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Meteorology
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Antarctic Meteorology Online 
 Arcane but information-rich and highly current access to weather reports and other meteorological information about the Antarctic. From the British Antarctic Survey. http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/metlog/ Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Regions of the World, Weather Last updated Dec 13, 2005 California Weather Data and Products
Contains weather data from approximately 400 weather stations throughout California from 1951 to the present. All stations provide daily values; selected stations supply hourly and sub-hourly data. Searchable by county, station type, and station name. From the Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (IPM), University of California, Davis. http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/WEATHER/weather1.html Topics: Weather Last updated Aug 5, 2003 CLIWOC: Climatological Database for the World's Oceans 1750-1850
The primary aim of this project funded by the European Union "is to produce and make freely available for the scientific community the world's first daily oceanic climatological database for the period 1750 to 1850." Data has been obtained primarily through ships' logbooks "held in British, Dutch, French, Spanish and Argentinean archives." Site includes a database of transcribed weather information, maps, and a multilingual dictionary of wind force terms. http://www.ucm.es/info/cliwoc/ Topics: Geology, Science, Science, Weather Last updated Jan 7, 2004 Edward Lorenz, Father of Chaos Theory and Butterfly Effect, Dies at 90
April 2008 obituary for Edward Lorenz, "an MIT meteorologist who tried to explain why it is so hard to make good weather forecasts and wound up unleashing a scientific revolution called chaos theory [in the 1960s]." His observations "that small differences in a dynamic system such as the atmosphere ... could trigger vast and often unsuspected results" led him to formulate what became known as the butterfly effect. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/obit-lorenz-0416.html Topics: Notable People, Physics, Weather Last updated Apr 30, 2008 Forces of Nature: Southern California Weather
Designed for elementary school students, this website features interactive activities on temperature, wind, and weather forecasting. Also includes material for teachers, a glossary, and links to related websites. (It is anticipated that activities about the water cycle, precipitation, extreme weather, and atmosphere will be available in the near future.) Produced by Earthguide, a part of the Geosciences Research Division at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/weather/ Topics: Weather Last updated Oct 26, 2009 Indian Weather
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Nature program about India's summer monsoons, which result from the interaction of "a hot land mass and a cooler ocean." Discusses predicting the timing of monsoons, flooding, the importance of monsoons on agriculture, and related topics. Includes suggested links (some broken) and readings. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/monsoon/html/intro.html Topics: Weather Last updated Aug 23, 2005 Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO)
MLO in Hawaii "is a premier atmospheric research facility that has been continuously monitoring and collecting data related to atmospheric change since the 1950's." Features live cameras, data (carbon cycle, weather, and more), a history of the observatory, and a link to material about the 50th anniversary in November 2007 of MLO and of carbon dioxide measurement (as begun by Charles David Keeling in 1958). From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). http://www.mlo.noaa.gov/ Topics: Environment, Weather Last updated Dec 6, 2007 MetEd: Meteorology Education & Training
This site provides "education and training resources to benefit the operational forecaster community, university atmospheric scientists and students, and anyone interested in learning more deeply about meteorology and weather forecasting topics." It features learning modules on coastal weather, hurricanes, hydrology, and other weather topics. The "K-12 and the Public" section contains introductory information. Searchable. From the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. http://www.meted.ucar.edu/ Topics: Hurricane Katrina, Weather Last updated Feb 1, 2007 Monsoon Information Index
Questions and answers about the Mexican monsoon, "a regional-scale circulation that develops over southwest North America during the months of July through September. It is associated with a dramatic increase in rainfall that occurs over what is normally an arid region of North America." Discusses the Gulf of California moisture surge, severe thunderstorms, monsoon thunderstorms, and related concepts. From the National Weather Service, Tucson, Arizona, Weather Forecast Office. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/twc/monsoon/monsoon_info.php Topics: Regions of the World, Weather Last updated Aug 25, 2005 Monsoon On Line
This website's purpose is to be a "useful repository of information for scientific researchers interested in the Asian monsoon and its prediction." It includes background information about the monsoons that occur in Asia each summer, forecasts and satellite maps of monsoon seasons back to 1997, a bibliography, and more. From meteorologists based in India and the United Kingdom. http://www.tropmet.res.in/~kolli/MOL/ Topics: Weather Last updated Sep 4, 2005 Monthly Climatic Data for the World
This site "contains monthly mean temperature, pressure, precipitation, vapor pressure, and hours of sunshine for approximately 2,000 surface data collection stations worldwide and monthly mean upper air temperatures, dew point depressions, and wind velocities for approximately 500 observing sites." Browsable by date back to 1948. From the National Climatic Data Center, U.S. Department of Commerce. http://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/MCDWPubs?action=getpublication Topics: Weather Last updated Feb 27, 2007 National Data Buoy Center
