- U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical
Applications Department
- Earth-Sun Geometry Module (Carbone)
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| Labs 3 & 4: Earth's Energy Budget |
- University of Oregon radiation animations
- The Earth's radiation energy balance
- Earth-Sun geometry module (Carbone)
- Long-wave radiation module (Carbone)
- U.S. solar radiation atlas
- U.S. solar radiation database
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| Lab 5: Moisture |
- U.S. dew point
- U.S. relative humidity
- Moisture Module (Carbone)
- Water vapor satellite images:
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| Lab 6: Stability |
- Upper-air soundings—UCAR
- GOES atmospheric soundings—NOAA
- Upper-air soundings—University of Wyoming
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| Lab 7: Cloud Droplets |
- Experimental GOES aircraft icing imagery
- Heavy precipitation
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| Lab 8: Atmospheric Motion |
- Sea-level pressure and surface winds
- U.S. surface winds
- Upper air winds
- El Niño, La Niña, Pacific Decadal
Oscillation
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| Lab 9: Weather Map Analysis |
- Unisys basics on:
- National Weather Service
- Contouring exercise
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| Lab 10: Midlatitude Cyclones |
- Current conditions from NWS
- COLA Weather and Climate Data
- NexSat: North American Satellite Images
- Satellite gallery of extratropical
cyclones
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| Lab 11: Thunderstorms and Tornadoes |
- National Severe Storms Laboratory
- Storm Prediction Center
- NOAA tornado page
- Satellite gallery of tornadoes
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| Lab 12: Hurricanes |
- NOAA hurricane page
- National Hurricane Center, Tropical Prediction
Center
- National Climatic Data Center’s hurricane page
- Tropical storm imagery
- University of Wisconsin tropical cyclone page
- University of Michigan Weather
Underground
- Naval Research Lab Tropical Cyclone Page
- Tropical cyclone module (Carbone)
- General tropical weather page
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| Lab 13: Climate Controls |
- Sea-surface temperatures:
- Climate controls module (Carbone)
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| Lab 14: Climate Classification |
- Global climate maps
- Africa ITCZ module
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| Lab 15: World Climates |
- Global climate datasets:
- Confluence landscapes:
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| Lab 16: Climatic Change |
- Paleoclimate primers
- Paleoclimate data
- Global climate change
- Oceans and climate (TAMU's site for El
Niño, ice ages, etc.)
- World Meteorological Organization Ozone Mapping
Centre
- Stratospheric ozone
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| Lab 17: Simulating Climatic Change |
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| Appendix B: Earth Measures |
- Maps
- Latitude and longitude
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| Appendix C: GeoClock |
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