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General weather and climate
The Met Office The UK national weather service http://www.meto.gov.uk/ Education section offers 'pupil resources' and teacher training. http://www.meto.gov.uk/education A-level page http://www.metoffice.com/education/higher/index.html UK weather and climate statistics http://www.metoffice.com/climate/uk/
Dundee University's satellite receiving station maintains up-to-date images from orbiting satellites. Images from geostationary satellites available for the whole earth. (NERC) http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/
Ohio State University Atmospheric Science Program, weather graphics, and information about the US national weather service. http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu
University of Hawaii Meteorology, current weather maps and satellite images, plus Hawaii weather forecasts. http://weather.hawaii.edu/
About.com have a weather section which is especially good for links on hurricanes and tornadoes. Links for world forecasts and weather charts. http://weather.about.com/
The Weather Channel US TV station http://www.weather.com
Bad Meterology Alistair B. Fraser wishes to rid education of Bad Meterology. http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadMeteorology.html Cloud formation http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadClouds.html Raindrop shape http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadRain.html
Standard grade Scalloway's page has the basics for SQA Higher students who need a reminder. http://www.scalloway.org.uk/clima.htm
Microclimates http://www.metoffice.com/education/secondary/students/microclimates.html
Urban heat islands http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa121500a.htm http://eetd.lbl.gov/HeatIsland/LEARN/
The Weather Underground Data for almost anywhere. http://www.wunderground.com/
WorldClimate.com Contains over 85,000 records of world climate data (historical weather averages) from a wide range of sources. Just type in the city name. http://www.worldclimate.com/
UK weather and climate statistics http://www.metoffice.com/climate/uk/ Station data http://www.metoffice.com/climate/uk/stationdata/index.html The Hadley Centre models future climates using observed data http://www.metoffice.com/research/hadleycentre/obsdata/
Global climate maps From the UN's FAO. http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/EIdirect/climate/EIsp0002.htm
US National data service World's largest archive of climate data. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
The Online Meteorology Guide Web-based instructional modules that incorporate text, diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio and video to introduce fundamental concepts in the atmospheric sciences. Department of Atmospheric Sciences (DAS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/home.rxml
Atmosphere chapter Michael Ritter's online physical geography textbook, The Physical Environment. http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/atmosphere/title_page.html
Introduction to the atmosphere Fundamentals of Physical Geography chapter 7 by Michael Pidwirny, University of British Columbia - Okanagan. http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/chapter7.html Air masses and fronts - clear diagrams. http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7r.html
Project Atmosphere Australia Online http://www.schools.ash.org.au/paa2/
Science at NASA NASA observes, monitors and assesses large-scale environmental processes, including climate change. http://science.hq.nasa.gov/
WMO (World Meteorological Organization) UN linked - promotes research on the Earth’s atmosphere and on climate change and facilitates the global exchange of meteorological data. http://www.wmo.ch
Aric Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment by Manchester Metropolitan University. Includes topics such as acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion. http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/eae/enter.html
GCSE tutorials http://www.ecn.ac.uk/Education/
Air masses, fronts and the UK http://www.geographyjim.org/air_masses.htm
"Distinctive climatic regions are the result of atmospheric processes that operate within a global system." WJEC specification.
Climatic zones http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/climatezones.html#zones
World climates Koppen map http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm
BBC Tropical climate basics http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/weatherwise/factfiles/basics/climate_tropical.shtml
ACE basics http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/Climate/Older/Tropical_Climate.html
Africa's climate regimes and ecological zones http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/regional/010.htm
Interactive map and charts for West Africa http://home.barton.ac.uk/curriculum/sc_env/geography/documents/unit_4/climate_and_weather_GIP/HTMLpages/c_wafrica.htm
Impact of climate change on Africa WWF report (quite a large pdf file) http://www.wwf.org.uk/filelibrary/pdf/africa_climate.pdf
"Climatic environments experience a variety of natural hazards with widespread repercussions for the populations of these regions. The response to these hazards varies." WJEC specification. see also Natural hazards and disaster relief
NASA natural hazards Satellite images including severe storms. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?topic%3Dstorm
BBC animated guide to hurricanes http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4588149.stm Naming hurricanes http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/hurricane_names.shtml Hurricane Isabel case study 2003 http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/hurricane_isabel_2003.shtml
Guardian interactive 'flash' hurricanes guide Includes guide to Saffir Simpson scale (grades hurricanes from one to five). http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/0,5860,773980,00.html
CNN hurricane special 2004 hurricane season special with lots to explore and coverage of that year's events, such as Ivan, Charley, Frances and Jeanne, which hit Florida and the East coast of the USA. http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/hurricanes/ For Dennis, Emily and Irene http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/hurricanes/interactive/fullpage.hurricanes/dennis.html
US national hurricane centre http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ Central pacific http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/cphc/ Glossary - helps for those trying to interpret NOAA material. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgloss.shtml
Tropical Weather: Weather Underground Current sea surface temperature maps, storm advisories and maps/images for North Atlantic and Pacific, along with personal blog. Hurricane RSS feed available. Blank tracking charts. http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml or see http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/charts/tropical/saffirscale.html
