Wind (Subscribe)
Categories
- Jet Streams (10)
Links
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..
Wind Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech University popular
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.