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F
Word

-> "Mot"
Symbol
Unity
Definition
Fetch

-> "Fetch"


The horizontal distance over which a wind blows in a wave-generating phase.
Flood tide

-> "Marée montante"


See "Tidal wave", "Tide periodicity", "High water".
Forecast model

-> "(Modèle de) prévision"


Meteorological model of prediction of wind fields or propagation model of prediction of a field of "Sea state".
See "Hindcast"
Freak wave

-> "Vague monstrueuse"


A wave higher than the maximal prediction of Hs for the sea state considered (c. 2,5 Hs).



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