic instrument in modern rock is the guitar. It's really just a bunch of strings stretched across a board, which you can strum to make awesome tunes, thanks to the physics of waves ...

First, let me plead, “Mea culpa.” I’ll admit to fixating on marine wind forecasts before venturing out to sea, sometimes to the exclusion of wave projections. That shortcut has more than once come ...