Recognize how convection currents in the atmosphere produce wind 0607.8.1
Links verified 7/25/2014
- Atmospheric Processes: Convection - lesson plan with several suggested activities
- Aviation Weather - NOAA's Aviation Weather Center delivers consistent, timely and accurate weather information for the world airspace system
- Exploring What Causes Wind - lengthy discussion of several factors
- How Winds Form - high quality transparency master
- Instability - how convection is related to lightning and storms
- Unstable Weather - how convection currents affect instability
- What Causes Wind? - discussion of several factors
- Wind - Explanation from Dan's Wild Weather Page
- Wind - [Caution: Does not work in Internet Explorer] This real-time map shows wind flowing over the United States. Rest your cursor over any spot to see the wind speed and the GPS location of the site. This beautiful map looks artistic!
- Wind: What is it and What Causes it? - good explanation from Weather Wiz Kids
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