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The National Weather Service provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, and adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. NWS data and products form a national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other governmental agencies, the private sector, the public, and the global community.
The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences. Founded in 1919, AMS has a membership of more than 11,000 professionals, professors, students, and weather enthusiasts.
The World Meteorological Organization coordinates global scientific activity to allow increasingly prompt and accurate weather information and other services for public, private, and commercial use.
The National Environmental and Meteorological Association (NEMAS) is dedicated to the dissemination of important weather information to the public by way of forecasts, charts and maps, special preparedness information, and educational materials.
Calculators, Glossaries, and Other Useful Reference
Sites
Amateur Radio Glossary - Jargon,
Abbreviations, and Terminology - AC6V's Amateur Radio and DX Reference
Guide
AMS Glossary of
Meteorology - American Meteorological Society
Atmospheric
Chemistry Glossary - Sam Houston State University
Automated Surface Observing
System (ASOS) - National Weather Service
Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)
& Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) - FAA
Beaufort Wind Scale
- NWS Chicago
Beaufort Wind Scale
- NWS Storm Prediction Center
Cloud Atlas -
Pennsylvania State University
Cloud
Glossary - Texas A&M University
Dictionary of
Technical Terms for Aerospace Use - NASA Glenn Research Center
Dictionary of Units of Measure
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Earth
Observatory Glossary - NASA
Glossary of
Battery Terms - National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
Glossary
of Climate Change Terms - EPA Global Warming Site
Glossary of
Hydrologic Terms - National Weather Service
Glossary of
Hydrologic Terms - US Geological Survey
Glossary of Meteorological
Terms - NovaLynx Corporation
Glossary of NHC/TPC Terms
- NWS National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center
Glossary of Satellite
Acronyms - National Weather Association
Glossary of Solar Radiation
Terms - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Glossary of Solar Radiation Terms
- University of Oregon Solar Radiation Monitoring Laboratory
Glossary of
Telecommunication Terms - National Telecommunications and Information
Administration
Glossary of
Weather Terms for Storm Spotters - National Weather Service, Norman, OK
Glossary of Wildland Fire
Terms - National Interagency Fire Center
Glossary of
Wildland Fire Terms - National Fire Plan Web Site
International
Glossary of Hydrology - Pierre Hubert, Centre d'Informatique Geologique
Martindale's
Reference Desk - Links to over 20,000 online calculators
METAR Observation Code
- Texas A&M University
METAR User Aids -
Federal Aviation Administration
METAR/TAF
Introduction - Federal Aviation Administration, Fairbanks
Meteorological
Calculators - National Weather Service, Birmingham, AL
NOAA Weather Radio Nationwide
Station Listings - National Weather Service
NWS
Acronyms - JetStream, the National Weather Service Online Weather School
NWS Contractions -
National Weather Service Forecast Office, Tulsa, OK
NWS Glossary - National Weather
Service
NWS Offices and Centers -
National Weather Service
NWS Wind Chill Temperature
Index - National Weather Service
Official U.S. Time - National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) & U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO)
OnlineConversion.com - Convert
just about anything to anything else - BlueSparks Network
Relative Humidity Tables -
National Weather Service, Sacramento, CA
Satellite
Meteorology Glossary and List of Acronyms - University of Wisconsin,
Madison
Snow and Avalanche Glossary
- CSAC Avalanche Education Center
Snow Glossary - National
Snow and Ice Data Center
StormWiki - Collaborative encyclopedia
covering severe weather topics
Terminology
and Weather Symbols - NWS Ocean Prediction Center
UM Weather's Famous
WeatherSites Page - University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Water Quality Glossary - Water
Quality Association
Weather
Terminology - National Weather Service, Louisville, KY
Weather Calculators
- National Weather Service, El Paso Area
Weathergraph Wall Chart
- 11" x 17" reference chart for understanding weather symbols,
Weather Graphics Technologies (PDF 439KB)
WSR-88D (NEXRAD)
Terms & Acronyms - National Climatic Data Center
Manuals and Handbooks
Ambient
Monitoring Guidelines for Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) -
EPA-450/4-87-007 (PDF 4.5MB 112 pages)
The
American Practical Navigator - Pub. 9 NVPUB9V1 2002 Bicentennial Edition
Basic Requirements for
Collecting, Documenting, and Reporting Precipitation and Stormwater-Flow
Measurements - USGS 99-255 (PDF 554KB 38 pages)
Designing a
Portable Weather Station for use with ALOHA - NOAA Office of Response and
Restoration (PDF 13KB 5 pages)
Federal Meteorological Handbook
No. 1 - Surface Weather Observations and Reports - FCM-H1-2005
Federal Meteorological
Handbook No. 3 - Rawinsonde and Pibal Observations - FCM-H3-1997
Federal Meteorological Handbook
No. 11 - WSR-88D Doppler Radar Meteorological Observations - FCM-H11
Note: Only Part A is available online. (FCM-H11A-2004)
Federal Standards for
