Courtesy of my toddler: What makes the wind? Now, my gut says the spin of the Earth has something to do with it, but that doesn't explain variations in wind speed, storms, etc. Meteorology is a mystery to me. Whatever the answer is, I just have to try and translate to my toddler.
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The Origin of wind http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/sy… More On wind knowen as Global Circulation http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/gl… Wind is simply the air in motion. Usually when we are talking about the wind it is the horizont...
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Wind is the movement of air over the surface of land or water. This movement is affected by many different things, but the largest factor is heat convection. The largest factors affecting heat convection are the elevation and the sun.
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Atmospheric and gravitational disurbances, among other things, cause the wind
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Author: kward Wind - What makes the wind? Response #: 1 of 2 Author: woodford Text: The wind is a fluid current set up by differing areas of pressure. ... The air flow is what we call wind. This is a very simplified explanation, but it works in a similar manner for liquids except that it is density driven instead of...
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