Winds
By: Melsa Jebbu
General Info
Wind is the sideways movement of air. Wind is also the horizontal movement of air from a high pressure to an area of lower pressure. Wind is caused by the unequal heating of the earth.
Local Winds
- caused by unequal heating over small areas
- 2 types of local winds; sea breezes and land breezes
- sea breeze blows from sea to land
- sea breeze happens during day
- land breeze blows from land to sea
- land breeze happens during evening/night
Pictures of local winds and global winds
Sea and Land breezes
Diagram of the breezes
Global Winds- Diagram
Global Winds
All About Global Winds
- caused by unequal heating over large areas
- the way winds curve is called the Coriolis Effect
- Major global wind belts
- trade winds, polar easterlies, and prevailing westerlies
- calm areas- doldrums, and horse latitudes