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WW2010
The Weather World 2010 Project
"...our evolving earth sciences web server. WW2010 strives to integrate real time and archived data with instructional resources using new and innovative technologies."

  • Reading Weather Maps
    "...we examine features to look for on weather maps to make a forecasts, general methods of preparing a forecast, and more specific tips for specific scenarios."
    Sections include: Coordinated Universal Time ; Temperatures ; Surface Observations ; Surface Maps ; Upper Air Observations.
    Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign
  • Current Weather
    "Each weather product is linked to explanatory helper sections that are useful not only for interpreting the images, but also for understanding important topics in meteorology."

Argo: Observing the Ocean in Real Time
A Global Array of Profiling Floats to Understand & Forecast Climate
"Argo is a global array of 3,000 free-drifting profiling floats that will measure the temperature and salinity of the upper 2000 m of the ocean.  This will allow continuous monitoring of the climate state of the ocean, with all data being relayed and made publicly available within hours after collection...part of the Global Climate Observing System/Global Ocean Ocean Observing System (GCOS/GOOS) and part of the Climate Variability and Predictability Experiment (CLIVAR) and the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE)."

American Society for Microbiology - (dead link)

  • "Health, Climate and Infectious Disease: A Global Perspective" - (dead link) (April 2001) [.pdf]

Australian Institute of Marine Science

Australian Severe Weather
Sections include: Weather Photography ; Storm News & Chasing ; Tropical Cyclones ; Weather Data & Links ; Wild Fires ; Observation Techniques ; Weather Photo Catalogue ; Tornadoes.
By Michael Bath and Jimmy Dequare

British Antarctic Survey

Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC)
Advancing Understanding and Predictions of Climate Variability
NOAA - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

CBS News - Disaster Links
"...contains information about a variety of disaster-related websites. It is intended for quick reference and is not always comprehensive."
Sections include: Biological & Chemical Weapons or Contamination ; Disasters-Comprehensive ; Airplane Disasters ; Earthquakes ; Flooding ; Hurricanes ; Tornadoes ; International Disasters ; Volcanoes ; Wild Fires ; Winter Storms.


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Environment Canada

Extreme Weather Sourcebook 2001
"Economic and Other Societal Impacts Relate to Hurricanes, Floods, Tornadoes, Lightning, and Other U.S. Weather Phenomena"
Environmental & Societal Impact Group, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Global Weather Links - (dead link)

Global Weather Extremes

Global Weather News - (dead link)

Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC) - (dead link)"...a joint venture between government and academia to the study the global water cycle and its effect on climate...The primary focus of the research center is to understand the Earth's global water cycle, the distribution and variability of atmospheric water, and the impact of human activity as it relates to global climate change. From there, inroads can be made toward educating our society on the global hydrological process and its impact on society's day-to-day activities."

  • Lightning & Atmospheric Electricity Research at the GHCC
     This informative site includes A Lightning Primer, " A historical essay on lightning research. This primer describes the characteristics of lightning and provides information on recent activities in lightning research," Dataset Information, " Access to data from the Lightning Team's experiments, information about the data, and links to other sources of lightning data," Space Research & Observations, and Field Campaigns & Ground Validation.

The Great Plains 1 (GP-1) Lightning Locator
Includes Live Imagery
"The GP-1 Lightning Locator is a free-standing lightning receiving system that allows the approximate location of lightning activity within 500 kilometers of the receiver site."
Penn State University

Historical Weather Database
"Temperature and precipitation data [and more] for 2,000 cities worldwide is available in our historical database."
From washingtonpost.com Weather

[Hurricanes] Hurricane Advisories.com
Sections include: Hurricane Climatology ; Past Tracks ; Storm Info ; Other Info ; US Weather.

[Hurricanes] NOAA- Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
"AOML's mission is to conduct basic and applied research in oceanography, tropical meteorology, atmospheric and oceanic chemistry, and acoustics. The research seeks to understand the physical characteristics and processes of the ocean and the atmosphere, both separately and as a coupled system."

International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI)

  • IRI Climate Information Digest
    "A monthly summary of recent climate events, impacts, and seasonal forecasts."
  • ENSO [El NiÒo] Web
    "A comprehensive site with background and current information on the El NiÒo-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), El NiÒo and La NiÒa."
  • IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library
    "contains a wide variety of earth science data, primarily oceanographic and atmospheric datasets."

Katrina - See our separate Katrina Studies page.

KNMI Climate Explorer
"The last few years a lot of monthly mean climate data has become available for research: station data (GHCN), gridded observations of temperature and sea-level pressure (CRU) and precipitation (NCDC), and a 40-year reanalysis (NCEP/NCAR). This site gives the opportunity to explore these data and the relationships between them. This may lead to more insight how the climate system changes on seasonal timescales, and empirical statistical forecast models. The data are probably not good enough to explore decadal or longer trends."
By Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, KNMI

Live Weather Images
"Current weather images in general, current regional images, forecast maps, satellite imagery, European images, bodies of water data, seismic activity, city and regional doppler radars, movie loops, surf information, and aviation information...Great live weather and tower cameras from many different places around the world..." And much more..
By Mark Brooks

Meteorological Service of Canada

Mississippi River Flood Photos (April 2001)
From Digital Aerial Photography Taken During 2001 Gamma Snow Surveys

  • NCRFC Photo Gallery - (dead link) - Minnesota River & Mississippi River Flood Photos (April 2001)

National Academy Press (free online versions)

  • 2002
  • 2001

National Drought Mitigation Center - (dead link)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Drought Impacts in the U.S. - (dead link)
    Monthly updates
  • Drought Monitor
    "...a synthesis of multiple indices, outlooks and news accounts, that represents a consensus of federal and academic scientists."

