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1998 Hurricane Season Wrap-Up: Information about hurricanes of the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico in 1998, with satellite images of Hurricanes Georges, Bonnie, Ivan, Jeanne and Karl. Wind speeds and death tolls are given for tropical storms and hurricanes throughout the year.
Author: US Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subjects: hurricanes
DeweyClass: 551.552
Resource type: satellite images
Environmental & Societal Impacts Group: Offers data on economic damage from hurricanes, floods and tornadoes in the United States and its territories. Provides information for each state affected in graphical form, alphabetically, and ranked according to frequency of event.
Author: Environmental & Societal Impacts Group
Subjects: hurricanes, united states economic data
DeweyClass: 551.552
Resource type: reference data
GOES: Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellite: Collection of satellite pictures and movies of recent major events such as hurricanes and volcanoes.
Author: NASA
Subjects: hurricanes, satellites, volcanoes
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: satellite images
Historical Significant Events Imagery: Database of hundreds of selected satellite images capturing some of the more important weather and environmental events over the last 30 years. You can search for images of a specific type of event for the date range you desire.
Author: National Climate Data Center (NCDC)
Subjects: hurricanes, weather
DeweyClass: 551.552
Resource type: image collection
Hurricane of '38: Accompanying a film of the same name, this resource chronicles one of the most severe hurricanes to hit North America. Fishermen, residents and holiday makers give personal accounts of the storm, and a series of maps and images trace it's path.
Author: Public Broadcasting Service
Subjects: hurricanes
DeweyClass: 551.552
Resource type: documents, images
Hurricanes: Defines hurricanes, explains where they develop and how they are measured, convective processes and development stages.
Author: University of Illinois Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Subjects: atmospheric science, hurricanes, meteorology
DeweyClass: 551.552
Resource type: guide
NASA SeaWIFS Project: The Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor Project aims to understand the earth's behaviour and evolution by looking at it from space, and to gather quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties. Colour satellite images of plankton blooms, chlorophyll concentrations, coral reefs, and hurricanes are available, as well as technical reports and a teacher's section.
Author: Feldman, Gene Carl, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Subjects: coral reefs, earth observation, hurricanes, oceanographic data, plankton
DeweyClass: 551.1
Resource type: documents, satellite images
National Hurricane Center: Provides storm news, satellite imagery, and analysis and forecasting services. Also offers FAQs, safety information, and details of past hurricanes including the deadliest to date.
Author: Tropical Prediction Center
Subjects: hurricanes
DeweyClass: 551.552
Resource type: documents, reference data
Natural Disaster Reference Database: A bibliographic database on research, programs, and results which relate to the use of satellite remote sensing for disaster mitigation. A compilation of abstracted articles published since 1981 in relevant areas including: fires, eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, flooding, hurricanes, tsunami, avalanches
Author: NASA and Goddard Space Flight Center
Subjects: disasters, earthquake hazard analysis, hurricanes, remote sensing, satellites, tsunami
DeweyClass: 363.34
Resource type: article abstracts, bibliography
Tornado and Storm Research Organisation: Information about research into tornadoes and storms. Includes news, FAQ, severe storm definitions and whirlwind classification, tornado intensity scale, British weather extremes, tropical storms and hurricanes.
Author: Tornado and Storm Research Organisation
Subjects: hurricanes, weather
DeweyClass: 551.552
Resource type: documents, images
Tornado Project Online: Collection of information about US tornadoes including location, strength, safety measures, storm shelters, myths, and storm chasing. Offers details of the Fujita Scale, which is the official classification system for tornado damage and whose measure ranges from F0 to F6.
Author: Tornado Project
Subjects: hurricanes
DeweyClass: 551.552
Resource type: reference documents