Does gravity affect the wind?

Question

Does gravity affect the wind?

Answer 1

Gravity is what keeps the atmosphere (gasses) on the Earth.  Without gravity, we would not have it, like the moon.  The atmosphere is made of various gasses with varying molecular weights.  Gravity attracts mass, so it will have an influence on the wind, which is nothing more than the atmosphere moving.

Answer 2

One of the forces acting on a parcel of air is gravity.It pulls the air downwards and produces a density distribution in such a way that heavier air is below the lighter air.In a high pressure area,cold and heavy air sinks from a higher level and continues its journey as a horizontal wind(which we usually refer to as wind) towards a low pressure area where it rises and completes the wind circulation (like Hadley cell).So,gravity affects the wind  also to some extent.

Answer 3

yes it does because gravity pulls all the things in earth so it wont go to space.

hope i helped=)

Answer 4

Yes, definitely.  Some strong winds called "katabatic" winds are caused by high density air flowing downhill, gathering speed as it does.

Answer 5

In high pressure, the air is very dense and is an indicator of good weather but low pressure the air is less dense and it rises and causes weather like rain and so forth.

So yes,  gravity does affect wind,  because a cold front has dense air and that collides with the warmer air sector and creates a very tight pressure gradient which causes high winds.