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Meteorology

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About Rainbows: Answers to commonly asked questions about rainbows. Topics include their formation, the cause of the colours in a rainbow, double rainbows, proverbs, and suggested rainbow experiments.
Author: Lynds, Beverly T.
Subjects: meteorology
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: document
British Atmospheric Data Centre: Designed to assist UK atmospheric researchers to locate, access and interpret atmospheric data, the centre provides permanent archives for data sets from Natural Environment Research Council-funded projects. The searchable archive includes data from the Met. Office and information on ozone experiments, stratosphere, mesosphere and troposphere measurements, sea temperatures and forecasting.
Author: British Atmospheric Data Centre
Subjects: atmospheric science, climatology, meteorology
DeweyClass: 551.5
Resource type: data collection
British Isles Weather Information: Brings together links to meteorological information relevant to the British Isles (including Ireland) and surrounding waters.
Author: Brugge, Roger
Subjects: british weather, meteorology, united kingdom
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: index
CLASS: Comprehensive Array-data Stweardship System: An electronic library of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration) environmental data. It provides capabilities for finding and obtaining NOAA and US Department of Defense (DoD) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) data, NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) data, and derived data.
Author: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subjects: meteorology, satellites
DeweyClass: 551.5
Resource type: reference data, satellite images
Comprehensive Bibliography on the El Nino Phenomena: Bibliography on El Nino and its effects on global and local weather patterns.
Author: Florida State University Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies
Subjects: meteorology, weather
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: bibliography
Daily Planet: Extensive collection of resources and teaching guides covering meteorology, weather forecasting and other areas of the geosciences.
Author: University of Illinois Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Subjects: geophysics, meteorology, weather
DeweyClass: 551.5
Resource type: guides
Earth Interactions: Earth Interactions exploits the capabilities of electronic communications technology to add value to the publication of research results in the interdisciplinary earth sciences. The journal publishes articles dealing with the interactions between the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere in the context of global issues or global change. It provides authors with the opportunity to use animations and other visualisation techniques that traditional publications cannot accommodate.
Author: American Geophysical Union, Association of American Geographers and American Meteorological Society
Subjects: atmospheric science, earth observation, earth science research, global change, meteorology
DeweyClass: 550
Resource type: journal
El Nino Theme Page: El Nino is a disruption of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical Pacific having important consequences for weather around the globe. Includes basic facts, forecasts, climatology, and satellite data.
Author: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subjects: meteorology, tropics, weather
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: documents
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
International Arctic Buoy Programme: Maintains a network of automatic data buoys in the Arctic Basin which monitor synoptic-scale fields of pressure, temperature, and ice motion to support real-time operations and meteorological and oceanographic research. Provides monthly buoy maps, data sets, buoy reports, and a buoy motion and ice concentration animation which uses data from 1979 to 1994. Includes browsable images and data plots with accompanying audio files and buoy diagrams.
Author: University of Washington
Subjects: arctic, meteorology, oceanographic data
DeweyClass: 551.4
Resource type: documents, images, maps, reference data
LTSN Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences: One of the Learning and Teaching Support Network Centres. Provides links to collections of resources, projects, programmes, software, online journals, and events.
Author: Learning and Teaching Support Network, Plymouth University
Subjects: cartography, geographical data, geography education, geology education, meteorology
DeweyClass: 910
Resource type: documents
Meteorological Office: The Met Office is a public sector organisation providing meteorological and related services for the Government, the armed forces, the public, aviation and commercial customers. Includes information on the latest weather, weather forecasting methods, research, development and operations.
Author: UK Meteorological Office
Subjects: british weather, meteorology
DeweyClass: 551.5
Resource type: documents, news
Meteorology Departments in the United States: Links to meteorology departments in US universities.
Author: TV Weather
Subjects: meteorology
DeweyClass: 551.5
Resource type: index
MSC Green Lane: Details the activities of Canada's Meteorological Service. Offers current condition reports, local forecasts, weather facts, and information on environmental concerns such as air quality, climate change, and the ozone layer. Also outlines MSC projects, and provides details of publications.
Author: Meteorological Service of Canada
Subjects: canada, climatology, meteorology
DeweyClass: 551.5
Resource type: service
National Weather Association: Society aiming to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities.
Author: National Weather Association
Subjects: meteorology, weather
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: institution
Online Meteorology Guide: A collection of web-based instructional modules that use multimedia technology and the dynamic capabilities of the Web, including diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio and video, to introduce fundamental concepts in the atmospheric sciences.
Author: University of Illinois Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Subjects: atmospheric science, meteorology
DeweyClass: 551.5
Resource type: guide
Royal Meteorological Society: The Society helps research workers, professional meteorologists, those whose work is affected by the weather or climate, and others who want to keep up with new findings or are just interested in the weather.
Author: Royal Meteorological Society
Subjects: british weather, meteorology
DeweyClass: 551.5
Resource type: institution
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute: The national meteorological institute of the Netherlands. Information is in Dutch.
Author: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Subjects: meteorology, netherlands
DeweyClass: 551.5
Resource type: institution
Snow Crystals: Documents the growth of snow crystals, explaining the formation of various shapes. Covers natural snowflakes, with information on classifications, snow preservation, ice crystal halos, unusual forms, and early observations by Kepler, Descartes, Hooke, Bentley, and Nakaya. A photo collection is also included, together with galleries of designer snowflakes. A section headed 'Snowflake Physics' contains material about snow crystal primer, diffusion, dendrite growth, ice surface, electric growth, and ice properties.
Author: Libbrecht, Kenneth G., California Institute of Technology
Subjects: meteorology
DeweyClass: 551.578
Resource type: documents, images
Sources of Weather Data: Extensive list of mainly European meteorological information, including current global climate highlights.
Author: Brugge, Roger
Subjects: british weather, meteorology
DeweyClass: 551.5
Resource type: index
Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array: Relays oceanographic and surface meteorological data in real time from 70 moorings in the Tropical Pacific Ocean. The data are then retransmittted worldwide to oceanographic and meteorological centres via the Global Telecommunication System. TAO is a major component of the global climate observing system.
Author: US Dept of Commerce
Subjects: meteorology, oceanographic data, tropics
DeweyClass: 551.4
Resource type: reference data
UCARWeb: University Cooperation for Atmospheric Research: Details of research programs encompassing the Earth's atmosphere, land masses and oceans, and the interaction between the earth and the Sun
Author: National Centre for Atmospheric Research
Subjects: atmospheric science, meteorology
DeweyClass: 551.5
Resource type: institution
Weather and Climate Glossary: A glossary of terms relating to weather and climate, including absolute temperature, extratropical cyclone, nimbostratus, thermodynamic chart and visible radiation.
Author: Oklahoma Climatological Survey Oklahoma State University
Subjects: climatology, meteorology
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: dictionary
World Meteorological Organisation: WMO is a specialist organisation of the United Nations, based in Geneva. It coordinates global scientific activity in areas of weather prediction, air pollution research, climate change, ozone layer depletion studies and tropical storm forecasting, to allow prompt and accurate weather information for public, private and commercial use, including international airline and shipping industries. Major WMO progammes include World Weather Watch, Applications of Meteorology, World Climate Research, Global Climate Observing System, Atmospheric Research and Environment, Hydrology and Water Resources, Education and Training. Information is in English, French and Spanish.
Author: United Nations
Subjects: air quality, atmospheric science, climatology, earth observation, global change, hydrology, meteorology, ozone, weather
DeweyClass: 551.5
Resource type: institution