wind tide

1. The vertical rise in the still-water level on the leeward side of a body of water, particularly the ocean or other large body, caused by wind stresses on the surface of the water. 2. The difference in still-water level between the windward and leeward sides of such a body caused by wind stresses.

Related terms:

• direct tide
• meteorological tide
• glacier wind
• height of tide
• tide crack
• wind-chill index
• reversed tide
• NRM wind scale
• sector wind
• geostrophic-wind level