METEOROLOGY RESOURCES


	Compiled by Peter Y. Chou Instructor for “Navigating the Internet” CTIS Division, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California

Aurora Resources:
The Aurora Page (Michigan Technological University)— http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/
(Information, links, & images about the Northern Lights)
Auroras: Paintings in the Sky— http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/index.html
(Self-guided tour: an illustrated journey with aurora links)
The Northern Lights— http://www.uit.no/npt/nordlyset/nordlyset.en.html
(Info, Pictures, and Movie from the Northern Lights Planetarium, Norway)
"Aurora Borealis: the northern lights" by Franck Pettersen— http://beatles.imv.uit.no/homepage-imv.uit.no.html
(Northern Lights folklore, climate, physics, Norwegian pioneers)
Aurora photos by Michael Dolan— http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/images/aurora/
(Keweenaw Peninsula, Upper Peninsula Michigan at McLean's State Park, March-April 1994)
Aurora Basics— http://www.pfrr.alaska.edu/~ddr/ASGP/STRSCOOP/AURORA/SUMMARY.HTM
(Brief one-page aurora tutorial from Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska)
Northern Lights Movie— http://www.uit.no/npt/nordlyset/nordlys.mov
(30-seconds QuickTime movie of Northern Lights from Norway)
Alaska Aurora Borealis photos by Jan Curtis— http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/images/aurora/jan.curtis/
(9 pages of Aurora photos taken around Fairbanks, Alaska, 1996)
Aurora Photographs— http://www.erols.com/astrogph/aurora.htm
(Photos by Randall Wehler, August 1991 at Calhoun Lake, Spicer, MN)
Shooting the Aurora Borealis— http://www.ptialaska.net/~hutch/aurora.html
(Photo tips on exposures & film by Dick Hutchinson)
Hubble Follows Rapid Changes in Jupiter's Aurora— http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/PR/96/32.html
(October 17, 1996 SpaceTelescope Science Institute Press Release & Photos)
Alaska Science Forum: Aurora Index— http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/aurora.html
(17 Essays on Northern Lights from Alaska's Geophysical Institute)
Cloud Resources:
Cloud Catalog— http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/clouds/
(Cloud identification by the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois)
Cloud Tutorial— http://webphysics.ph.msstate.edu/cl-id/clouds/clouds1.html
(Click-through quiz of 30 images to identify 10 cloud types from Mississippi State University)
Clouds and Precipitation— http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml
(How clouds develop, Cyclones, Cloud types: high, middle & low-level clouds)
Precipitation— http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/prcp/home.rxml
(Hail, rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow)
Cloud Boutique— http://vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html
(Plymouth State College Meterology Program: cloud photos from Plymouth, NH)
Clouds from Dan's Wild Wild Weather Page— http://www.whnt19.com/kidwx/clouds.htm
(by Dan Satterfield, meteorologist of WHNT-TV, Huntsville, Alabama)
Noctilucent Clouds— http://www.personal.u-net.com/~kersland/nlc/nlchome.htm
(Clouds appearing near summer solstice, sightings, photo archives)
Infrared Composites of Cloud Images— ftp://ftp.stk.com/clouds/raw/
(FTP to archive of geosynchronous satellite images of clouds)
Clouds of Consciousness— http://www.consciousness.com/p1_cloud.html
(Photos of cloud sculptures floating in the air by David Hargrave)
Cloudhome— http://pen1.pen.k12.va.us/Anthology/Div/Albemarle/Schools/Crozet/ClassPages/ Woodward/weather/CLOUDS/C_text/cloudhome.html (5th grade class on clouds & weather; Clouds Quiz)
Cloud Glossary— http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/clouds/html/glossary.html
(compiled by Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois)
"I wandered lonely as a cloud"— http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/wordsworth/ww260.html
(William Wordsworth's 1804 poem archived at Project Bartleby, Columbia University)
Earthquake Resources:
USGS Earthquake Information— http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/
(Latest Quake Information from the US Geological Survey)
Earthquake Fact Sheet— http://www.fema.gov/fema/fact01.html
(Before, During, & After Earthquake Info from the Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Earthquake FAQ— http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/more/eqfaq.html
(Late breaking weather news, 4-day forecast from 6100 cities worldwide)
Northern California Earthquake Data Center— http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/
(Joint Project of UCBerkeley Seismological Lab & USGS at Menlo Park)
Earthquake Maps & Information— http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/eqmaps.html
(Info from the Association of Bay Area Governments)
Bay Area Earthquake Map— http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/SF_Bay.html
(Map & reports of recent earthquakes in California & Nevada)
Today's Earthquake Activity— http://vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html
(Student activities on predicting earthquakes)
1906 San Francisco Earthquake— http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/more/1906/
