Related Websites
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You may find these websites useful in exploring some of the lab topics further. These links were effective as of June 16, 2000.
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| Lab 1: Vertical Pressure |
- Height and pressure
- Ozone and the atmosphere
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| Lab 2: Earth-Sun Geometry |
- U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department
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| Lab 3: GeoClock |
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| Lab 4: Radiation |
- Renewable Resource Data Center Solar Radiation Resources:
U.S. Solar Radiation Atlas
- U.S. Solar Radiation Data Base
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| Lab 6: Moisture |
- U.S. dew point
- U.S. relative humidity
- Water vapor satellite images:
- Past 8 hours for North America and Globe, from U. of Wyoming
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| Lab 7: Stability |
- Upper-air soundings—UCAR
- Upper-air soundings—University of Wyoming
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| Lab 8: Cloud Droplets |
- Experimental multispectral image products (Satellite images showing supercooled cloud water and distinguishing between liquid and ice clouds)
- Heavy Precipitation
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| Lab 9: Atmospheric Motion |
- Sea-level pressure and surface winds
- U.S. surface winds
- Upper air winds
- El Nino
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| Lab 10: Weather Map Analysis |
- Unisys basics on:
- National Weather Service
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| Lab 11: Mid-Latitude Cyclones |
- Current conditions from NWS
- Satellite gallery of extratropical cyclones
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| Lab 12: Thunderstorms and Tornadoes |
- National Severe Storms Laboratory
- Storm Prediction Center
- NOAA Tornado Page
- Satellite gallery of tornadoes
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| Lab 13: Hurricanes |
- NOAA Hurricane Page
- National Hurricane Center, Tropical Prediction Center
- National Climatic Data Center’s Hurricane Page
- Tropical Storm Imagery
- General tropical weather page
- Frequently asked questions about hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones
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| Lab 14: Climate Controls |
- Sea-surface temperatures:
- US climographs:
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| Lab 15: Climate Classsification |
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| Lab 16: World Climates |
- Goddard DAAC Climatology Interdisciplinary Data Collection (CIDC)
- Global climate datasets:
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| Lab 17: Climatic Change |
- Paleoclimate primers
- Paleoclimate data
- Oceans and climate (TAMU's site for El Nino, ice ages, etc.)
- Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center’s global change data and information products
- Stratospheric ozone
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| Lab 18: Simulating Climatic Change |
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| Appendix B: Earth Measures |
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