Chapter 5 -- Winds and the Global Circulation System Atmospheric Pressure – from Nova’s online adventure to Everest. One of the most extreme changes in atmospheric pressure that someone can experience is to climb Everest. Find out here about the impacts upon climbers and the environment. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/exposure/pressure.html Forces and Winds – the Online Meteorology Guide. A general overview of the concepts associated with the Coriolis force and winds. http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/home.rxml Names of Winds. Discover the origins of the names of winds such as local and mountain winds http://ggweather.com/winds.html Names for Wind. Discover more origins of the names of winds such as local and mountain winds http://www.msu.edu/user/rtsmith/wind/names.htm Bad Coriolis – a cautionary web site identifying mistakes people often make when describing or explaining the Coriolis effect http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html An article on the Coriolis Force from the American Meteorological Society http://www.ap.cityu.edu.hk/Ap8813/References/Coriolis/Main.htm Wind Chill Calculator. Use this calculator to estimate wind chills using wind speeds and atmospheric temperatures. http://www.snowball.frogspace.net/js/chilcalc.html Nova – Tracking El Nino. Find out how predictions of El Nino are made and what potential changes in the weather result from El Nino. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino/ NOAA El Nino Page. This page from NOAA provides all the latest up-to-date information on the current status of El Nino. http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/ Year of the Ocean 1998. This NOAA on-line exhibition provides a rich overview of many aspects of the Earth’s oceans and some of the problems it faces. http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/ A Primer on Ocean Currents – measurements and terminology used by physical oceanographers http://www.whoi.edu/coastal-briefs/Coastal-Brief-94-05.html Beachcombers Alert – find out about strange objects washed up on beaches and coasts worldwide http://www.beachcombers.org/ Jet Stream Analysis from the California Regional Weather Server http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html Jet Streams from Weather Basics at USA Today provides a general explanation of jet streams and how they impact the weather http://www.yahoo.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wjstream/wjstream.htm