(April 18, 1906 earthquake with photos & eyewitness accounts)
Earthquake Prediction Newsletter by Jim Berkland— http://www.syzygyjob.com/
(Latest earthquake data & predictions)
Ask-a-Geologist@usgs.gov— http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/ask-a-ge.html
(Email your questions on earthquakes & volcanoes to a USGS geologist)
Eclipse Resources:
NASA's Eclipse Home Page— http://planets.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html
(Catalog of solar & luna eclipses 1996-2020, photo gallery)
Eclipse for Beginning Students http://planets.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEnovice.html
(Diagrams explaining umbra, penumbra, total, & annular solar eclipse)
Solar Eclipse: Stories from the Path of Totality— http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/
(Exploratium's webcast of the February 26, 1998 total solar eclipse from the Caribbean)
Earth View Eclipse Network— http://www.earthview.com/
(Eclipse tutorial, timetables, observation tips, bibliography, glossary, links)
Solar Eclipse Paths: 1997-2005— http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/predictions/eclipse-paths.html
(NASA Eclipse bulletins with eclipse paths & animations)
Sky Online's Eclipse Page— http://www.skypub.com/eclipses/eclipses.shtml
(Solar & Lunar Eclipse from Sky and Telescope)
Solar Eclipse Photography— http://www2.ari.net/glsmyth/articles/eclipse.htm
(Diamond ring & Full corona Solar eclipse photos of July 11, 1991 with photo hints)
Solar Eclipse 1999— http://www.intercon-spacetec.com/ava/sofi99/index_e.html
(Eclipse page from the Sternwarte Planetarium in Augsburg, Germany)
Tom Geletka's Eclipse Info for 1999— http://homepage.interaccess.com/~geletka/eclipse1.htm
(Map of August 11, 1999 eclipse in Europe at two minute time intervals with links)
Solar Eclipse: June 11, 1983— http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~cyk/eclipse.htm
(Chong-Yee Khoo's account & photo of total solar eclipse in Java, Indonesia)
Eclipse Enthusiasm Follow the Sun— http://www.msnbc.com/news/145399.asp
(February 26, 1998 Solar Eclipse stories from MSNBC)
El Niño Resources:
El Niño Theme Page— http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/home.htm
(El Niño data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
FAQ about Climate & El Niño— http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/faq.html
(Learn about El Niño & La Niña from the NOAA with many hyperlinks)
El Niño Research, Forecasts & Observations— http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/
(El Niño Page from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Environmental News Network: El Niño Special Report— http://www.enn.com/specialreports/elnino/index.asp
(What is El Niño, Past El Niños, Measuring El Niño, El Niño Impacts)
1997-98 El Niño Southern Oscillation— http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/
(Media stories from newspapers, radio, video; El Niño sites)
El Niño Information for Youth— http://www.coe.usouthal.edu/oar/html/el_nino.html
(Basic information, historical data, predictions)
Explaining El Niño— http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/elnino/elnino.htm#TOP
(Washington Post report on El Niño, Autumn 1997)
El Niño Forecasts— http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/index.html
(Scientific papers from Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University)
El Niño Impact of Global Climate— http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~ekassoy/el_nino.html
(Stanford University's report on El Niño with sources)
Flood Resources:
Floods & Flash Floods Fact Sheet— http://www.fema.gov/library/floodf.htm
(Flood Info from the Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Water Resources of the United States— http://h2o.usgs.gov/>
(Flood news, water data, acid rain from the USGS)
Floods: Lesson from Newton's Apple (PBS)— http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/12/Lessons/floods.html
(How floods occur? Flood vocabulary, Resources)
Interactive Weather Information Network— http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/main.html
(Flood, Flash Flood, Thunderstorm, Tornado warnings by state)
California Flood Information— http://ceres.ca.gov/topic/flood2.html
(Flood Info from the Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Flash Floods & Hail— http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/dngr/flood.rxml
(Flash flood deaths have exceeded tornado fatalities in the last several decades)
Nova Online: Flood— http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flood/ (PBS program on Floods)
Johnstown Flood Museum— http://www.ctcnet.net/jaha/pages/jfm.htm>
(History & archive images of the Johnstown Flood of 1889)
Fargo Flood Homepage— http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/fargoflood/
(Flood info on the Red River of North Dakota)
Flood Pictures— http://www.haznet.tierranet.com/hazflood.htm
(Flood photos from Hazard Kentucky 1927-1963)
Hurricane Resources:
National Hurricane Center (Florida International University, Miami)— http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
(Cyclone forecasts, Satellite imagery, Historical data, Storm names)
National Hurricane Center (Florida International University, Miami)— http://hurricane.terrapin.com/
