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- Current weather (satellite images)
- Current weather and forecasts (maps, radar, soundings)
- Current weather and forecasts (text)
- Special event information (may be transient)
- Other images
- Map data
- Research data and metadata/Primary data centers
- Research data and metadata/Other Sites
- Software
- Pointers to other resources
- Education resources and institutional home pages
- Oceanographic data
- US Regional Climate Centers
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North America
- Hourly GOES visible and IR (last few days)
ftp://early-bird.think.com/pub/weather/maps/
ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/wx/
ftp://kestrel.umd.edu/pub/wx/
ftp://wmaps.aoc.nrao.edu/pub/wx/
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/multimedia/images/wx/
gopher://wx.atmos.uiuc.edu:70/11/Images/
gopher://metlab1.met.fsu.edu/11/images/
gopher://geograf1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/1/wxascii/gophergrafx/satpix/
http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/wxworld/html/satimg.html
afs://afs/athena.mit.edu/project/weather
- Daily full-disk GOES
gopher://gopher.ssec.wisc.edu:70/11/gsdc.d/
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/
- Image archives (older images)
gopher://wx.atmos.uiuc.edu:70/11/Images/
gopher://nevado.srcc.lsu.edu/11/Images/GOES/
gopher://nevado.srcc.lsu.edu/11/Images/AVHRR/
- Other
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ftp://ats.orst.edu/pub/weather/ :
GOES vis/IR images of North, Central America
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ftp://cmits02.dow.on.doe.ca/photos/ :
GOES-7, NOAA-series images of central and eastern Canada (non-current)
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ftp://uriacc.uri.edu/davet.195/ (VMS) :
NOAA-11 images of the northeast US
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ftp://ftp.colorado.edu/pub/weather-images/ :
Visible and IR images of the US
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ftp://wilbur.stanford.edu/pub/weathergifs/ :
Visible and IR images of the US
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ftp://rainbow.physics.utoronto.ca/pub/sat_images/ :
NOAA-11/12 mosaic images of North America
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ftp://photo1.si.edu//More.Smithsonian.Stuff/nasm.planetarium/weather.gif/ :
NOAA and other satellite images
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ftp://snow.nohrsc.nws.gov/pub/jpg :
NOAA-10 and -11 AVHRR images of the US, Alaska and Canada
false color composite of bands 1,3&4 in JPEG format
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gopher://ashpool.micro.umn.edu/11/Weather/Maps/ :
Visible and IR over North America
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gopher://cmits02.dow.on.doe.ca/11/photos/ :
GOES-7, NOAA-series images of central and eastern Canada (non-current)
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gopher://downwind.sprl.umich.edu/11/Weather_Images :
US IR and vis GIF images
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gopher://geograf1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/1/wxascii/gophergrafx/satpix :
Water vapor, enhanced infrared over US
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gopher://meteor.atms.purdue.edu/ :
GOES vis, IR, composites, enhanced images over US and Indiana
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gopher://metlab1.met.fsu.edu/11/images/ :
GOES 1.1 km vis images of Tallahassee, Orlando, Florida
- gopher://grizzly.uwyo.edu/ :
GOES vis, IR images of North America, western US, eastern US, plus floater
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wais://quake.think.com:210/weather/ :
Searchable weather index containing satellite maps
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http://thunder.atms.purdue.edu/ :
GOES vis, IR, composites, enhanced images over US and Indiana
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http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/wxworld/html/satimg.html :
GOES vis and IR over North America, MPEG animations
- http://www.ns.doe.ca/how.html :
Satellite photos over eastern Canada
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http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/images.html :
SST off US east coast from high resolution NOAA polar orbiter
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http://www.tasc.com/icast :
Various satellite images
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http://wwwcaps.uoknor.edu/Weather.html :
Everything you ever wanted to know about weather in Oklahoma
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http://rs560.cl.msu.edu/weather/ :
GOES visible and IR images over North America
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http://www.fnoc.navy.mil/ :
DMSP visible and IR images over US, east Atlantic, west Pacific
Europe
Pacific
- ftp://boa.gsfc.nasa.gov/Weather/gms/ (for use by east America, Europe) :
Full-disk GMS vis/IR hourly images in gif and hdf
- ftp://ftp.gphs.vuw.ac.nz/pub/weather/pictures :
