Wind

Illustration of anemometer

Illustration of atmospheric wind and rain

Illustration of a 2D coastline with nearshore reef

Icon representing a cold front

Symbol showing a tree damaged by wind, lightning strike or other disturbance

Illustration of a wind turbine

Illustration of a wind turbine

Illustration of erosion

Unicode: 1F343

Illustration of cumulonimbus clouds, tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather. Cumulonimbus means "column rain" in Latin. It is a result of atmospheric instability. These clouds can form alone, in clusters, or along a cold front in a squall line. They create lightning through the heart of the cloud. Cumulonimbus storm cells can produce heavy rain (particularly of a convective nature) and flash flooding, as well as straight-line winds

Illustration of storm damage effects on mangroves

Some plants use the wind as the primary means of seed dispersal. This is the case with Taraxacum spp. (Dandelion) as well as others such as Acer spp (Maple)

Illustration of storm whole gale, storm warning flag

Unicode: 1F32A

Illustration of upwelling

Illustration of weather vane

Illustration of a cloud blowing air symbolizing wind

Illustration of wind flow

Wind

Illustration of a wind vector, the two- or three-dimensional vector describing the instantaneous wind magnitude and direction at a point (often using Cartesian coordinates; i.e. X and Y wind vectors). The term can also apply to the resultant wind vector which is sometimes drawn as an arrow with length proportional to wind speed

Unicode: 1F390

Unicode: 1F32C

Illustration of wind surfing