AIR MOVEMENT

http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/wind/

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AIR MOVEMENT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuw8wOhAjOg&feature=related

AIR MOVEMENT

Polar easterlies- winds at both poles to 60º - Moves east to west

Prevailing Westerlies- winds from 60° to 30° - Moves west to east

Trade winds- winds from 30° to the equator- Moves east to west

AIR MOVEMENT

http://uccpbank.k12hsn.org/courses/APEnvironmentalScience/course%20files/multimedia/lesson21/animations/2d_Air_Movement.html

AIR MOVEMENT CLOSE TO EARTH

Read/Complete “Factors of Weather: Air Movement Close to Earth”, pp. 18-19

AIR MOVEMENTAIR MOVEMENT IN THE UPPER

TROPOSPHERE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itj-x1XhzQo&feature=related

AIR MOVEMENT

Jet stream- air movement and rotation of the earth create large circular wind systems- flow east to west

http://www.narrowbandimaging.com/jetstream_animation_page.htm

AIR MOVEMENT

Read “Factors of Weather: Air Movement in the Upper Troposphere”, pp. 21-22

AIR MOVEMENTLAND & SEA BREEZES

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1903/es1903page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

http://www.accuweather.com/video/77422659001/land-and-sea-breeze.asp?channel=weatherwhys1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmIVRgaKmsc&feature=fvwrel

AIR MOVEMENTLAND & SEA BREEZES

Wind- horizontal movement of air from one place to another

http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/wind/

AIR MOVEMENT

LAND & SEA BREEZES

Sea breeze- cooler air above water moves in to take the place of warm land air that is rising---blows onto land (DAY)

Land Breeze- warmer air rises above water and is replaced by cooling air from above the land---blows onto water (NIGHT)

AIR MOVEMENT

Read/Complete “Factors of Weather: Air Movement: Local Winds”

pp. 23-25

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1903/es1903page01.cfm

AIR MOVEMENT

WIND VANE/ANEMOMETER

Wind Vane- an instrument used to measure wind direction

Anemometer- an instrument used to measure wind speed

AIR MOVEMENTWind Vanes & Anemometers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6_atYdrzFw&feature=related

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/weather/wind_video2.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3uanOS2Bq0&NR=1

AIR MOVEMENTRead/Complete“Measuring Wind: A Wind Vane & An Anemometer”

pp. 26-28