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Atmospheric and climatic processes
Phenomena affecting or occurring within the mass of gases that surrounds the earth, including its physics, chemistry, dynamics, and weather conditions.
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Atmospheric circulation (3 items)
Atmospheric deposition (chemical & particulate) (5 items)
Climate change (16 items)
Droughts (27 items)
Ocean-atmosphere interaction (7 items)
Precipitation (atmospheric) (21 items)
Storms (22 items)
Wind (1 items)
Greenhouse effect (1 items)

Weather monitoring (40 items)
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Assessing the impacts of climate variability and change on the Nation's resources [New Window]
Site for a USGS project under the U.S. Global Change Research Program for a national assessment of the impacts of climate variability and change on resources with links to impacts in Alaska, western U.S., public lands, and water resources.
Biological resource status and trends: Climate change [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on climate change
Climate and droughts [New Window]
Article from Water Supply Paper 2375 summarizing the correlation of precipitation, temperature, and atmospheric moisture with the frequency and intensity of a drought.
Climate of North Dakota: blizzards [New Window]
Reviews the causes and frequency of blizzards in North Dakota.
Climate of North Dakota: severe storms [New Window]
Reviews frequency and distribution of tornadoes, windstorms, and hailstorms in North Dakota.
The role of climate in estuarine variability [New Window]
Article from American Scientist on study of the San Francisco Bay estuary as a component of the global climate system showing that natural fluctuations might be mistaken for anthropogenic trends affecting waterflow and salinity.
PDF Atmospheric Deposition Program of the U.S. Geological Survey [New Window]
Document on the federally supported interagency National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP) covering research on causes and effects of acid precipitation with the USGS as the lead agency for monitoring wet acid deposition.
Earth Surface Processes [New Window]
Homepage for Earth Surface Processes Team with research studies in two general categories: climate change and geologic mapping. Links to research activities, available data sets, workshop, and programs.
Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN): streamflow data set, 1874 - 1988 [New Window]
The Hydro-Climatic Data Network, or HCDN, consists of streamflow records for 1,659 sites throughout United States and its Territories. Records span the period 1874 through 1988, and represent a total of 73,231 water years of information.
International Program at the Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center - environmental monitoring and information systems [New Window]
Overview of the environmental monitoring component of the international program at the EROS Data Center using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology, with links to data, partners, publications, and workshops.
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