Recognize how convection currents in the atmosphere produce wind 0607.8.1

Links verified 10/30/2012

1. Atmospheric Processes: Convection - lesson plan with several suggested activities
2. Aviation Weather - NOAA's Aviation Weather Center delivers consistent, timely and accurate weather information for the world airspace system
3. Exploring What Causes Wind - lengthy discussion of several factors
4. How Winds Form - high quality transparency master
5. Introduction to Environmental Science - a sixty-six slide PowerPoint show in the form of an Adobe Acrobat document with a large number of good images related to the effect of convection on weather events
6. Instability - how convection is related to lightning and storms
7. Unstable Weather - how convection currents affect instability
8. What Causes Wind? - discussion of several factors
9. Wind - Explanation from Dan's Wild Weather Page
10. 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!
11. Wind: What is it and What Causes it? - good explanation from Weather Wiz Kids

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