GMS images over New Zealand in JPEG format
- ftp://ftp.jcu.edu.au/JCUMetSat/ :
GMS-4 images of Australia, TOGA/COARE area
- ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/Weather/ (for use by west America) :
Full-disk GMS-4 vis/IR hourly images, GOES-7 half-hourly, GOES-8, in
gif and hdf
- ftp://plaza.aarnet.edu.au/Weather (for use by Australia, NZ, Asia) :
Full-disk GMS vis/IR hourly images in gif and hdf
- ftp://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/data/noaa/ :
Quick-look HRPT images of Japan, Pacific in pgm format
- ftp://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/ :
5-channel and SST data from AVHRR on NOAA-11, NOAA-12, full-disk and
TOGA/COARE GMS-4 vis/IR hourly
- ftp://wilbur.stanford.edu/ :
Images of Australia, TOGA/COARE area in gif format
- gopher://babel.ho.bom.gov.au/11/Australian%20Weather%20Information/Images :
Images of Australia
- gopher://gopher.ncc.go.jp:70/11/INFO/weather/ :
GMS and NOAA images of Japan and Pacific
- gopher://nippori.tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ :
Quick-look NOAA jpg images of Pacific -- archive back to November 1992
- http://rs560.cl.msu.edu/weather/ :
Full-disk GMS vis/IR hourly images in gif and hdf format
- http://life.anu.edu.au:80/weather.html :
Various images & forecasts for Australia, world
- http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/ :
5-channel and SST data from AVHRR on NOAA-11, NOAA-12, full-disk and
TOGA/COARE GMS-4 vis/IR hourly
- http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/images.html :
SST in NW Pacific from high resolution NOAA polar orbiter
- http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/english/Wetter/index.html :
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US maps: 6-panel, UA, surface
Other
- ftp://cmits02.dow.on.doe.ca/maps/ :
Canadian weather map (in French or English) (not current)
- ftp://ftp.colorado.edu/pub/weather-images/ :
Surface analyses, radar summaries, soundings for various locations
- ftp://kestrel.umd.edu/pub/wx/ :
Surface maps for Alaska, US regions (see files 00)
- ftp://unidata.ucar.edu/images/ :
Surface analyses, radar summaries, meteorgrams, skewT for various locations
- telnet://wind.atmos.uah.edu:3000/ :
Surface T, SLP, radar, wind, surface data for US and S.E. US (using WXP)
- gopher://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu:70/ :
Surface & upper air analyses, forecasts, meteorgrams for Vermont, N.E. US
- gopher://cmits02.dow.on.doe.ca/11/maps/ :
Canadian weather map (in French or English) (not current)
- gopher://downwind.sprl.umich.edu/11/Weather_Images :
Current Asian, European, South American temperatures and precipitation
- gopher://geograf1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/1/wxascii/gophergrafx/surface :
Surface analyses for Ohio, US, Antarctica, Alaska
- gopher://mcidas.uncc.edu/1mcidas.70 :
Southeast US skew-T, meteorgrams, mesoscale analyses, upper-air plots
- gopher://meteor.atms.purdue.edu/ :
Surface & upper air analyses, forecast model output, radar, skewT,
meteorgrams for US states
- gopher://metlab1.met.fsu.edu/ :
Radar summaries, upper air plots, soundings, for US states; surface
plots for US states, Canada, Caribbean
- gopher://grizzly.uwyo.edu/ :
Four-panel US maps from forecast models, meteorgrams, forecasts for US
states, regional surface maps, radar
- gopher://unidata.ucar.edu:70/11/Images/ :
Surface analyses, radar summaries, meteorgrams, skewT for various locations
- gopher://vortex.weather.brockport.edu/11/ :
Forecast model output (ECMWF, NMC), Oswego lake effect model output images
- gopher://wx.atmos.uiuc.edu:70/11/Images/ :
Six-panel US maps (various variables), UA and surface maps (US, Canada)
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http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/ :
Extensive collection of various weather maps for North America
- http://aristarchus.rutgers.edu/weather.html :
Weather map with radar (US) (updated every 20 minutes!):
- http://www.cs.indiana.edu/weather/panels.html :
Six-panel US maps
- http://www.cs.indiana.edu/weather/surface.html :
Current surface weather map
- http://java.meteor.wisc.edu/index.html :
VIS-5D datasets and GIF images of current 48 hour North America and
US forecasts
- http://rs560.cl.msu.edu/weather/ :
Six-panel US maps (various weather variables), radar maps
- http://thunder.atms.purdue.edu/ :
Surface & upper air analyses, forecast model output, radar, skewT,
meteorgrams for US states
- http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/wxworld/html/top.html :
Surface and upper air analyses, 6-panel maps, soundings, forecast model
output for US and US regions
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http://www.fnoc.navy.mil/ :
Surface T and P, 12-hour precip, analyses and forecasts; also ocean vars
- http://www.etl.noaa.gov/OTHdata.html :
Near-real-time images of surface winddirection for the North Atlantic Ocean
- http://www.mit.edu:8001/weather/ :
Surface analysis for US, plus forecasts
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http://www.nnic.noaa.gov/weather.html :
NWS forecasts for US regions, cities, states.
