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Figure 2.10 Conceptual diagram of an open ocean wave where 1 = wave propagation direction, 2 = the wave crest, and 3 = the wave trough. The wave height is the vertical distance between the wave trough and wave crest, and wavelength is the horizontal distance between successive wave crests or wave troughs. Example A shows the idealized orbital motion of water particles in deepwater, whereas example B shows how fluid particle pathways become progressively more elliptical, assuming that the ocean floor is now at elevation B.
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