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WINDandSEA Index | Previous page |  Current Topics | Teachers and Students Corner | NOAA Photosites | Topics: Weather thru WetlandsNote: These links lead to resources not on the NOAA Library website. WeatherArctic and Antarctic MeteorologyArctic Change: A Near Real-Time Arctic Change Indicator Website fromNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Arctic Office Providing information on the present state of Arctic ecosystems and climate in historical context. http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/detect/index.shtml Arctic Climatology and Meteorology Glossary
*
Byrd Polar Research Center
*, at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Cold Regions Bibliography Project*
Polar
pointers* from Ohio State University. A comprehensive listing
of links to polar meteorology, oceanography, and other earth sciences.
ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System)NOAA ASOS sitehttp://www.nws.noaa.gov/asos/index.html AWIPS (Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System)NOAA AWIPS Local Applications home pagehttp://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/awips/general_info.htm Aviation WeatherThe Aviation Weather Center , meteorology, and satellite imagery home page. Particularly good as it allows immediate links to many Nexrad radar displays around the United States.http://aviationweather.noaa.gov/ Federal Meteorological
Handbook No. 1. METAR-TAF information, weather codes, etc.
Beaufort Scale for WindNational Weather Service Miami Forecast Office Beaufort Wind Scalehttp://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/hazards/info/beaufort.php Careers in MeteorologyAmerican Meteorological Society career page*.http://www.ametsoc.org/ams/pubs/careers.html http://www.ametsoc.org CloudsAIRS - Atmospheric Infrared Sounder home page of the Jet Propulsion Laboratoryhttp://www-airs.jpl.nasa.gov/ Cloud
and precipitation guide* from the University of Illinois Urbana Campus.
Photographs with associated texts of many different cloud types.
Cloud climatology
from NASA including links to various satellite global cloud sensors.
Cloud
glossary* from Texas A&M
Clouds and the Energy Cycle - a NASA developed page.
Houze's Cloud Atlas* from the
Lidar research group at the University
of Wisconsin*. Mapping cloud height and extent by volume imaging
lidar. Technically oriented site; however, many images of data products
from various lidar systems.
Shuttle Views the Earth: Clouds from Space
*.
Courses, Education and Training in MeteorologyCourse in
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science*. A nice set of lecture notes
in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 100 from the University of Wisconsin.
Links to many images illustrating concepts. Also check out the Outreach
Index. Really nice case studies of various weather events.
University
of Illinois On-Line Guide to Meteorology*. Well-done tutorial
with lots of diagrams and photographs.
Northern Latitude Meteorology* Web site provides education and training materials on meteorological topics of interest
to those in the northern latitudes, in particular those in Canada, Alaska, and states in the northern U.S.
Penn State On-Line Courses, Tutorials and Lecture Notes
Fire WeatherNational Interagency Fire Center
NOAA's National Weather Service Fire Weather Page
NOAA News - "NOAA WARNS NEW YEAR WILL BRING SERIOUS THREAT OF WILDFIRES"
National Weather Service Boise Fire Weather page
NOAA's Operational Significant Imagery Fire Events 2006 Index
FloodAmerican Red Cross flood disaster and preparedness information.http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readyflood.html Flood plain management website*
from the Flood Plain Management Association. Click on "Flood Basics" to
access The Learning Center.
Flood information page
from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research flood site* including on-line documents, statistics, links, and other information. http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/socasp/floods.html ForecastingNational Centers for Environmental Prediction National warnings. This page provides access to all active warnings for the United States. Current warning areas for the United States for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, hurricanes, winter storms, floods, flash floods, etc.http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nationalwarnings.html National Weather
Service Offices
UNISYS Weather Processor*.
Current United States weather, forecasts for various meteorological parameters,
archived meteorological data.
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Forecasting
hurricanes*: this is the Dr. William Gray site at the Tropical Meteorological Project, Colorado State University.
World
weather five-day weather forecasts* for cities on six continents, all
continents and Pacific islands. Weather site maintained by USA Today.
Hazard StatisticsFlood statistics including deaths and property damage from compiled from NWS Hydrologic Information Officehttp://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/hist.html Hurricane
Damages in the United States: 1925-1995
U.S. Natural Hazard
Statistics provide statistical information on fatalities, injuries and damages caused by weather related hazards. Compiled by the Office of Services and the National Climatic Data Center.