National Drought  Policy Commission Final Report - (dead link) 
"Preparing for Drought in the 21st Century" (2000)

National Hurricane Survival Initiative (NHC)
"...maintains a continuous watch on tropical cyclones from May 15 through November 30 in the eastern Pacific and from June 1 through November 30 in the Atlantic , issuing forecasts, watches and warnings."
Sections include: Prepare ; Storm Stats ; News Room.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

  • Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
    "AOML's mission is to conduct basic and applied research in oceanography, tropical meteorology, atmospheric and oceanic chemistry, and acoustics. The research seeks to understand the physical characteristics and processes of the ocean and the atmosphere, both separately and as a coupled system."
  • Drought Information Center
    "It is a roundup of the various NOAA Web sites and information on drought and climate conditions. Some external links are included for your convenience."
  • National Climate 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."
    Sections include: Locate NCDC Products by ; Online Store ; Browse by Data Type: Satellite, Climate, Paleoclimate, Radar ; Discover Information About Climate: Research, Monitoring, Extremes & Events.
  • Climate Monitoring
    Reports and Products
    Sections include: State of the Climate ; Annual Climate Assessment Reports ; U.S. Temperature and Precipitation ; Global Products ; Drought Monitoring ; Snow Data ; Other Products.
  • Climate Maps of the United States (CLIMAPS) - (dead link)
    "...Climate Maps Of The United States database (CLIMAPS)! In here you will find over 700 climate maps of the Contiguous United States."
  • World Data Center for Meteorology
    "...acquires, catalogues, and archives data and makes them available to requesters in the international scientific community. Data are exchanged with counterparts, WDC for Meteorology, Obninsk and WDC for Meteorology, Beijing as necessary to improve access."
  • Paleoclimatology Program
  • National Hurricane Center / Tropical Prediction Center
    "...maintains a continuous watch on tropical cyclones over the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and the Eastern Pacific from 15 May through November 30. The Center prepares and distributes hurricane watches and warnings for the general public, and also prepares and distributes marine and military advisories for other users."
    Sections include: Active Tropical Systems ; Storm Info ; Analysis and Forecasting ; Learn About Hurricanes ; Hurricane History
  • Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
  • Natural Hazard Statistics
    "...provide statistical information on fatalities, injuries and damages caused by weather related hazards. These statistics are compiled by the Office of Services and the National Climatic Data Center from information contained in Storm Data, a report comprising data from NWS forecast offices in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands."

National Weather Service - See listing under NOAA above

PBS - American Experience - The Hurricane of '38
Sections include: Explanation ; Stories ; Footage ; Timeline of Major American Hurricanes ; Maps ; People & Events ; Teacher's Guide.

Seasonal Weather Forecasts
Extreme Weather Events and the Weather Derivatives Market
"We offer long-range forecasts of extreme weather events (including UK windstorms, USA hurricanes, Pacific typhoons, and Australian cyclones), and seasonal forecasts for the weather derivatives market (including US Cooling and Heating Degree Days). Our forecasts and their timing are designed to benefit business and industry."
Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre, Dept. of Space and Climate Physics, University College London

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

Temperature Converter
Convert value of ∞F, ∞C, or ∞K.

Tornado Project Online
"There are many sites with tornado data, so we are giving the subject a little different twist, with tornado myths, tornado oddities, personal experiences, tornado chasing, tornado safety, and tornadoes in the past as well as more recent tornadoes."

U.S. Forest Service

  • Atmospheric Disturbance Climatology - (dead link) Covers the following climatic patterns for the Northcentral and Northeastern U.S.:
    Temperatures ; Precipitation ; Spring Freezes ; Fire Weather Patterns ; Ozone Concentration Episodes ; Pine-shoot Beetle Outbreaks.

U.S. Geological Survey

  • 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."

University of Oklahoma - Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS)
"CAPS's mission is to develop and demonstrate techniques for the numerical analysis and prediction of high-impact local weather and environmental conditions, with emphasis on the assimilation of observations from Doppler radars and other advanced in-situ and remote sensing systems."

Urban Climate Network
"The Urban Climate Network (UCN) is an Internet-based learning and data resource aimed at promoting an international community of students, teachers and professionals interested in urban climate studies."

Utah State University Extension - Drought Resources and Information
Sections include: Landscape Irrigation ; Agricultural Water Uses ; Indoor Water Conservation ; FAQs ; Drought and Weather Monitoring.

WeatherOffice
The Source for Weather in Canada

Weathertalk.net
 Sections include: Business ; News and Media ; Climatology ; Regional ; Research ; Education ; Weather Phenomena ; Equipment ; Image and Models.

WW2010
The Weather World 2010 Project
"...our evolving earth sciences web server. WW2010 strives to integrate real time and archived data with instructional resources using new and innovative technologies."

  • Reading Weather Maps
    "...we examine features to look for on weather maps to make a forecasts, general methods of preparing a forecast, and more specific tips for specific scenarios."
    Sections include: Coordinated Universal Time ; Temperatures ; Surface Observations ; Surface Maps ; Upper Air Observations.
    Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign
  • Current Weather
    "Each weather product is linked to explanatory helper sections that are useful not only for interpreting the images, but also for understanding important topics in meteorology."
  • The Hydrologic Cycle: Online Meteorology Guide
    Sections include: Earth's Water Budget ; Evaporation ; Condensation ; Transport ; Precipitation ; Groundwater ; Transpiration ; Runoff ; Summary.

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