long waves

Slow rolling surf

Long waves are radio waves with wavelengths exceeding one kilometer, used primarily for maritime and aeronautical communication because they travel great distances and penetrate water.

In economics, long waves (or Kondratieff waves) are hypothesized cycles of boom and bust lasting forty to sixty years, driven by technological innovation and capital investment.

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climate · wavelength · amplitude · economic cycles · spectra · oceanography · frequencies · low frequency · meteorology · communications · El Niño · infrared radiation · boom and bust · economic downturn · electromagnetic spectrum · ocean current · creative destruction · thermocline

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wave length/frequency in physics

long wavesshort waves

Small, quick undulations

microwaves · gamma rays · X-rays · shortwave radio · VHF

ocean wave characteristics

long wavesshort waves

Small, quick undulations

chop · whitecaps · ripples · wavelets · rough seas

radio frequency bands

long wavesshortwave

High-frequency radio band

short waves · VHF · UHF · high frequency · FM band

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