HeatHeating and cooling degree days. This is the definitive site developed by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and includes forecasts, historical data, and explanations of the degree day concept for heating, cooling, and growing degree days. It also addresses gas-weighted, oil-weighted, and electricity-weighted degree days. Includes many tables used by the energy industry. This site supplants a hard copy publication put out by NCEP.http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/cdus/degree_days/ Urban
forest effect* on heat islands from NASA.
Urban Heat
Island* from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Climate of 2006: June in Historical Perspective
Hurricanes and TyphoonsNational Hurricane Center. A great site. Includes up-to-date information on current tropical cyclones, archives of past hurricanes, hurricane names through 2009, hurricane tracks since 1851, comprehensive FAQS, and more.http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories Hurricane
Research Division.
FAQ: Hurricanes,
Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones. This is an outstanding FAQ site put
out by NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories.
Climate Prediction Center:
Atlantic Hurricane Outlook
Hurricanes
- landfall maps, descriptionsof individual storms, etc. from the National
Climatic Data Center hurricane information
Canadian Hurricane
Centre* - besides concern with storms that pose threats to Canada's
East Coast, this site provides U.S. warnings and advisories as well.
Colorado State University
Tropical Meteorology Project*
Federal Emergency Management
Agency Tropical Storm Page. Primarily safety measures for actions before,
during, and after a hurricane.
Historical Hurricane Tracks from NOAA's Coastal Services Center
Hurricane bibliography
and hurricane
brochures (and other natural phenomena) from the Library of the NOAA
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories. The bibliography
is organized for teachers and has age-range appropriate information while
the brochures are a great source of meteorological information and practical
advice.
Hurricane Hunters'
Home Page*. United States Air Force Hurricane Hunters provide a virtual
flight into the eye of a hurricane.
Hurricane Katrina information
NOAA Storm Watch page - Hurricane Rita
Hurricane
tracking charts from NOAA's National Hurricane Center
Monthly Weather Review
Annual Reviews of Atlantic Hurricanes from 1851-present* from NOAA's Regional Miami Libraries website
UNISYS Weather/Hurricane
Data index page*. Includes hurricane archives back to 1886
and includes tracks of each individual storm. Includes tracks for
eastern Pacific and western Pacific hurricanes and typhoons, Atlantic aviation
forecasts showing pressure and wind fields, and current satellite
imagery for the Atlantic and Pacific.
USA Today
Guide to Hurricane Information*. An informative site with glossary,
links, etc.
HydrologyGEWEX* - the international office of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment - a World Climate Research Program to observe and model the hydrologic cycle and energy fluxes in the atmosphere.http://www.gewex.org The
Hydrologic Cycle* - Part of the University of Illinois online guide
meteorology series.
National Hydrology Dataset from the
Office of Hydrologic Development
U.S.G.S. - Water Resources
and information for major watersheds around the world.
Ice and SnowGlobal Lake and River Ice Phenology
* from the National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/snow/index.html Arctic and Antarctic Research
Institute*, Russian institution
Blizzards of '96
* from the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Coast Guard International
Ice Patrol. This site includes a FAQ page, a history page, TITANIC
information, pictures, mission statement, etc., etc. Really a fun page.
Lake Effects Snow - The
Veterans' Day Snowstorm of November 9-14, 1996*. A case study
of a severe lake effect storm from the University of Illinois. Personal
accounts, news clippings, technical interpretations.
National Ice Center
National Snow and
Ice Data Center* - World Data Center A for Glaciology
International Government Weather Service SitesLinks to national weather service sites * around the globe.http://www.wmo.int/pages/members/members_en.html JournalsLinks to Meteorology Journals and Magazines * from Professor Ronald B. Smith, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Universityhttp://www.geology.yale.edu/~smith/metjour.html LightningColorado Lightning Resource Center from the National Weather Service, Pueblo, Colorado.http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/?n=ltg.php Discover Lightning* from the Vaisala Group's Thunderstorm Business Unit, specializing in lightning mapping and warning systems and services.
Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
* -
lightning, hail, and rain research. Home of lightning attracting
rockets.
