Directory of Wind Resources

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This category is for sites that describe the wind. Wind is the movement of air in the atmosphere.

Subcategories

• Chinook
• Coriolis Effect
• Jet Stream
• Sirocco
• Wind Chill
• Wind Energy
• Wind Erosion

Resources in This Category

• Australian Government - Bureau of Meteorology

  http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/Students_Teachers/Worksheet16.shtml
  Instructions for students how to measure wind speed with minimal equipment and surprising accuracy.

• FAQ Air Chemistry and Physics

  http://www.lenntech.com/FAQ-air-chemistry-physics.htm
  Answers question about the air, gases, the wind, and pressure.

• Forces and Winds: Online Meteorology Guide

  http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/home.rxml
  Describes in detail what causes wind, the different kinds of wind, and the friction the Earth causes.

• Weather Whiz Kids: Wind

  http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-wind.htm
  Explain the jet stream, global wind patterns, plus land and sea breezes.

• What Is Wind?

  http://eo.ucar.edu/basics/wx_2_c.html
  Explains what wind is, and gives the fastest wind speed ever recorded.

• Where Does the Wind Come From?

  http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/139951/where-does-the-wind-come-from.pdf
  Explains how differences in air pressure can cause the wind.

• Wind

  http://www.hko.gov.hk/education/edu01met/wxobs/ele_winde.htm
  Tells you what is wind, where it comes from, and how we describe the winds.

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