air currents

Wind in motion

Air currents are streams of air moving in a particular

Related

convection · gale · drag force · jet stream · trade winds · mountain breeze · Coriolis effect · lift force · wind tunnel · tail wind · downdraft · warm front · boundary layer · pressure gradient · eddies · updraft · thermals · turbulence

Categories
Opposites
atmospheric motion

air currentsstill air

Air not moving

stagnant air · dead air · calm · stillness · becalmed

fluid medium

air currentsocean currents

Large-scale seawater movement

tidal currents · sea currents · underwater currents · river currents

Family

current, airflow

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G