Weather and Climate Activities to Explore the Atmosphere
Please note that all the applets on these pages use HTML5 and require an up-to-date browser!
These are also "touch-friendly" and will run on mobile devices. (Older Java and Flash versions are available here.)

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Friction and Fly Balls
Precipitation Type
Make a Thunderstorm
Lightning and Thunder
Tornadoes!
Satellite Images & Orbits
Grow Snow Crystals
Hurricanes
Exploring Rainbows
Carbon Projections
Relative Humidity
Past Climates
Make a Planet
Seasons
Sun Angle
Energy Model
Next Gen Imagery
Phases of the Moon

OTHER COOL INTERNET TOOLS

Check out more applets at WeatherWise
Acquire satellite data anywhere on the globe
Measure cloud top temperatures from IR images

Unless otherwise noted, all applets are Copyright© 2013 by Tom Whittaker and Steve Ackerman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Many illustrations provided by Sue Medaris and the WhyFiles project. Supporting data provided by NOAA and NASA. Funding for applet development was provided by multiple agencies and organizations.