Lightning: Background and more
* from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
Lightning Links from the
Lightning Activity Level
NASA lightning detection
from space. A site with numerous facets including discussions
of early space-based lightning observations, sensors, plans for new sensors,
etc.
National Weather Service Lightning Safety
National Lightning Safety Institute. A non-profit organization involved
with consulting engineering, education and research activities related
to the hazards posed by lightning. 303-666-8817
LinksThe Best of the Rest - Links provided by the National Climatic Data Center. This is a great site and includes links to Radar/Satellite Images, Climatic Outlooks, Climatic Data, Weather Data and Maps, Agricultural Weather, Solar Data, Organizations, and Miscellaneous Weather Sites.http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/climateresourcesother.html Local Washington Area WeatherAtlantic Coast Observer Network * is a volunteer network of observers from Maryland, Virginia, and D.C.. Member data is reported and archived on this site hosted by the JHU Applied Physics Lab.http://www.jhuapl.edu/weather/education/index.html CapitalWeather.com* is a web portal dedicated to providing comprehensive weather information for the Washington, D.C. area.
Hagerstown Weather* from Greg Keefer, Hagerstown Weather Observer.
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
* Weather Home Page
National Weather Service Forecast
Office Washington/Baltimore*. This office is located in Sterling, Virginia
near Dulles International Airport.
PRESTO
: Precipitation Summary and Temperature Observations for the Washington, D.C. & Baltimore, MD Area, from the NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
WeatherNet4
* from NBC Channel 4 Weather District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland. Current and historical weather conditions for many schools in and around the D.C. metro area.
Marine WeatherCanadian Marine Weather * fromEnvironment Canada Marine weather forecasts and current wether http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/marine/index_e.html Links to marine
weather forecasts* through Ohio State University
Ocean Prediction Center of
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction.
National Data Buoy Center
National Weather Service, Marine and Coastal Weather Services
Oceanweather
Inc*. Description of products and services and hourly up-dated
free products.
USA Today ocean weather,
wind, waves, etc*.
MonsoonArizona Monsoon* and Desert Meteorology from Arizona State University.http://geography.asu.edu/aztc/monsoon.html GEWEX/GAME - Homepage of Global
Energy and Water-Cycle Experiment/GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment
*
from Nagoya University, Japan.
Monsoon On-Line* from the
SouthWest
Area Monsoon Project* - SWAMP. A study of the monsoon in the southwestern
United States.
NEXRADNOAA NEXRAD page.http://www.roc.noaa.gov USA Today report on
completion of NEXRAD radar weather array* within the United States.
OrganizationsAmerican Meteorological Society (AMS)*http://www.ametsoc.org/ National Weather Association*
UCAR - the University Corporation
for Atmospheric Research*. A consortium of over 60 universities
involved in the atmospheric sciences plus other academic and corporate
members.
World Meteorological Organization*
Radio Weather Forecasts and WarningsNOAA Weather Radio - frequencies, station locations, description of system.http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/ SafetyEmergency beacons from NOAA's Search and Rescue Satellite-aided Tracking program (SARSAT)http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/ Rip Currents: Break the Grip of the Rip from NOAA's National Weather Service. Contains rip current overview, safety tips, forecasts, photos, headlines/saving lives , survivor stories, links, statistics, and glossary. Also available are our full color brochure on rip current safety and free artwork for a safety sign.
Safety Publications from the
Safety tips
for flood victims from the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Satellite InformationGOES mission overview. Information about GOES satellites and satellite imagery.http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/index.htm NESDIS Office
of Satellite Operations Home Page. Links to polar orbiting and GOES
sites.
Severe WeatherA Comprehensive Glossary of Weather Terms for Storm SpottersA comprehensive glossary of weather terms for storm spotters from NOAA's National Severe Storm Laboratory (NSSL) http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/severewx/glossary.php Australian severe
weather* site - includes information on tornadoes, tropical cyclones,
etc.
Australian Sky and Weather*
NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory, one of NOAA's research laboratories, ivestigates all aspects of severe weather.
Weather Safety and Survival guide from the Norman, Oklahoma National Weather Service Forecast Office
Severe
Storm Advanced Spotter's Guide* with many photographs and diagrams from
the University of Illinois.
Storm Prediction Center, part of NOAA's
National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). Its mission is to provide timely and accurate forecasts and watches for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes over the contiguous United States.