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http://www.ns.doe.ca/how.html :
Maps and radar images of eastern Canada
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http://www.tasc.com/icast :
US radar, precipitation, high temp forecast, weather records for some locs
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk :
Synoptic charts for the UK
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Weather Undergrounds (US/Canada fcsts, global reports, ski conds, severe wx)
Other North American current weather and forecasts
- ftp://ats.orst.edu/pub/weather/ :
Some US city and Oregon weather forecasts
- ftp://ncardata.ucar.edu/pub/weather/ :
Colorado weather forecasts
- telnet://duat2.wtp.gtefsd.com :
Aviation weather -- pilots only
- telnet://empire.cce.cornell.edu :
Climate data and information (login "guest"), select "Weather" then "CLIMOD"
- telnet://nevado.srcc.lsu.edu :
Observations and forecasts for US
- telnet://shelley.ca.uky.edu :
Zone forecasts for US States, central US river stage forecasts,
detailed Kentucky information (login "kyag")
- gopher://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu:70/ :
Forecasts and summaries for US as whole, N.E. US
- gopher://ashpool.micro.umn.edu/11/Weather/ :
Current weather and forecasts for US, Canada
- gopher://geograf1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/ :
Forecasts for US, Canada, Caribbean; severe weather, NMC products, tropical
observations and forecasts, marine and aviation weather
- gopher://gopher.atmos.albany.edu :
Forecasts and other weather products for eastern New York State
- gopher://gopherpc.abrfc.noaa.gov/ :
River stage forecasts for Arkansas-Red River Basin (central US)
- gopher://mcidas.uncc.edu/ :
Many National Weather Service products for Southeast US
- gopher://metlab1.met.fsu.edu/11/weather :
Florida weather and forecasts
- gopher://nevado.srcc.lsu.edu/ :
Observations and forecasts for south central US states
- gopher://ns.noaa.gov/ :
US city and state forecasts
- gopher://owl.nstn.ns.ca/ :
Canadian forecasts
- gopher://shelley.ca.uky.edu/11/.weather :
Zone forecasts for US States, central US river stage forecasts,
detailed Kentucky information
- gopher://swami.tamu.edu/ :
Agricultural weather forecasts and reports for southern US, esp. Texas
- gopher://vortex.weather.brockport.edu/ :
Current weather at SUNY brockport, US forecasts
- gopher://wx.atmos.uiuc.edu:70/ : Current weather and forecasts for US, Canada, Caribbean
- http://agwx.agry.purdue.edu :
Weather forecasts and climate data for Midwest US
- http://www.hawaii.edu/News/weather.html :
Forecasts and surf conditions in Hawaii
- http://ns.noaa.gov/ :
US city and state forecasts
- http://rs560.cl.msu.edu/weather/ :
Current weather and forecast for Lansing, MI
- http://swami.tamu.edu/ :
Agricultural weather forecasts and reports for southern US, esp. Texas
- http://www.mit.edu:8001/weather/ :
Current weather and forecasts for US cities
- http://www.ns.doe.ca/how.html :
Regional weather forecasts for eastern Canada
Current weather and forecasts elsewhere
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Still images
- ftp://unidata.ucar.edu/images/ :
Images of hurricanes Emily, Hugo, Beryl, Kevin
- ftp://ats.orst.edu/pub/weather/ :
Hurricane Andrew and Emily images
- ftp://ftp.colorado.edu/pub/weather-images/hurricane.andrew :
Hurricane Andrew images and weather maps
