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Weather & Meteorology
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Dictionaries and EncyclopediasTitle: A Comprehensive Glossary of Weather Terms for Storm Spotters
Description: In order to standardize terms used by storm spotters, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has developed this glossary of terms related to severe weather.
Title: Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate
Description: QC 854 .A45 2002
This two volume work is made up of shorter articles, few of which are longer than one page. There are numerous illustrations. Only major articles contain bibliographic and web references.
Title: The Facts on File Dictionary of Weather and Climate
Description: QC 854 .F33 2001 (Ref)
This is a small dictionary with short definitions. There are some illustrations. Appendixes include an chronology of developments in the science of meteorology, conversion tables, and a list of major web sites.
Reference & Education MaterialTitle: About Rainbows
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Title: Earth Observatory
Description: Click on the Reference icon at NASA's Earth Obervatory for introductory essays on a number of topics.
Title: National Climatic Data Center's Annual Review
Description: The National Climatic Data Center's annual review of weather events plus other reports from this agency.
Title: The El Nino Site
Description: The El Niņo site provided by Environment Canada provides general information about this meteorological phenomena as well as information about its effects on Canada.
Title: Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment
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Title: The Extreme Weather Sourcebook
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Title: Climate Atlas of the United States
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This Climate Atlas of the United States is a downloadable Java application from the National Climatic Data Center
Title: Daily Weather Maps
Description: Dialy weather maps from 1872 to 1968 are avialble here. Weekly weather maps are available from 1968 to the present. Note that viewing the Daily weather maps requires the DjVu Browser Plug-in. You can download a copy of the Plug-in from this sites.
Title: Historical Hurricane Tracks
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Title: Storm Events Database
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Nationional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Storm Events Database.
Title: The Climate Data Imaging Project.
Description: The Climate Data Imaging Project is preserving and making available historical climatological data. Historic climate data for a number of countries is available here.
Title: Cloud Boutique
Description: Plymouth State College Cloud Boutique.
Title: NOAA State Climatic Data
Description: Brief state climatic data is available from NOAA.
Title: UK Sci.weather. FAQ
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Title: Weather Post
Description: The Washington Post's Weather Post offers forcast plus a 600 word glossary of weather related terms.
Title: Wonderful World of Wether
Description: This standards-based Real Time Data Module has been created for use by students in the elementary grades to allow them to investigate weather phenomena both locally as well as in other places around the world. By using hands-on activities and real-time data investigations, the students will develop a basic understanding of how weather can be described in measurable quantities, such as temperature, wind and precipitation. The lesson plans which make up this module have been designed to allow teachers to select the ones which fit into their curriculum to allow for flexibility in implementation. (From Home Page)
Title: The World Weather 2010
Description: The World Weather 2010 project offers educational material for classroom use.
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