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Tropical Pacific Ocean islands used for model

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center 2014 (approx.)
Simplisic map of the Pacific Oceans with dots on small islands used for a computer model of wind and waves.
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Map of the tropical Pacific Ocean showing locations of the 25 modeled points used in the wave and wind study. Dots color-coded by study region: purple, western; green, Mariana Islands; red, central; blue, eastern equatorial; magenta, southern; yellow, northeastern. From figure 1 of “Future Wave and Wind Projections for United States and United States-Affiliated Pacific Islands.”

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