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Wind: The Invisible Force popular

http://library.thinkquest.org/C001472/

Educational site produced by students for students with information on the development of winds, hurricanes, tornadoes, a glossary of terms and a quiz..

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Wind Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech University popular

http://www.wind.ttu.edu/

Large collection of informational material about the natural wind and its effects on civil engineering infrastructure made up of buildings, bridges, transmission-line towers, and various other structures.

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Wind Engineering and Fluids Laboratory popular

http://www.windlab.colostate.edu/

Colorado State University research group studying wind effects on structures, as well as dispersion of pollutants, using boundary-layer wind tunnels.

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What Is Wind? popular

http://www.bwea.com/edu/wind.html

Provides information on what causes the changes in pressure that result in air movements that we call wind.

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Weather Elements: Sea and Land Breezes popular

http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/elements/seabrz.htm

Discussion about wind direction changes that take place at coastal regions. Includes diagrams.

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The Beaufort Wind Scale popular

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A876864

Describes this scale of wind speed devised in 1805 by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort.

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National Weather Service: Global Circulations popular

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/global/circ.htm

Explains how the Earth's rotation results in three circulations, the Hadley, Ferrel and Polar cells.

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Air Pressure and Wind popular

http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfjps/1400/pressure_wind.html

Educational site linking the air pressure and winds to gravity, the Coriolis Force, friction and centrifugal force.

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