- ftp://ftp.colorado.edu/pub/weather-images/hurricane.emily :
Hurricane Emily images and weather maps
- ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/hurricane_Andrew :
Hurricane Andrew images
- ftp://snow.nohrsc.nws.gov/ :
"Blizzard of 93", midwest flood, Malibu fires smoke plume jpeg images
- ftp://climate.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/gumley/ :
Midwest flood images
- ftp://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pub/spectactular :
Hurricane Fernanda images
- ftp://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pub/avhrr/images :
Hurricanes John, Emilia and Fabio
- gopher://downwind.sprl.umich.edu/11/Weather_Archives/ :
Blizzard of 93, hurricanes Andrew, Hugo, Emily, Elena; tornado paths
- gopher://wx.atmos.uiuc.edu:70/11/Images/Hurricane%20Emily/ :
Hurricane Emily track (gif and ps) and image
- gopher://unidata.ucar.edu:70/11/Images/ :
Images of hurricanes Emily, Hugo, Beryl, Kevin
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http://taiga.geog.niu.edu/chaser.html :
Various storms and storm-chasing resources
- http://www.hawaii.edu/News/news.html :
Worldwide tropical storm track gif images
- http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/fernanda.html :
Hurricane Fernanda images
- http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/weather.html :
California fires, hurricane Emily track
- http://www.sel.bldrdoc.gov/images/eclipse.html :
Images of May 10, 1994 annular eclipse
Movies
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- ftp://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/pub :
Data and information from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
- ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/ :
NGDC datasets, CD-ROM information
- ftp://ftppodaac.jpl.nasa.gov/ :
Info on datasets available from the JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed
Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC)
- ftp://hurricane.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data :
Info on datasets available from NCDC, some data
- ftp://ncardata.ucar.edu/ :
Info on datasets available from NCAR, some small datasets directly available
- ftp://nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov/ :
Info on NSSDC datasets and global change data
- telnet://eosdis.larc.nasa.gov :
Info on datasets available from EOSDIS (login "ims", password "larcims")
- telnet://esdim1.nodc.noaa.gov :
Info on datasets, satellites, sensors (login "NOAADIR")
- telnet://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov :
Access to the Global Change Master Directory (login "gcdir")
- telnet://glis.cr.usgs.gov :
Info on datasets available from USGS
- telnet://hurricane.ncdc.noaa.gov :
Info on datasets available from NCDC (login "storm", password "research")
- telnet://nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov :
Info on NSSDC datasets
- telnet://santa.asf.alaska.edu :
Info on and data from SAR satellites (login "ACSUSER", password "ALASKASAR")
- gopher://140.90.5.206/ :
Information from the National Weather Service about changes to data
formats and transmissions
- gopher://esdim1.esdim.noaa.gov/11/NOAA_systems :
Links to NOAA gopher and telnet sites
- gopher://gopher.ngdc.noaa.gov/ :
NGDC datasets, CD-ROM information
- gopher://gopher.nodc.noaa.gov/ :
Connections to various government agencies: NOAA, NIST, EPA, DOE, etc.
