Wind and air pressure /

By: Rodgers, Alan, 1958-Contributor(s): Streluk, Angella, 1961-Material type: TextTextSeries: Rodgers, Alan, Measuring the weather: Publication details: Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, �2007Edition: New ed., rev. and updatedDescription: 32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781432900755; 1432900757; 9781432900816; 1432900811Subject(s): Winds -- Speed -- Measurement | Atmospheric pressure | Winds | Winds -- Measurement | Air pressure -- Measurement | Winds -- Juvenile literature | Winds -- Speed -- Measurement -- Juvenile literature | Atmospheric pressure -- Juvenile literature | Winds | Atmospheric pressure | Atmospheric pressure | Winds | Winds -- Speed -- MeasurementGenre/Form: Juvenile works.DDC classification: 551.51/8 LOC classification: QC931.4 | .R64 2007
Contents:
What is wind? -- Wind direction -- Land and sea -- Wind chill -- Wind and weather -- Measuring wind strength -- The Beaufort wind scale -- Using technology to monitor the wind -- Extreme winds -- Global winds -- What is air pressure? -- Barometers -- Highs and lows.
Summary: A simple introduction to what causes wind and how we measure it.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

What is wind? -- Wind direction -- Land and sea -- Wind chill -- Wind and weather -- Measuring wind strength -- The Beaufort wind scale -- Using technology to monitor the wind -- Extreme winds -- Global winds -- What is air pressure? -- Barometers -- Highs and lows.

A simple introduction to what causes wind and how we measure it.