Explorer of Wind
by David Gorski
General Information of Wind
The definition of wind is fairly easy. You know that strong breeze you feel when you are are outside playing Frisbee. That is the wind bowing at you. Show now you have it. But, people always wonder how wind is created. Wind is caused by the differences in air pressure.
Locals Winds
Local winds that blow over short distances and they can blow in any type of direction. Local winds are created or caused by geographical features that produce temperature differences.
Global Winds
Global winds are winds that bow over a larger area and they are more known. Global winds are created of the combination of Pressure Belts and the Coriolis Effect. Okay, plus did you know Earth contains a giant convection current the spreads from the equator to the poles. That is how most weather is formed, warm air goes to the top and cold air goes to the bottom. The link down below will tell info of the global winds in a specific area.
Land Breeze
A land breeze is a form of wind movement during the night. This time the warm air from the land is pushed in the the ocean making the water warmer. And the cool air that was in the ocean is now moved to the land is now pushed to the land making the land more cooler than the day.
Sea Breeze
A sea breeze is exactly the opposite of a land breeze. A sea breeze happens during the day. This time, the wind moves the warm air to the land, making the land warmer. And moves the cool air to the ocean, making the ocean more cooler. That is the reason why we like going to the beach during the day.
Doldrums
Doldrums are the calmest place on Earth near the equator. It's located along the equator where NO WINDS BLOW!!!!! That happens because the warm air rising creates an area of low pressure.
Trade Winds
Trade winds are from 30 degrees almost to the equator. They blow close to the equator judging by the picture. Called trade winds for their use of early sailors. Plus, they are part of the global winds.
Polar Easterlies
Polar Easterlies are both found at the north and south pole because they are wind belt that extend at the poles at 60 degrees latitude. Created from the cold sinking air creating cold temperatures
Jet Streams
Jet streams are long,narrow belts of high wind speed that blow in the upper troposphere and the lower stratosphere. One important fact of jet streams is they separate the warm and the cold air.