- wais://ridgisd.er.usgs.gov :
DOE_Climate_Data.src: Contains info about climate data sets
- http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov :
Access to the Global Change Master Directory
- http://info.er.usgs.gov/ :
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/pub/info/holdings.html :
On-line data from USGS Global Change Research Program -- mean SST and sea ice
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http://ns.noaa.gov/NESDIS/NESDIS_Home.html :
NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service)
- http://noaacdc.colorado.edu/cdc/cdc_home.html :
Info on data available from NOAA's Climate Diagnostics Center
- http://seazar.jpl.nasa.gov/ :
Info on datasets available from the JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed
Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC)
- http://starhawk.jpl.nasa.gov/pds_home.html :
Info and data from NASA planetary missions and experiments
- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ :
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) home page, info about datasets
- http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdc.html :
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), info about datasets
- http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/dmsp.html :
Info about, and sample data from Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
- http://www.nohrsc.nws.gov/ :
Snow cover measurements in US, Canada
- http://www.sel.bldrdoc.gov/ :
Info about data products from NOAA's Space Environment Laboratory
- http://www.ucar.edu/metapage.html :
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), info and small datasets
- http://www.wrc.noaa.gov/pmelhome.html :
NOAA's Pacific Marine Environment Lab data
- http://wwwdaac.msfc.nasa.gov/ :
Info on datasets available from the Marshall Space Flight Center
Distributed Active Archive Center (MSFC.DAAC)
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- ftp://192.67.134.72/pub/ :
Some NOAA and NCDC data
- ftp://aprf.arl.mil/pub/profiles/ :
Real-time wind and temperature profiles from White Sands, NM, USA
- ftp://ccg.cmdl.erl.gov/pub/ :
Carbon dioxide and methane observations from cooperative network
- ftp://cmits02.dow.on.doe.ca/climate/nino/ :
CAC ENSO advisories and indices
- ftp://diamond.ssec.wisc.edu/ :
GOES Pathfinder dataset
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ftp://ftp.csr.utexas.edu/pub/sst/gifs :
Monthly averaged global sea level anomaly maps
- ftp://hurricane.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/blizzard :
Data from East coast blizzard
- ftp://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/nimbus7 :
Nimbus-7 TOMS ozone data (not publication quality)
- ftp://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/meteor3 :
Meteor-3 TOMS ozone data (not publication quality)
- ftp://atlantic.ocean.fsu.edu/pub/ :
East coast tidal heights and winds
- ftp://downdry.atmos.colostate.edu/ :
Atlantic and Northeast/North-central Pacific tropical cyclone track data
- ftp://nasagiss.giss.nasa.gov/ :
Cloud, SST, surface T, vegetation data
- ftp://nic.fb4.noaa.gov/pub/cac :
CAC ENSO advisories and indices, monthly mean and anomaly fields
- ftp://server.ices.inst.dk/dist/ocean :
Oceanographic codes and inventories (for PC)
- ftp://srv1rvares.er.usgs.gov/hcdn92/ :
Streamflow data from USGS
- telnet://kuda.atd.ucar.edu :
Kuwait oil fire (1991) data from NCAR (login "kuda", password "science")
- telnet://storm.ofps.ucar.edu :
STORM-FEST data, link to NCDC (login "storm", password "research")
- gopher://cmits02.dow.on.doe.ca/11/climate/nino/ :
CAC ENSO advisories and indices (CMAF climate monitoring)
- gopher://diamond.ssec.wisc.edu/ :
GOES Pathfinder dataset
- gopher://diu.cms.udel.edu/ :
Ocean Information Center -- info on WOCE, TOGA/COARE, other ocean data
- gopher://nx1.soils.umn.edu:70/ :
U. Minnesota Soil Science Department/Climatology Working Group
- http://aprf.arl.mil/aprf.html :
Real-time wind and temperature profiles from White Sands, NM, USA
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http://ftp.csr.utexas.edu/sst.html :
Monthly averaged global sea level anomaly maps
- http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODIS/MAS/Home.html :
Information about the MODIS Airborne Simulator multispectral scanner
- http://diu.cms.udel.edu/ :
Ocean Information Center -- info on WOCE, TOGA/COARE, other ocean data
- http://graupel.mit.edu/Radar_Lab.html :
Information about MIT radar lab, and data archive metadata
- http://rainbow.ldgo.columbia.edu/ :
Climate datasets, bibliographies, ENSO forecast
- http://thunder.atms.purdue.edu:80/toga_atlas/ :
Climatology of the TOGA-COARE and Adjacent Regions
- http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/ :
Alfred Wegener Institute's Hydrographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean
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http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/MET/Neumayer/met.html :
Observations from German Antarctic Station Neumayer (70\26037'S, 8\26022'W)
- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/upload/blizzard :
Data from East coast blizzard (alias of hurricane.ncdc.noaa.gov)
- http://www.service.uit.no/geofysisk/geofysisk.html :
Some magnetometer and meteorological data for Adventdalen, Norway
- http://www-ccs.ucsd.edu/ccs/about_datazoo.html :
Oceanographic data from Scripps Institute's Center for Coastal Studies
- http://xtreme.gsfc.nasa.gov :
AVHRR Land Pathfinder Data Set information
- wais://ridgisd.er.usgs.gov/ :
NOAA_National_Environmental_Referral_Service.src
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Originally from
Sources of Meteorological Data FAQ PART 1 and 2
on sci.geo.meteorology,
by
Ilana Stern - ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu.
This page by
Taikan OKI
from 03/Jan/1995 to 30/Sep/1995, last update at 22/Mar/1995.
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