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- American Wind Energy Association
- Information from and about the American Wind Energy Association.
- ASPIRE
- The Aspire (Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research and Education) Web site includes several excellent online interactive labs, including activities that investigate momentum, the motion of gas particles, and kinetic energy.
- California Regional Weather Server
- An excellent site for satellite images, weather radar, jet stream information, regional weather maps, etc.
- Circulation, General Atmospheric
- An explanation of the general circulation of the atmosphere from the University of Wisconsin.
- Current Weather Data (University of Illinois)
- An excellent source for current weather data, including printable maps.
- El Niño and La Niña (National Academy of Sciences)
- A good source for information on how decades of scientific research have helped us understand the relationship between ocean and atmosphere.
- El Niño Information from NASA's Observatorium
- Included in this site are maps of Pacific Ocean circulation patterns before and during El Niño, links to other El Niño sites, and an El Niño quiz.
- El Niño (NOAA)
- NOAA's El Niño Theme Page: accessing distributed information related to El Niño.
- El Niño (NOVA Online)
- A guide to what El Niño is, how it affects global weather, its effect on living things, and more.
- Forces and Winds (University of Illinois)
- An excellent online presentation of pressure, pressure gradient force, Coriolis force, sea breezes, and land breezes from the University of Illinois' Daily Planet.
- Forces and Winds (University of Wisconsin)
- A discussion of the forces that produce wind and the various types of winds from the University of Wisconsin.
- Global Climate Animations (University of Oregon)
- This University of Oregon site contains great animations showing the climatology of the seasonal cycle for selected climate variables for the time period 1959-1997.
- Jet Stream Map Menu (CRWS)
- Jet stream analyses and forecasts from the California Regional Weather Server (CRWS).
- Pressure and Wind (North America), Current Map
- Current North American surface pressure and wind map from Plymouth State College.
- Pressure, Current United States
- Here is a current North American surface pressure map from Unisys.
- Sea and Land Breezes
- A discussion of sea and land breezes from the University of Wisconsin.
- Upper Air Data
- Current upper air data from Unisys Weather.
- Weather Data and Imagery, Current (American Meteorological Society)
- An excellent source for current surface, satellite, upper air, and forecast information from the American Meteorological Society (AMS).
- Weather Topic Index (USA Today)
- Information on just about every weather topic you can imagine from USA Today, including several discussions related to air pressure and wind.
- Weather Topics Guide
- An index of links to sites that offer information on numerous weather topics, including atmospheric pressure and wind.
- Weather Underground
- An excellent, comprehensive source of weather information.
- Wind Chill: A Rough Guide to Danger
- Wind chill index from USA Today.
- Wind, Current United States
- Here are current U.S. wind speeds from Unisys.
- Wind Energy, a Guided Tour
- An excellent overview of wind energy from the Danish Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association, a nonprofit association whose purpose is to promote wind energy at home and abroad.
- Wind Reports (NASA)
- Near real-time wind reports and animations for the world's oceans.