An Introduction to Storm Observation and Reporting, an illustrated guide to identifying severe storms.
Storm Track Online*
Thunderstorm page
from USA Today*.
TORRO - UK Tornado and Storm Research
Organization*. Interesting site that highlights UK and other
European tornado information.
TornadoesNational Severe Storms Laboratory Tornadoes pagehttp://www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/tornado/tor_basics.html SeverePlotv2: Historical Severe Weather Report Analysis Program
Storm Events Database
Storm Prediction Center.
This is an excellent site that discusses storm forecasting and also includes
Severe Local Storm Statistics including a listing of tornadoes from 1950-1994
and then updates through the last month.
Tornado photos from the National Severe Storms Laboratory and the National
Weather Service Tornadoes statistics from
Warnings for areas in the United StatesNational warnings. This page provides access to all active warnings for the United States. Current warning areas for the United States for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, hurricanes, winter storms, floods, flash floods, etc.http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nationalwarnings.html NOAA Radio Warnings
Weather MapAn explanation
of the surface weather map with description and meaning of various
symbols. Produced by the University of Wisconsin.
Reading Weather Maps from the University of Illinois
USA Today Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin WindBeaufort Wind Scale from NOAA's Storm Prediction Centerhttp://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/beaufort.html Hurricane Preparedness: High Winds from the National Hurricane Center
Climatic Wind Data for the United States
Wind Research from the National Renewable Energies Laboratory
Wind Chill Temperature Index, Wind Chill
Chart, and FAQs from the National Weather Service
Wind Chill
* page for Educators from the
Winds: Measuring Ocean Winds from Space from
Wind energy resources from the Department of Energy
Winter WeatherWinter Outlook from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center.http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/winter_outlook All About Snow
* from the National Snow and Ice Data Center
The Blizzards
of 1996* from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Ice Storm - An occupational health and safety site from SAREC,
a Canadian environmental and health consulting firm. Includes information
on hypothermia and carbon monoxide dangers
*
among other topics.
Snow - California Snow Surveys
from the California Resources Agency, Department of Water Resources.
Snow - Lake
Effect Weather Page from the Buffalo National Weather Service Office
- this has lots of good information as well as current ratings of snow
events by the "Lake Flake Scale."
Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale, or NESIS
Snow Data
Snow - Snow-Storm
on Mount Shasta by John Muir*. A description by John Muir of being
caught in a snowstorm on one of the highest mountains in California.
Originally transcribed and prepared by John Ono of the College of the Siskiyous
in California.
FEMA Winter Storms and Extreme Cold
Winter Storms (General) - The
Greatest Storms of the Century , winter weather in DC, Virginia, and
Maryland from the Sterling, Virginia, National Weather Service Forecast
Office includes descriptions of many winter storms including blizzards,
ice storms, and the the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962.
Winter Storms (General) - Pacifica,
California, Police Department provides good advice* on what to do and
what to have ready in the event of a California coastal storm.
U.S. Climate Normals: Freeze/Frost Data from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center
Winter Storms (General) - The Weather
Channel Winter Storms page* - much useful information.
Winter Storms (General) - Winter
Weather Winter Weather Information* from the Illinois State Water Survey
WetlandsAssociation of
State Wetland Managers.*
Center for Watershed Protection*
- major concern is protecting and restoring urban watersheds, particularly
in reference to storm water runoff problems.
Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) from EPA.
Estuarine Research Federation*.
Florida wetlands
and ecology links.*
National Estuary Program
from the Environmental Protection Agency
National Wetlands Inventory of the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Wetlands from NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation provides information on coastal wetlands.
Society of Wetland Scientists.*
A Different Type of Wetland in the South Bay
*, an article on wetlands in the South San Francisco Bay area,
from the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory.
Wetlands
education* system from Purdue University and the EPA. A nice educational
site.
"The people of the United States are no longer strangers to that dreaded aerial monster, the TORNADO. A single experience of this awful convulsion of the elements suffices to fasten the memory of its occurrence upon the mind with such a dreadful force that no effort can efface the remembrance of it. The destructive violence of this storm exceeds in its power, fierceness, and grandeur all other phenomena of the atmosphere." John P. Finley, 1887, in the introduction to his classic work, TORNADOES.
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