Siting Meteorological Sensors at Airports - FCM-S4-1994
Guidance For Radio Amateur
Civil Emergency Service (RACES) - FEMA CPG 1-15
International Weather
Watchers Observer Handbook - Tim Vasquez, Weather Graphics Technologies
(PDF 773KB 45 pages)
Meteorological
Monitoring Guidance for Regulatory Modeling Applications - EPA-454/R-99-005
(PDF 678KB 171 pages)
Meteorological Techniques
- Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, Nebraska, TN-98/002
(PDF 3.5MB 242 pages)
National Field Manual for the
Collection of Water-Quality Data - Book 9, Chapters A1-A9, USGS
National Fire Danger Rating
System Weather Station Standards - National Wildfire Coordinating Group PMS
426-3
NWS Observing Handbook
No. 1 - Marine Surface Weather Observations - National Weather Service
(PDF 4.3MB 153 pages)
NWS
Observing Handbook No. 2 - Cooperative Station Observations - National
Weather Service (PDF 1.4MB 94 pages)
Note: Supersedes "Substation Observation Handbook No. 2"
(1970)
Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems, Volume IV:
Meteorological Measurements - EPA/600/R-94/038d
Part
1 - (PDF 6.3MB 126 pages)
Part
2 - (PDF 7.1MB 140 pages)
Surface Weather Observing - FAA
Order 7900.5
Forums, Newsgroups, and Email Lists
alt.talk.weather newsgroup
Broadband Reports > Tech
Chat > Weather
Canadian Weather Community
Forums
Geo-Earth
Forums
J Squared
Weather Forum
sci.geo.meteorology newsgroup
StormTrack Forum
TalkWeather Forum
UKweatherworld
Forum
Weather
Instruments Email List
WeatherMatrix Email List
WeatherMatrix Forum
WX_StormyWeather
Email List
WX-CHASE Email List
WX-TALK Email List
WxChat Forum
Meteorology Education and Other Interesting Links
NOAA Central Library encompasses oceanography, ocean engineering, marine resources, ecosystems, coastal studies, atmospheric sciences (climatology and meteorology), geodesy, geophysics, cartography, mathematics, and statistics. The library has an extensive collection of historical Coast and Geodetic Survey materials (from 1807) and Weather Bureau materials (from the 1830s). These materials include historical meteorological data, information on instruments, and metadata. The Central Library is networked to the NOAA regional and field libraries and has access to their specialized collections.
Online Meteorology Guide from the University of Illinois is a collection of web-based instructional modules that incorporate text, colorful diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio, and video to introduce fundamental concepts in the atmospheric sciences. The target audience is high school and undergraduate level students, however, these resources have been used by instructors throughout K-12, undergraduate, and graduate level education.
Meteorology Education and Training (MetEd) Website is a joint effort of the NWS Training Center (NWSTC) in Kansas City, Missouri, the Warning Decision Training Branch (WDTB) in Norman, Oklahoma, and the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training (COMET) in Boulder, Colorado. The MetEd website is the principal location for all web-based materials produced by the three training facilities, and provides information on their other training and education activities, such as classroom courses and teletraining. The site also houses selected materials developed by NWS Regional Science Service Divisions and individual forecast offices.
National Weather Service Training Portal is designed to provide access to all NWS training including online materials, classroom course descriptions and schedules, as well as teletraining course overviews and signup links. This site also contains information on the Professional Development Series. Training is organized by development area (profession) with direct links to training materials on each sub-page. In addition, links to important training-related sites are listed.
JetStream, the National Weather Service Online Weather School, is designed to help educators, emergency managers, or anyone interested in learning about weather and weather safety. Information is arranged by subject; beginning with global and large scale weather patterns and followed by lessons on air masses, wind patterns, cloud formations, thunderstorms, lightning, hail, damaging winds, tornados, tropical storms, cyclones, and flooding. Interspersed are "Learning Lessons" which can be used to enhance the educational experience.
DataStreme Atmosphere precollege teacher enhancement initiative of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) trains weather education resource teachers who will promote the teaching of science, mathematics, and technology using weather as a vehicle, across the K-12 curriculum in their home school districts. DataStreme Atmosphere is part of the Cooperative Program for Earth System Education (AMS/NOAA CPESE) funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The National Science Foundation has supported DataStreme under Grant No. ESI-9453205. Meteorological products are provided via the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (COMET).
The Oklahoma Climatalogical Survey (OCS) Weather Series provides reference materials and teacher guides for classroom lessons. The teacher guides contain a list of prerequisites for the activity, suggested grade levels, an overview of the lesson content, ideas for the teacher to apply the lesson, and the lesson itself.
One Sky Many Voices creates innovative inquiry-based K-12 science curricula centered around environmental science themes. From the University of Michigan.
