Web Directory

» Air Pressure and Wind
   Educational site linking the air pressure and winds to gravity, the Coriolis Force, friction and centrifugal force.
   http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfjps/1400/pressure_wind.html

» Beaufort Scale
   Describes this system for estimating wind strengths without the use of instruments.
   http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/Weather/Older/Beaufort_Scale.html

» National Weather Service: Global Circulations
   Explains how the Earth's rotation results in three circulations, the Hadley, Ferrel and Polar cells.
   http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream//global/circ.htm

» The Beaufort Wind Scale
   Describes this scale of wind speed devised in 1805 by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort.
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A876864

» Weather Elements: Sea and Land Breezes
   Discussion about wind direction changes that take place at coastal regions. Includes diagrams.
   http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/elements/seabrz.htm

» What Is Wind?
   Provides information on what causes the changes in pressure that result in air movements that we call wind.
   http://www.bwea.com/edu/wind.html

» Wind Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech University
   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.
   http://www.wind.ttu.edu/

» Wind Engineering and Fluids Laboratory
   Colorado State University research group studying wind effects on structures, as well as dispersion of pollutants, using boundary-layer wind tunnels.
   http://www.windlab.colostate.edu/

» Wind: The Invisible Force
   Educational site produced by students for students with information on the development of winds, hurricanes, tornadoes, a glossary of terms and a quiz..
   http://library.thinkquest.org/C001472/