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Re:3D map of Earth shows the weather in real-time by Xophmeister on Monday December 15, 2014 @12:08PM (#8752995)
The wind appears to be significantly stronger over open water. Is this just an artefact of the visualisation, or is it a genuine meteorological phenomenon?

I understand the temperature differences between sea and land will make it windier around coastal areas, but I had always thought that was a localised effect.

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Re:3D map of Earth shows the weather in real-time by Swizec on Monday December 15, 2014 @12:32PM (#8753122)
You can play around with the altitude the visualisation is showing winds for. I'm assuming a lot of wind is slowed down by topographical features at lower altitudes. At 9000m and above there seems to be little difference between land and sea in the visualisation.
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