- Accident Prevention Program: Wind Shear
 (PDF) - Describes how this change in wind speed and/or direction over a short distance can effect aircraft. - Ask Jack: Questions About Wind
- Responses to reader questions about the nature of wind.
- Beaufort Scale, The
- Compares the Beaufort Wind Force Scale numbers with wind speed in knots and kph, Sea Disturbance Numbers, and average wave height in meters and feet.
- Forces and Winds: Online Meteorology Guide
- Describes and defines atmospheric pressure, the Coriolis force, geostrophic wind, breezes, and related phenomena.
- Forces in the Atmosphere
- Outlines the forces which cause the motion of air, producing winds and changes of weather.
- Knots to Miles Per Hour Wind Conversion Chart
- Chart converting wind speed in knots to miles per hour, for speeds up to 99 knots.
- McGill University UHF Wind Profiler Radar
- Their profiler makes high resolution measurements of wind, turbulence, and echo strength in a vertical column above the radar site.
- USAToday.com: Understanding Winds, Jet Streams
- Addresses how winds form, different kinds of winds, wind flow patterns, and more.
- Whirling Winds of the World
- Descriptions of various types of winds: global, seasonal, local, and spinning.
- Wind and Pressure
- Discusses the different ways that the air responds to pressure gradients, defines and explains geostrophic balance, and describes how to infer the large-scale wind pattern from maps.
- Wind: Our Fierce Friend
- Curriculum and project guide designed for K-12 teachers.
- Wind: Small-scale and Local Systems
- Lecture notes briefly describing land, sea, and lake breezes.
- Wind: The Invisible Force
- Describes how winds are formed, types of winds, and the powerful storms that are associated with it.
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