
Ioanna Karistiani: Le catene del mare
Edizioni e/o, Roma - 2008
traduzione dal neogreco di Maurizio De Rosa
pag. 126
catalogazione: C S3 P3
* a swell, in the context of an ocean, is a formation of long wavelength ocean surface waves on the sea. Swells are far more stable in their directions and frequency than normal oceanic waves since they are formed by tropical storms and by stable wind systems.