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What Causes Tides? | NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather Tides are really all about gravity, and when we're talking about the daily tides, it's the moon's gravity that's causing them As Earth rotates, the moon's gravity pulls on different parts of our planet
How to Escape Rip Currents | NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather You might have heard of something called “rip tides,” but this term is incorrect Rip currents have nothing do with the tides, which are caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon on the whole ocean
What Is the Coriolis Effect? | NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather A Powerful “Force” It affects weather patterns, it affects ocean currents, and it even affects air travel As important as the Coriolis Effect is, many have not heard about it, and even fewer understand it In simple terms, the Coriolis Effect makes things (like planes or currents of air) traveling long distances around the Earth appear to move at a curve as opposed to a straight line It
Why Does Wind Blow? | NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather Watch this video to learn about wind! Click here to download this video (1920x1080, 107 MB, video mp4) Wind is a part of weather we experience all the time, but why does it actually happen? The air will be still one day, and the next, powerful gusts of wind can knock down trees What is going on here? The main cause of wind is a little surprising It’s actually temperature More
Tidal Curiosities | NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather The sun's pull is almost half as strong as the moon's, so working together, the oceans bulge even higher In most places, the highest tides usually occur a day or two after new or full moon This is because the tidal waves experience some friction in the ocean
What Is a Red Tide? | NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather A red tide is a toxic event that occurs on the coastline when algae—a plant-like organism—grows out of control Learn more about what causes these toxic events and how they can be dangerous to people and animals
Satellites and Technology | NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather 157 Systems Engineer Levi Smith tests new satellites to make sure they're ready for launch 160 Mission Manager Diana Calero gets to launch weather satellites into orbit! 161 Satellite Liaison Jorel Torres helps weather researchers and weather forecasters work together to understand information from satellites
NOAA SciJinks Valentines | NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites—R Series of weather satellites, operated by NOAA, orbit 22,000 miles above Earth From up there, they can do a lot to help us down here The GOES-R Satellites may have a long distance relationship with Earth, but they work together perfectly! Learn more about GOES-R weather satellites!