The types of wind are:
i. Planetary Winds: Winds which blow throughout the year from one latitude to another in response to the latitudinal differences in/over pressure, are known as planetary winds or prevailing winds. These winds blow over the vast area of the continents and oceans.
Planetary winds comprise of:
a. Trade winds: They blow from the subtropical high-pressure belts towards the equatorial low-pressure belt.
b. Westerlies: These winds blow from the subtropical high-pressure belts towards the subpolar low-pressure belts.
c. Polar winds: Winds blowing from the polar high-pressure belts towards the subpolar low-pressure belts are known as polar winds.
These are also called primary winds.
The secondary winds are monsoon, air masses and fronts, cyclones and anticyclones, land and sea breezes; and mountain and valley breezes. Tertiary and local winds are generated by immediate influence of the surrounding terrain. They are of environmental importance in many ways. These are hot and cold winds such as Loo and land and sea breezes.
