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Extreme Weather and Climate Events URL: http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/extremes.html Description: This site tracks the worst of the weather. U.S. coverage includes hurricanes, heavy rainfall, temperature extremes and drought, tornadoes, billion-dollar disasters, storm reports by state, and radar composites. Global coverage (from 1991 on; information on recent but not always current events) includes weather, global climate change, historical global extremes, El Niño/La Niña, satellite images, and climatic data. From the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Author: Lott, Neal; Ross, Tom Publisher: National Climatic Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Extra Keywords precipitation nina nino global warming Library of Congress Subject Headings: Climate Weather LII Database Information: Record 13222 created by Carole Leita on 10/24/1999 Last modification on 09/02/2005 Published: 10/24/1999 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/13222 |