Global Winds Notes

wind

conduction

ocean currents

hurricanes

The Sun heats Earth’s surface evenly everywhere.

Warm air rises and cool air sinks, causing air to move.

Wind only moves heat, not moisture.

The poles receive more direct sunlight than the equator.

the poles

the equator

the Southern Hemisphere

the Northern Hemisphere

Tropical Easterlies

Tropical Easterlies

Prevailing Westerlies

Polar Easterlies

Doldrums

The rotation of the Earth

The distance from the sun

The shape of the Earth

The Earth's magnetic field

Clear Skies and Happy Weather

North to South

South to North

East to West

West to East

Guiding weather and storms

Affecting airplane travel

Bringing quick temperature changes

Causing earthquakes

It brings cooler, stormy weather.

It brings gentle rain and warmer weather.

It causes hurricanes to form.

It brings dry, hot weather.

Differences in atmospheric temperature

Presence of clouds

Amount of rainfall

Earth's rotation

conduction

radiation

convection

subduction

The rotation of the Earth

Differences in air pressure

The gravitational pull of the moon

The magnetic field of the Earth

From areas of lower pressure to areas of higher pressure

From areas of higher pressure to areas of lower pressure

From areas of equal pressure to areas of higher pressure

Wind does not move in relation to air pressure

The Earth's magnetic field

The moon's gravitational pull

The unequal heating of the atmosphere by the sun

The Earth's rotation