(Atlantic & Pacific storm tracks from satellite weather data)
Q&A About Hurricanes— http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/hurricane/
(Hurricanes Info from the National Severe Storms Lab at Norman, Oklahoma)
FAQ: Hurricanes, Typhoons, Tropical Cyclones— http://www.amol.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html
(Q&A's from NOAA-AOML/Hurricane Research Division)
Hurricanes— http://www.coe.usouthal.edu/oar/html/hurricanes.html (Hurricanes page from NOAA)
Hurricane Glossary— http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgloss.html
(Cyclone & hurricane terminology from the National Hurricane Center)
Hurricane & Tropical Data— http://wxp.atms.purdue.edu/hurricane/index.html
(Hurricane data, charts, satellite images from Purdue University)
FEMA for Kids: Hurricanes— http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm
(Hurricane classification, Past hurricanes, Hurricane names, Hurricane cartoons)
Hurricane Names— http://www.fema.gov/kids/hunames2.htm
(Hurricane names from 1996-2001)
Hurricane Quiz— http://www.herald.com/extra/archive/hurr/html/2.htm
(Interactive hurricane quiz from the Miami Herald)
Lightning Resources:
Lightning— http://www.coe.usouthal.edu/oar/html/lightning.html
(Lightning info from College of Education website)
Q&A About Lightning— http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/ltg/
(Lightning Info from the National Severe Storms Lab at Norman, Oklahoma)
Lightning— http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/lightning/index.html
(Lightning: Shocking stories & striking photos from National Geographic)
Lightning Quiz— http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/lightning/index.html
(Lightning Quiz: win a prize if you get the 5 answers right)
Lightning Photos— http://www.chaseday.com/lightning.htm
(Lightning photos by Gene Moore)
Kid's Lightning Information & Safety— http://www.azstarnet.com/~anubis/zaphome.htm
(Children's stories & drawings about lightning with links)
Q&A About Thunderstorms— http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/storm/
(Thunderstorm Info from the National Severe Storms Lab at Norman, Oklahoma)
Types of Thunderstorms— http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/type/home.rxml
(Single- Multi- & Super-cell Storms explained with charts)
Lightning Detection from Space— http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/lisotd.html#CHAR
(Storm characteristics, Lightning discharges, Imaging & Mapping sensors)
Emily Dickinson's Poem 630— http://www.engl.virginia.edu/~ennc491/alabaster/text/JOHN630.html
("The Lightning playeth— all the while—")
The Lightning Field (1977)— http://www.diacenter.org/ltproj/lf/lf.html
(Sculptor Walter De Maria's 400 stainless steel poles set up in New Mexico desert)
Rainbow Resources:
Rainbows: an arc of concentric colored bands— http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/wtr/rnbw/frm.rxml>
(Rainbow refraction diagrams from Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois)
About Rainbows— http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/rnbw.html>
(Science of rainbows from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)
Questions about Rainbows— http://www.deltatech.com/rainbowx.html>
(What happens when light, water, and air meet?)
Rainbow Lab: Introduction— http://www.geom.umn.edu/education/calc-init/rainbow/
(Mathematics of Rainbows from University of Minnesota)
Rainbow Photographs— http://australianssevereweather.simplenet.com/photography/rainbows.htm
(16 rainbow photos from Australia, 1990-1996)
Fred Stern's Rainbow Maker Home Page— http://www.zianet.com/rainbow/home.htm
(Large pumps & sunlight to create rainbows 200 feet across; finding & making rainbows)
Rainbow Mythology— http://www.zianet.com/rainbow/Relig.Htm
(Religious myths on rainbows from around the world)
Rainbows: Photos & Poems— http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~rywang/magic_small/rainbows.html
(Art gallery of mounted photos with poems arranged by Randy Wang)
Primary & Secondary Rainbows— http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/optics/rainbows/gifs/secon1.rainbow.gif
(Photo from Dept. of Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois)
Rainbow Bridge National Monument— http://www.nps.gov/rabr/
(World's largest natural bridge in San Juan County, Utah)
Rainbow in the Berkeley Hills— http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/art/images/171l.jpg
(1869 painting by Inness in the White House)
Rainbow Basin— http://www.art.net/Studios/Visual/Saelon/show2/images/rainbow.jpg
(Photo of Rainbow Basin, Mojave Desert by Saelon Renkes)
Solar Flare Resources:
What is a Solar Flare?— http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/sftheory/flare.htm
(Solar flare theory page from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
Carrington's Flare— http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/whcarr.html
(First recorded solar flare in astronomical literature, September 1, 1859)
Solar Flares— http://ispec.ucsd.edu/student-pages/sun97/flares.html
(Student's pages on solar flares from UCSD)
Solar Wind Interactions— http://ispec.ucsd.edu/student-pages/solar-wind/notes.html
(Fact sheet on solar winds & interaction with earth)
Astronomy: The Sun— http://tommy.jsc.nasa.gov/~woodfill/SPACEED/SEHHTML/sun.html