Online guide to hurricanes http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml
Historical hurricane tracks website Downloadable storm track datasets. http://hurricane.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/index.htm
Hurricane preparedness guide http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/intro.shtml
Hurricane background and preparedness information US FEMA (federal) hazards section. Downloadable factsheets. http://www.fema.gov/hazards/hurricanes/hurinfo.shtm
Benfield Hazard Research Centre UCL (University College London) seasonal weather forecast website. Predictions of weather and extreme weather to benefit business, industry and society, Dept. of Space and Climate Physics. http://forecast.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/
The center for ocean-atmospheric prediction studies Florida State University http://coaps.fsu.edu/
Tropical cyclones US Naval research tracking. http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html
NOAA tropical cyclone reports http://hurricane.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/reports.jsp
2005 Hurricane season set to be stormy July 2005 story based on predictions by researchers from the Benfield Hazard Research Centre, London. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4671535.stm "Based on current and projected climate signals Atlantic basin activity is forecast to be record-breaking at 150% above-average and US landfalling tropical cyclone activity is forecast to be 90% above-average." August 5th Benfield report. http://forecast.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/docs/TSRATLForecastAug2005.pdf
BBC Katrina in depth http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2005/hurricane_katrina/default.stm 29th August 2005 City empties as hurricane nears http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4192218.stm BBC 31st August 2005 'Thousands dead' in New Orleans http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4201480.stm Nature's revenge http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4201060.stm US battles to save storm victims http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4199350.stm Katrina's path of destruction http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4197346.stm
CNN special report on Katrina Maps, images and animations. http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/hurricanes/interactive/fullpage.hurricanes/katrina.html
Katrina archive - Weather Underground Tracking map and storm coordinates. http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at200511.asp
New Orleans flood map http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4201334.stm
Before and after satellite images http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/4204574.stm
Scientific links for Katrina From Michael Ritter's online physical geography text. http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/special_topics/hurricane_katrina.htm
NASA satellite images Includes false colour and 3-D anaglyph images (red blue glasses needed for the latter to work!). http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13091 Alabama and Mississippi flooding. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13090
Thousands feared lost Guardian report 1st September 2005 http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1560401,00.html Picture gallery http://www.guardian.co.uk/gall/0,8542,1558667,00.html
Interactive 'flash' presentation - Hurricane Katrina http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/0,5860,1559249,00.html
Rebuilding New Orleans 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4628000.stm Rocker angry at Katrina response (Bruce Springsteen) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4961742.stm Pictures then and now (now being Feb 2006) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4755158.stm
Social issues April 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1757166,00.html
New Orleans Times-Picayune Local news. http://www.nola.com/ Photos http://www.nola.com/katrinaphotos/
Sun Herald South Mississippi newspaper based in Biloxi http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/
Official Louisiana site - relief effort http://katrina.louisiana.gov/
Louisiana Rebuilds http://www.louisianarebuilds.info/
Louisiana Governor's Office http://www.lra.louisiana.gov./ September 2005 Katrina factsheet (pdf) http://www.lra.louisiana.gov./Talkingpointskatrina/Fact%20Sheet%20Katrina%2009%2025%2005.pdf
Hurricane Katrina - the voice of recovery. A blog site started by Margaret Saizan from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the eve of landfall to provide live coverage and pass the time. Now a focus of comment on the frustrations of the recovery process. http://www.hurricane-katrina.org/
American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/
Questions on climate change and global warming from Greenfacts. "In what way could Climate Change affect us in the future and how serious could the consequences be?" http://www.greenfacts.org/studies/climate_change/index.htm
Why the greenhouse effect is a misnomer and is not the same as global warming http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadGreenhouse.html
Global warming DEFRA site on climate change, the science behind it, how it could affect business and the action being taken. http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/index.htm For a list of links on climate change go to this DEFRA page. http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/08.htm DEFRA teaching resources (up to GCSE). "Your planet desperately needs your help and hopefully by using this site you'll realise what a vital contribution you can make." http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/schools/index.htm
Beyond Kyoto: towards a north-south bargain on climate change Tufts University researchers examine how the Kyoto Protocol has affected developing countries. id21 article http://www.id21.org/society/r2an1g1.html
Alleviate or adapt? How can the south prepare for climate change? The least developed countries (LDCs) may be contributing the least to emission of greenhouse gases but they are the most vulnerable to climate change. id21 article based on a report from the International Institute for Environment and Development. http://www.id21.org/society/s8ash2g1.html
Climate Change Programme (CCP) International Institute for Environment and Development. http://www.iied.org/climate_change/index.html
Africa - Up in smoke? The second report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development. It draws attention to the fact that climate change is a particular challenge for Africa, where many of the world's poorest countries are located. http://www.iied.org/docs/climate/Up_in_smoke_Africa.pdf
El Niņo http://elnino.noaa.gov/
