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Coriolis Effect (Thomas Yu)

1. The Coriolis Effect (http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~dvandom/Edu/coriolis.html)

The author uses three basic premises to explain the Coriolis Effect.
2. WINDS ON A ROTATING PLANET (http://www.meto.umd.edu/~owen/CHPI/IMAGES/winds02.html)

Explains why the motion around high pressure is clockwise and counterclockwise around low pressure in the Northern Hemisphere. The direction is just the opposite in Southern Hemisphere.
3. Ecology: Bio 203 (http://darwin.bio.geneseo.edu/~sugg/Classes/Ecology/Lectures/Coriolis_Effect.htm)

The explanation of why ocean currents move in a clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere.
4. Hurricane/Tropical Data (http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane)

It provides the classification of depression, tropical strom and hurricanes.
5. All about Hurricanes (http://www.yatcom.com/neworl/weather/whatis.html)

Explains a hurricane. The gulf coast is vulnerable to hurricane due to its closed proximity to tropical waters and the warmer water of the gulf.
6. Mitch Infrared Images (http://www.earthwatch.com/ARCHIVES/Mitch.html)

Global Warming (Jim Wallace)

1. Science of Weather and Climate: Weather and Climate facts.  The  Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab site: A great place to start, this includes links to:
• Common questions about climate change
• Climate change: State of the Knowledge
• Uncertainties in projections of human-caused climate warming
• What are the facts about climate change?
• Science and Nonscience Concerning Human-Caused Climate Warming
• Climate Impact of Quadrupling CO₂
• GFDL Climate Dynamics group
• Other complete sections on El Nino and Hurricanes.
2. The USGCRP's Web pages of Interest
Links to many scientific sites:

Data Sources Observing Programs (Surface) Observing Programs(Satellite)

Current Weather & Weather Related Issues Seasonal Variations Long-term Climate Change

Stratospheric Ozone & Atmospheric Chemistry Ecosystem General Sources of Information.

3. CCR (Climate Change Research Section) Selected Websites including: Climate Modeling Centers; Related Topics;  and Visualization and Images.
4. Pace University School of Law's Pace Energy Project: Global Warming Central.
See especially information on the global warming debate and the links for an annotated list of a variety of research, environmental, "skeptic," governmental, and other sites.
5. US EPA's Global Warming Site.
6. Global Warming site of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Biased towards taking action, but many facts, much information, and sections relating to alternative energy solutions.
7. IISCD Selected Iinternet Resources on Climate Change, especially:
Intergovernmental Organizations; National Government Activities; Non-Governmental Organizations; ScientificOrganizations; Reports/News/Information Sites; and Links to other sites.
8. Whitehouse Initiative on Global Climate Change
9. Too Warm -- Activist site sponsored by the Sierra Club.
10. UNEP's Common Questions About Climate Change, including GCDIS: Ask Dr. Global Change;
11. Climate Crisis Quiz.

Weather and Climate (Willie Richardson)

1. National Climate Data Center.

The NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data.
2. Global Hydrology and Climate Change.

A joint venture between government and academia to study the global water cycle and its effect on climate.
3. Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) REAL TIME DATA

The SSEC is a global leader in the analysis and distribution of geostationary satellite data.
4. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)

This site provides access to a variety of atmospheric science data and education resources.
5. NOAA'S National Data Buoy Center (NDBC)

NDBC has a collection of buoys and coastal sites placed throughout the world which measures and transmit various meteorological and oceanographic data.
6. The Global Change Master Directory

The Global Change Master Directory is a comprehensive source of information about earth science, environmental, climate, and global change data holding throughout the world.
7. The Unidata Integrated Earth Information

The Unidata Integrated Earth Information server provides access to atmospheric data.
8. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather forecast
9. El nino and related topics

Climate Change and You

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Computer Models of the Environment (Jim Tung)

• Climate Impact of Quadrupling Atmospheric CO₂: An Overview of GFDL Climate Model Results
• Modeling Software (complied by CA Air Resources Board)

A collection of modeling software and some associated documentation. There may be a fee for reproduction and distribution associated with some of these programs.
• NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

A comprehensive directory of descriptions of data sets of relevance to global change research. The GCMD database includes descriptions of data sets (DIFs) covering climate change, the biosphere, hydrosphere & oceans, geology, geography, and human dimensions of global change.  Through search interfaces, the public may freely search the GCMD database. The resulting metadata records provide information on the nature of the data (e.g., parameters measured, geographic location, time range) and where the data are stored.

Feedback Systems (Suzan Kypriotis)

DISCLAIMER: Prepared in conjunction with the July 1999 WWNFF Environmental Science Institute. The information in this site is provided as part of the "public domain" and does not necessarily represent the official position of any governing body, supervisory personnel,  or of the WWNFFor the Institute participants. Last updated: 14 July 99.
 
 

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