(Facts about the sun from NASA including solar flares)
Images of the Sun— http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/images/sun/
(Four images of solar flares from Michigan Technological University)
Solar Flares: Ultraviolet photo from Skylab— http://xrtpub.harvard.edu/Xray/sun_flares.html
(Solar flare 365,000 miles across solar surface, December 19, 1973)
Comets & Solar Flares— http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970414e.html
(A NASA scientist answer to what happens when a comet hits a solar flare)
Why the Sun's Surface is Cooler?— http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1997-11/10/068l-111097-idx.html
(Nov. 10, 1997 Washington Postarticle by Kathy Sawyer)
Solar flare tidal waves photographed for first time— http://www.usatoday.com/life/science/space/lss076.htm
(October 23, 1997 news article from USA Today)
Solar flares show vulnerability of high-tech communications— http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/stories/1997/041097d.htm
(April 10, 1997 news article from Florida Today)
Tornado Resources:
Tornadoes: violently rotating columns of air— http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/torn/home.rxml
(Photo essay on tornadoes from Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois)
Tornado Project Online— http://www.tornadoproject.com/
(Tornadoes: recent & past, Top tens, Fujita scale, Oddities & myths, Storm chasing)
Q&A About Tornadoes—— http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/tornado/
(Tornado Info from the National Severe Storms Lab at Norman, Oklahoma)
Tornado Information Index (USA Today)— http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wtwist0.htm
(Latest tornado reports, tornado safety, tornado science & history)
Storm Chaser Homepage— http://taiga.geog.niu.edu/chaser/chaser.html
(Current forecasts, Tornado talk, Eyewitness accounts, FAQ, Book-Video-Movie Reviews)
Storm Chaser Photo Gallery— http://taiga.geog.niu.edu/chaser/photo.html
(40 tornado photo galleries from storm chasers)
Tornadoes— http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/tornado.htm
(Articles & photos of tornadoes from Australia)
An Overview of Tornadoes & Thunderstorms— http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/storm_news/tornsumm.htm
(A brief essay on violent storms by Paul Graham)
Volcano Resources:
MTV Volcanoes Page— http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/
(Volcanoes Links from Michigan Technological University)
Volcano World Starting Points— http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html
(Search site, Ask a Volcanologist, Bulletins, Video clips, Observatories)
Volcano World Kid's Door— http://vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html
(Volcano art, School Project Ideas, Virtual Field Trips, Volcano Quiz)
World Reference Map to Earth's Active Volcanoes— http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/world.html
(Links to 12 regions of volcanic activity on earth)
Instructional Materials in Volcanology— http://covis1.atmos.uiuc.edu/geosciences/instructional/geology/volcano.html
(11 links to informative web sites on volcanoes)
World's Volcanoes— http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/framework.html
(Alphabetical listing of the world's volcanoes)
Volcano Photo Archives— http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Photo/Volcanoes/framework.html
(from US Geological Survey-Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, WA)
GOES Project Volcano Watch— http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goesb/chesters/web/text/goes.volcanoes.html
(QuickTime & MPEG animations of volcanic events captured by GOES weather satellites)
Volcano Glossary— http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/framework.html
(Volcanic terms defined from ash to tsunami)
Volcanic Facts: Questions & Answers— http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicFacts/misc_volcanic_facts_questions.html (FAQ on volcanoes)
Live Camera from Mt. Etna— http://www.iiv.ct.cnr.it/files/cam_etna.html
(Reports, images, movies & maps from Mt. Etna)
Mt. Etna Volcanic Eruption— http://www.iiv.ct.cnr.it/files/cam_etna.html
(QuickTime movie of Mt. Etna eruption, December 23, 1995, 12:58)
Montserrat Volcano Observatory— http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/west.indies/soufriere/govt/images/123195/
(Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, December 31, 1995)
Volcano Watch Satellite Images— http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/volcano.html
(Satellite images of the world's ten most active volcanoes with Java animation)
Deadliest Volcanic Eruptions— http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vw_hyperexchange/deadly_volcs.html
(24 deadliest volcanoes from Pompeii 79 AD to Pinatubo 1991)
Volcano Eruption Scale— http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/eruption_scale.html
(Volcanic Eruption Index or VEI from 0-8 with examples)
Volcanic Ash & Aircraft Safetry— http://www.geo.mtu.edu/department/classes/ge404/gcmayber/intro.html
(Danger of airplanes flying into volcanic clouds with references)

� Peter Y. Chou, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
email address: pyc2108@mercury.fhda.edu (7-5-98)