MAJOR WIND by Laketempest 2010/09/06 14:12
Wind is moving air caused by difference in temperature and air pressure. Winds blow from high to low pressure areas. The equator is a low pressure area and the poles are high pressure areas. Due to the west-east rotation of the earth, winds are deflected to the right of their direction of travel in the northern hemisphere and the left in the southern hemisphere.
This is known as the Coriolis effect, after its discoverer, Gaspard Coriolis (1792-1843), a French mathematician.
Wind is moving air caused by difference in temperature and air pressure. Winds blow from high to low pressure areas. The equator is a low pressure area and the poles are high pressure areas. Due to the west-east rotation of the earth, winds are deflected to the right of their direction of travel in the northern hemisphere and the left in the southern hemisphere.
This is known as the Coriolis effect, after its discoverer, Gaspard Coriolis (1792-1843), a French mathematician.
Zaphara 2010/09/06 14:28
Nice topic bro...keep it up!
According to meteorology, winds are part of a
global air circulation system that
acts to balance temperature
and pressure around
Nice topic bro...keep it up!
According to meteorology, winds are part of a
global air circulation system that
acts to balance temperature
and pressure around
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