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First, the spiders release unusually large amounts of bridging silk into the air, which is then carried downwind, across the water body, establishing bridge lines. en.wikipedia.org

These leeward trees eventually die, gradually expanding the gap downwind. en.wikipedia.org

By then turning downwind, and diving through the wind gradient, they can also gain energy. en.wikipedia.org

This represents a range of wind angles between beam reach and running downwind. en.wikipedia.org

For his dissertation, he deployed 25 instrumented gliders to gather data on lee waves, the newly discovered features forming downwind of mountains. en.wikipedia.org

This new ice is then also herded downwind toward the first year pack ice. en.wikipedia.org

When running downwind for protracted periods, for example when ocean-crossing in steady trade winds, cruisers sometimes set twin poled-out jibs without a mainsail. en.wikipedia.org

In 8 knots they will plane easily on reaches but are sailed in a displacement mode upwind and downwind. en.wikipedia.org

The effect varies strongly geographically, with most cooling believed to be at and downwind of major industrial centres. en.wikipedia.org

Larger naval cutters often had the ability to hoist two or three square-rigged sails from their mast to improve their downwind sailing performance as well. en.wikipedia.org

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