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In this video, NASA explains the importance of wind and how it impacts things like the weather, seafood, cargo ships, and offshore oil rigs.
NASA explains how they measure wind from space using radio signals and how they use that information to help predict hurricanes and tropical storms. The data they collect is also used to develop weather and climate models.
