Atmosphere

=Atmosphere=

[|National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]

TERC's Earth Exploration Toolbook http://serc.carleton.edu/eet/chapters.html

Tutorial: Aviation weather http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/virtual/demo/weather/tutorial/tutorial1.html

University of Missouri weather page http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/622

USA Today - The Weather Classroom teaching guide http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/jclark/NAM/Education%20Mesonet/ElementaryWeather_new.pdf

NOAA DAILY WEATHER MAP http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/index_20130211.html

GLOSSARY OF WEATHER TERMS http://www.weather.com/glossary/a.html

__** ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE **__ http://www.grossmont.edu/scotttherkalsen/physical/lecture%20resources/dif.%20lectures/7%20atmospheric%20moisture/at-moisture%20hm.htm

Atmospheric Moisture tutorial http://www4.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/atmospheric_moisture/outline.html

Hydrologic cycle http://polaris.umuc.edu/cvu/envm/hydro/html/menu.html

Step-by-step explanation of atmospheric moisture http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter4/hydro.html

Humidity fundamentals http://wc.pima.edu/~bfiero/tucsonecology/climate/concepts.htm

Measuring humidity and dew point temperatures http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8c.html

What causes fog? http://www.williamsclass.com/EighthScienceWork/Atmosphere/AtmosphereFog.htm

Formation of California coastal fog http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter5/advect_fog1.html

__** ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND WINDS **__

http://www.grossmont.edu/scotttherkalsen/physical/lecture%20resources/dif.%20lectures/8%20weather/weather%20home.htm
 * Air masses and fronts**

@http://hint.fm/wind/
 * Winds Map**

TUTORIAL: Resource section for Meteorology []

TUTORIAL: Weather World 2010 Project [|http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml]

WORLD CLOUDS INTERACTIVE http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/05/01/science/earth/0501-clouds.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120501

NASA - Eyes on the Earth []

NASA - Climate Change: How do we know? []

Goddard Institute of Space Studies - Climate change connection to forest fires http://www.giss.nasa.gov

Wildfires and global warming http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/wildfires.html

What's the difference between weather and climate? []

NASA Solar radiation and climate experiment (SORCE) []

Oceans of Climate Change []

What's whipping up severe weather? []

Noreasters []

Hurricane formation (basics) []

Global Dimming - China as example http://www.weather.com/weather/videos/news-41/top-stories-169/global-dimming-explained-28547#loc=41/169/28499

Winds, storms and cyclones (reading) http://www.slideshare.net/themassmaker/7-winds-storms-and-cyclones

FRESH AIR: Temperature Rising - Will Climate Change Bring More Extreme Weather http://www.npr.org/2013/03/21/174019103/temperature-rising-will-climate-change-bring-more-extreme-weather
 * CLIMATE CHANGE**

Hotter Oceans Deeper Storms http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/ocean-storms.html

Future of Arctic Impacts and Global Climate http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/future/index.html

The movement and transformation of carbon in the oceans have large climate implications http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=19466

NOAA Paleoclimatology slide sets http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/slides/slideset/
 * MILANKOVICH CYCLES**

Interactive graphs http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wxfest/Milankovitch/earthorbit.html

Past climates on Earth http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/kling/paleoclimate/index.html

How can we infer past climates? http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/proxies/paleoclimate.html

Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal Fired Power Plants http://www.lung.org/assets/documents/healthy-air/coal-fired-plant-hazards.pdf
 * AIR POLLUTION**

Do Coal Plants Really Kill People? http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/coal/2012/11/coal_epidemiology_burning_coal_harms_children_and_worsens_asthma_and_heart.html