Click a highlighted region to get the weather and sea state data being reported by automated marine stations around the world. http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/rmd.shtml Topics: Geology, Science, Science, Weather Last updated Sep 3, 2005 National Weather Service Radar Image: WSR-88D Radar FAQ's
This FAQ explains the weather surveillance radar (WSR) system NEXRAD (Next Generation Radar, a Doppler radar) used to obtain weather information for the National Weather Service (and then used by many news sources). It discusses the different types of radar images, whether the images provide an accurate depiction of weather, and related topics. Includes links to radar views of specific geographical regions and weather forecasts. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/radinfo/radinfo.html Topics: Weather Last updated May 5, 2005 Oceanweather: Current Marine Data
"These pages show current marine data from ... models and observational data worldwide. This service is provided for the enjoyment of the marine/meteorological community and is not intended for commercial purposes." Browse data by region. Each region includes visual representations of wave height, marine observations, and sea surface temperatures. From Oceanweather, Inc., a coastal and ocean engineering consulting firm. http://www.oceanweather.com/data/ Topics: Geology, Weather Last updated Dec 30, 2003 The Online Guides: Meteorology
A collection of interactive modules that "introduce fundamental concepts in atmospheric sciences." Designed for high school and undergraduate level students, these modules cover topics such as hurricanes, light and optics, El Niño, hydrologic cycles, and air masses and fronts. Includes animations, computer simulations, and video and audio clips. From the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml Topics: Hurricane Katrina, Weather Last updated Apr 11, 2005 Reading Weather Maps
Examines "features to look for on weather maps to make forecasts, general methods of preparing a forecast, and more." Also includes information on the differences between Kelvin, Celsius, and Fahrenheit temperatures; and how to convert local time to the standard time used by meteorologists. From the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/maps/ Topics: Scientific Themes, Weather Last updated Jan 2, 2006 Resources in Atmospheric Sciences
This searchable site contains 400 short articles about the atmosphere, organized by topic; and a collection of links about weather and climates world-wide, also organized by topic and by region. Real-time weather displays are also featured. This site is "a complement to the book by E[dward] Linacre and B[art] Geerts, published by Routledge, 1997." http://www-das.uwyo.edu/~geerts/cwx/ Topics: Weather Last updated May 17, 2005 Review of Variability in the North American Monsoon
Basic information about the "North American monsoon (NA monsoon), variously known as the Southwest United States monsoon, the Mexican monsoon, or the Arizona monsoon [which is] ... a pronounced increase in rainfall from an extremely dry June to a rainy July over large areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico." From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/changes/natural/monsoon/ Topics: Regions of the World, Weather Last updated Aug 23, 2005 Unisys Weather
For the person who's really into meteorology: satellite, surface, upper air, and radar images and date. Many different forecast models. Was the Weather Processor at Purdue. http://weather.unisys.com/ Topics: Weather Last updated Dec 27, 2002 Weather Modification Association (WMA)
The vision of the WMA is to provide for the "free exchange of accurate information regarding the efficacy, safety, methodology and cost-effectiveness of weather modification activities." The site features a brochure explaining the scientific basis for the weather modification techniques of cloud and fog seeding. Also includes news, the association's code of ethics, and links to related sites. http://www.weathermodification.org/ Topics: Water, Weather Last updated Jul 27, 2004 Weathering the Weather: The Origins of Atmospheric Science
Annotated images of covers and selected pages from over 50 "early and important works on meteorology," dating from the 1500s through the 1800s. Browsable by author. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego. http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/weather/ Topics: Weather Last updated Apr 4, 2007 WINDandSEA: The Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Internet Guide
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Library provides "over 1,000 selected links to science and policy sites." Topics include air pollution, climate, coastal studies, fish, oceanic and atmospheric sciences, marine biology, weather, and wetlands. Also features links to photo collections, and educational sites for teachers and students. http://www.lib.noaa.gov/researchtools/subjectguides/wind/windandsea.html Topics: Animals, Biology, Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians, Geology, Science, Weather Last updated Jul 8, 2008 World Meteorological Organization
This intergovernmental organization is "the specialized agency of the United Nations for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences." The site provides access to a list of publications (some available online), a weather information service, news on topics such as ozone loss and natural disasters, and more. Searchable. In English, Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish. http://www.wmo.int/ Topics: Weather Last updated Jun 20, 2007 WW2010: The Weather World 2010 Project
A collection of on-line meteorology guides that include modules for light and optics, clouds and precipitation, forces and winds, air masses and fronts, weather forecasting, severe storms, hurricanes, El Niņo, and the hydrologic cycle. Additionally, the remote sensing guide provides information about how both satellites and radar are used in meteorological forecasting. Information is also included on how to read weather maps. There are activities for high school students as well as teacher's guides. http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml Topics: Water, Weather Last updated Dec 27, 2002 |
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