GLOBE Program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) is a hands-on international environmental science and education program. GLOBE links students, teachers, and the scientific research community in an effort to learn more about our environment through student data collection and observation.
Observing Urban Weather and Climate Data Using Standard Stations by T.R. Oke, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. No environment offers more challenges to the meteorological observer than the city. Quite simply the normal protocols governing observing practice break down. Given the instruments to set up a modern weather or climate station even a seasoned meteorologist does not know where to put them to generate useful data, because almost no site conforms with the WMO rules for exposure and in any case it's not clear what the observations are meant to characterise. At sites in most other environments the person installing the station is clear that the aim is to observe the state of the atmosphere without undue influences from the surface microclimate. This paper is about what the meteorological community should do to build a similar clarity of aims and rules for exposure when siting instruments in cities, where microclimates are everywhere. It argues for a serious attempt to develop new protocols and guidelines for those charged with installing and operating urban stations and networks.
Stormtrack megasite for storm chasers includes updates on weather-related events, training, and technology. Find chase reports, discussion forums, humor, and links to meteorological resources.
Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) is a private-public partnership with three main goals: (1) to collect weather data contributed by private citizens; (2) to make these data available for public weather services; and (3) to provide feedback to the data contributors so that they have the tools to improve the quality of their data. If you have a weather station and access to the internet, you can participate. Your real‑time data will be used in NOAA weather prediction models and appear on their web site at http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mesonet/. Making your data available is simple and free. More information is available from the WX4NHC amateur radio station at the National Hurricane Center.
National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) includes more than 11,000 volunteers who take observations on farms, in urban and suburban areas, national parks, seashores, and mountaintops. The first network of cooperative stations was set up as a result of an act of Congress in 1890 that established the Weather Bureau, but many COOP stations began operation long before that time. John Campanius Holm's weather records, taken without the benefit of instruments in 1644-1645, were the earliest known observations in the United States. Subsequently many persons, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, maintained weather records. Thomas Jefferson maintained an almost unbroken record of weather observations between 1776 and 1816, and George Washington took his last observation just a few days before he died.
Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO) is a system of software applications used to plan for and respond to chemical emergencies. CAMEO initially was developed because NOAA recognized the need to assist first responders with easily accessible and accurate response information. Since 1988, EPA and NOAA have collaborated to augment CAMEO to assist both emergency responders and planners. The system integrates a chemical database and a method to manage the data, an air dispersion model, and a mapping capability.
A Complete
Guide to Data Sheets, Part 1 Sensors Magazine
A Complete
Guide to Data Sheets, Part 2 Sensors Magazine
A Complete
Guide to Data Sheets, Part 3 Sensors Magazine
Weather Songs
Geography
High - The Stevenson Screen Song - "The Stevenson Screen is made of
wood, hurrah, hurrah!"
Jef Poskanzer - Singing
Science Records - A collection of science-themed folk songs produced in the
late 1950s/early 1960s by Hy Zaret and Lou Singer.
NWS El Paso Area -
The Weather Music Gallery - Original songs, written and recorded by John
Fausett, in MP3 format. With lyrics.
Weather Dude - Musical Meteorology
- Song lyrics and song samples from Nick Walker's book and CD.
Weathersongs.org - A project to
create music from the ever-changing patterns of the weather as recorded by an
electronic weather station.
Climateprediction.net - Computer users anywhere in the world can participate in the world's largest climate prediction experiment. Each participant runs their own unique version of a state-of-the-art climate model, simulating several decades of the Earth's climate at a time. The model runs as a background process on ordinary desktop computers and will not affect other computing tasks. At the end of the experiment results are sent back via the Internet. Simulations of present climate and past changes will be used to test different model versions and the most realistic will be used to predict the climate of the twenty-first century. Join the NovaLynx team.
SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses internet-connected computers in the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data. Join the NovaLynx team.
Einstein@home uses your computer's idle time to search for spinning neutron stars (also called pulsars) using data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO) in the US and the GEO 600 gravitational wave observatory in Germany. Join the NovaLynx team.
LHC@home is a public computing project helping to improve the design of the the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a particle accelerator which is being built at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the world's largest particle physics laboratory. Join the NovaLynx team.
The PlanetQuest Collaboratory will turn your computer into a virtual astronomical observatory that you can use to make and share real scientific discoveries. You can classify stars no one has cataloged before, use the Collaboratory to do your own research, and maybe even find a new planet! Currently in development, a limited beta is planned for the end of 2005. Scheduled to go live in Spring 2006.
ORSA (Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation, and Analysis) is an interactive tool for scientific grade celestial mechanics computations. Asteroids, comets, artificial satellites, Solar and extra-Solar planetary systems can be accurately reproduced, simulated, and analyzed. The ORSA project is under heavy development and at the moment is beta quality software.