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The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Meteorology - (dead link)
A very well organized and extensive collection of online resources.
By Thomas Ownes, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State University

National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
"NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world. NCDC operates the World Data Center-A, Meteorology which is collocated at NCDC." Includes Regional Climate Centers & State Climatologists

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BUBL Information Services- Meteorology

Destination: Earth
The Official Website for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise
"...dedicated to understanding the total Earth system and the effects of humans on the global environment."

Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment
"The Encyclopedia is a one-stop source of information, for younger and older users alike, on a range of atmospheric issues, including air quality, acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion."
Topics include: Acid Rain ; Air Quality ; Atmosphere ; Climate ; Climate Change ; Global Warming ; Ozone Depletion ; Sustainability ; Weather ; Links.
By UK Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Programme

Global Hydrology & Climate Cente (GHCC)
"...provides integrated scientific understanding of the Earth system to enable better decisions improving the global quality of life."
Sections include: Research ; Satellite Image ; Weather Forecast ; Links.

• Lightning & Atmospheric Electricity Research
  "As part of their research activities, the members of this team have been investigating the causes and effects of lightning as well as analyzing a wide variety of atmospheric measurements related to thunderstorms. One of the primary objectives of this group is to determine the relationship between the electrical characteristics of storms and precipitation, convection, and severe weather."

Global Ice-Core Research
"...studies ice that is sometimes thousands of years old to determine what the earth's climate was like in the past. Once information about the past is known, we can apply the knowledge to the present and future."
Water Resources of Idaho, USGS

National Drought Mitigation Center - (dead link)
- School of Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - see Oceanography - NOAA Resources

National Weather Service

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Satellite Resources - (dead link)
National Climatic Data Center

Snow Crystals
"This site is all about snow crystals and snowflakes. Although a common meteorological phenomenon, snow crystal growth is a fascinating and poorly understood process, in which remarkably complex and beautifully symmetric structures appear, quite literally, out of thin air. The many facets of snow crystals are described here, along with our attempts to understand their formation."
Includes a short course in snow crystal physics
By Kenneth G. Libbrecht, Prof. of Physics, Caltech

WeatherNet