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Observing & Learning
Monash courses e.g. ATM2022 - Large-Scale Weather & Climate Reference to WMO and other codes, etc. plus glossary of terms from Unisys Some Met codes by UK Dave Wheeler NOAA Glossary & Conversion charts, eg METAR codes Wet Bulb Depression to Relative Humidity Table and similar table but acknowledges role of station atmospheric pressure See how to calculate it (by Joseph Bartlo) Joseph Bartlo PA,USA - extraordinary site gives sound theory for the hobby, e.g. this excellent clouds page Clouds ID's (Free Flight Australia) Cloud ID's and Wind tutorials from Plymouth NH cloudyskies chart cloud types ww2010 wx101 clouds Some course sketches Wettergalerie - great jpg's BBC DIY weather obs Weather lore A mighty page of lists of personal sites and educational sites from Thomas Owens at Penn State University - College of Earth & Mineral Sciences Weather calculator from El Paso NWS An intro to weather observation -- Aussie site good wx surfing Guide to Meteorology by University of Illinois InterMet electronic quarterly high quality articles Haby's forecasting hints - great explanations here including one on Gravity Waves A Case for Detailed Surface Analysis by Sanders & Doswell
Clouds & a few other things not sorted properly yet
About Luke Howard Explains Luke's contribution to cloud nomenclature from Weather Doctor - good for a browse Review of very interesting book regarding Luke - 'The Invention of Clouds : How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies' by Richard Hamblyn NASA school table of contents - lots of observation tips Clouds Tips about weather & astronomy A short history of Meteorology From this excellent course material |
Links Pages
MetSoc RSNZ Piper.co.nz extensive weather links List of sites using weather-display software Weather.org has interesting links cirrus.sprl.umich.edu sln.fi.edu www.australianweathernews.com - is a GREAT site weatherimages.org has weather humour and more
Atmospheric Phenomema
Atmospheric phenomena The NASA, Global Hydrology and Climate Center Lightning Team's home page. Index to data, images and documents about lightning. Quality controlled historic optical transient detector browse images of global lightning strikes. Earthing systems - solid & technical Lightning Safety (US), very helpful.
Upper Layers, Radiation & The Ether
At Lauder, NIWA measures and predicts UV and Ozone levels. Here is the tomorrow's UV index map. Index figures over 10 are classified as "extreme" and 12 is roughly equivalent to a 12 minute burn time (as variable as skin) under a clear midday sun. A higher index indicates a faster burn. Here is a map of Ozone levels (300Du is the global mean and less means thinner) CPC Stratospere Sthn Ozone hole SH Ozone hole size graph Aurora analysis & forecast RWC Belgium World Data Center for the Sunspot Index NOAA Space Environment Center Solar Cycle Progression plots IPS (AU) celestial weather including forecasts for affects on HF propagation.
Political & Commercial Aspects
The contractural duties of the NZ Met Service public asset sold by the 1999 government Resolution 40 -- the problem of commercialisation of meteorological data and its free availability |