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“Climate is what we expect,
weather is what we get.”
Mark Twain
Resources
"Sunshine is delicious, rain
is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is
really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good
weather."John Ruskin
Center
for Earth and Ocean Research-University of Victoria The Center for Earth and Ocean Research (CEOR)
was established in 1987 to initiate, foster, promote and coordinate
research in earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences at the University
of Victoria and to engage in collaborative projects and programs with other
institutions and agencies.
Clear Sky Clock
Homepage
Weather predictions specifically for astronomers for hundreds of
observatories, observing sites and clubs in the USA and Canada.
Disaster
News Network A complete source for disasters as they happen
in the United States.
Environmental
Studies The Classrooms page on the study of the Earth's
environment and the organizations that are trying to save it!!
Earth
Watch Communications, Inc. View the weather from many different locations
using the latest satellite and radar tracking devices.
IRI/LDEO
Climate Data Library The IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library contains
a wide variety of earth science data, primarily oceanographic and atmospheric
data sets.
Internet Weather Resources Data include current weather for US
(including precipitation composites), analyses and forecasts from
the MRF model for most major areas of the globe. ...
Intellicast View the weather from many different locations
using the latest satellite and radar tracking devices.
Mount
St Helena View information about the eruption of this
mountain and it's effect on the land around it.
Seismological
Laboratory Brought to you by the California Institute
of Technology this site provides information on earthquakes.
Space
Science and Engineering Center The Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)
is a global leader in the analysis and distribution of geostationary satellite
data. This page presents browse-quality pictures intended solely for qualitative analysis of global weather.
Space Weather Resources
Very large, categorized collection
of links related to the interaction of solar wind and the
magnetosphere.
University
of Illinois Department of Atmospheric Studies
This site contains information about the academic
program, research activities and faculty, staff and students of the
Department. A listing of weather and internet resources are
here to demonstrate their work.
USA Today- Weather Page
Weather help for planning trips. How
to find travel weather for anywhere · Travel weather for Europe ...
Guide to weather and atmospheric science history ...
Weather Resources Numerous links to weather
information from refdesk.com.
W e a t h e r R e s o u r c e s
These background information
resources can enhance your exploration of weather science and help
you become an amateur meteorologist.
Weather Resources for Students
Nick's favorite resource materials
for students to learn more about weather and other sciences:
Weather Resources for Schools
This website provides curriculum
resources for teachers and students teaching and learning about the
Weather as part of middle and high school Earth and Atmospheric
Science.
Weather Related Resources The Weather Sourcebook: Your
One-Stop Resource for Everything You Need to Know to Feed Your
Weather Habit, Ronald L. Wagner, Bill Adler, Jr. Globe Pequot ...
Government
Meteorological Sites
"The trouble with weather forecasting is
that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to
rely on it." Patrick Young
National
Center for Atmospheric Research The UCAR Office of Programs supplies real-time
weather data to colleges and universities for use in the classroom, trains
weather forecasters in the latest research results and technologies,
and helps organize international experiments in remote areas of the world,
among other services. NCAR maintains resources such as state-of-the-art computer models of weather
and climate, radars, and aircraft that are used by scientists around the
world.
The
National Severe Storms Laboratory One of NOAA's internationally known research
laboratories, leading the way in investigations of all aspects of severe
weather. Headquarters in Norman OK with staff in Colorado, Nevada, Washington,
Utah, and Wisconsin, the people of NSSL, in partnership with the National
Weather Service, are dedicated to improving severe weather warnings and
forecasts in order to save lives and reduce property damage.
Weather Trivia and Quizzes Tons of weather trivia quizzes and games,
located at the world's largest trivia website. Play for free and create your
own quiz for the world to play.
Meteorological
Trivia
"On average, the United States
experiences 100,000 thunderstorms each year, causing about 1,000
tornadoes. The National Weather Service says an average of 42 people
are killed by tornadoes annually."
Source:
Weather Trivia
Bad Meteorology
Informs about misconceptions and
errors in many textbooks and schools about weather
Random Weather Trivia
Site gives random trivia facts
US Weather Trivia Trivial weather facts ranging from
the highest temperature ever recorded in the US to the most
snowfall.
Weather Trivia Love weather? Love trivia? This is
the site for you! You will find lots of great weather trivia here,
including a fun little quiz. Enjoy!
Statistics
"The Atacama is a high (most elevations are
over 8000 feet) and cold desert, average temperatures range from 0° to 25°
Celsius (32° to 75° F). Source
About.com
Climatology and Meteorology Penn State Weather Statistics - Maps of
cloud cover, precipitation, snow cover, temperature ... East Anglia Home
Page Oceanography, Meteorology, Climatology ...
Statistics of Weather and Climate Extremes A resource for the use of the statistical
theory of extreme values in the analysis of weather and climate extremes and
their impacts
Resources
Meteorological
Quizzes
Meteorological
Trivia
Statistics