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Automated Weather Source: AWS Online generates real time weather data from locations throughout the world. Aimed at US schools.
Author: Automated Weather Source
Subjects: weather
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: news
Climate of 1998 Annual Review: A textual and graphical overview of weather patterns throughout 1998. Regional and seasonal variations in the US are discussed, together with global temperatures, precipitation and natural disasters. Additional resources include archived 1998 monthly and special reports.
Author: National Climatic Data Center
Subjects: climatology, weather
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: reference document
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
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
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts: An international organisation supported by 18 European member states. Aims to aid development of numerical methods for medium-range weather forecasting, and to prepare regular weather reports.
Author: ECMWF
Subjects: climatology, weather
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: reference data
Extreme Weather Sourcebook 2001: Provides data on economic damage caused by hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes in the USA and its territories. Hurricane data covers 1900-1999, with data on floods, tornadoes, and lightning from the 1950s onwards.
Author: Environmental and Societal Impacts Group
Subjects: disasters, weather
DeweyClass: 363.3
Resource type: reference data
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
National Climatic Data Center: NCDC claims to be the world's largest active archive of weather data, producing numerous climate publications and responding to data requests from all over the world.
Author: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subjects: climatology, weather
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: documents, images, reference data
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 Photoperiod Calculator: Computation of Sunrise/Sunset Times, Twilight and Local Noon: Calculates the day length, time of sunrise and sunset, and the sun's height at noon for any given location and particular time of year.
Author: Lammi, Jarmo
Subjects: astronomy news, earth observation, weather
DeweyClass: 910.02
Resource type: reference data
Online Weather: Sets of statistics on temperature, climate, and rainfall for Great Britain and Ireland, and world wide.
Author: Online Weather
Subjects: weather
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: reference data
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
Tracking El Nino: Information about the causes and tracking of the El Nino weather pattern. Includes news, images, origins of El Nino, the global weather machine, anatomy of El Nino and the effects on global weather.
Author: WGBH Educational Foundation
Subjects: weather
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: documents, images
TV Weather Dot Com: A resource designed for professional meteorologists and the general public. Includes weather maps, images, and movies, weather forecasts and current conditions, weather instruments, products, and companies, software, publications, organisations and departments.
Author: TV Weather
Subjects: weather
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: index, news
US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Education Resources: Online classroom linking teachers and students to specific resources on weather, climate change, oceans and coasts, satellites and space.
Author: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subjects: climatology, global change, oceanographic data, satellites, weather
DeweyClass: 550
Resource type: documents, reference data
Weather Underground: Provides details of weather conditions throughout the US, Canada, Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa, Antarctica and various islands throughout the world. Local forecasts are available, offering information on temperature, visibility, wind, heat index, windchill, humidity, dewpoint and pressure. Also features records of conditions dating back to 1994. Includes ski reports and information about tropical storms.
Author: Weather Underground
Subjects: weather
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: reference data
WeatherNet: A comprehensive source of weather data, with access to thousands of forecasts, images, and an extensive collection of weather links.
Author: University of Michigan
Subjects: weather
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: index, satellite images
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
World Weather Post: Resource concerned with weather news stories from around the world. Contains summaries of news items with links to original articles in text and video format.
Author: Halle, Jacques
Subjects: weather
DeweyClass: 551.6
Resource type: images, moving images, news