How wind is formed

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1. What wind is
2. Atmospheric pressure
3. How wind is formed
4. Convection and breezes
5. The pressure gradient force
6. The Coriolis force
7. Turbulent drag
8. How the forces combine
9. Global wind patterns
10. The trade winds
11. The westerlies
12. The polar easterlies
13. The horse latitudes and the doldrums
14. Monsoon winds
15. Cyclones
16. Anticyclones
17. Importance of wind formation
18. Applying wind formation
19. Measuring wind
20. Review of wind formation