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Map of the Earth's surface showing surface wind speed over water where the satellite path has measured he wind speed for this day.
Surface winds
Advanced Scatterometer Instrument (ASCAT) global wind image from August 2009. This image is from one set of satellite passes on a single day.
NOAA/NESDIS.