Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Atmospheric and Ocean Circulations
This course outline offers resources focused on the circulation of the atmosphere and ocean.
NOAA
Noaa: The Ocean's Role in Weather and Climate
A collection of resources - interactive activities and teacher tutorials - on the impact the ocean has on weather and climate.
King's Centre for Visualization in Science
Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 8: Climate Change and the Oceans
This is the eighth lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. It explores the role that oceans play in global climate change. Includes comprehension questions and interactive tools for understanding the...
Columbia University
The Climate System: Atmospheric Forces, Balances, and Weather Systems
The large scale horizontal flow of air in the atmosphere is driven by the imbalance of net radiation over the globe. This resource introduces us to the physical laws governing the horizontal motion of air. It also describes types of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Early Atmosphere and Oceans
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How Earth's atmosphere and oceans formed.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Early Atmosphere and Oceans
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How Earth's atmosphere and oceans formed.
Idaho State University
Global Wind Systems [Pdf]
A great description of the global scale circulation and heat energy. Discusses a single-cell model, a three-cell model, jet streams and more.
NOAA
Noaa: Ocean Explorer: Off Base Acidity of Oceans
A student inquiry into properties of the ocean's carbonate buffer system, and how changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels may affect ocean pH and biological organisms that depend on calcification.
NOAA
Noaa: Weather Systems and Patterns
Imagine our weather if Earth were completely motionless, had a flat dry landscape and an un-tilted axis. This, of course, is not the case; if it were, the weather would be much different. The local weather that impacts our daily lives...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Effect of Atmospheric Circulation on Climate
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how atmospheric circulation cells affect the climate of regions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Heat Transfer in the Atmosphere
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how heat is transferred in the atmosphere.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Heat Transfer in the Atmosphere Study Guide
Understand heat transfer in the atmosphere using this study guide.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Atmospheric Circulation
Check out how air circulates around us. Understand the differences between mesoscale and microscale.