me·te·or·ol·o·gy (mt--rl-j)
n.

1. The science that deals with the phenomena of the atmosphere, especially weather and weather conditions.

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• Space Weather - AURORA MYSTERY MISSION: Scientists have been studying auroras for centuries, and you might suppose there's no mystery left in the Northern Lights. "auroral substorm"
• 2007 Noctilucent Photo Gallery

• About Rainbows - What is a rainbow?
• AccuWeather(r) - Weather information for your area, including 5-day weather forecasts, radar and satellite images for around the world and 43,000 U.S. locations.
• ARM Education Site: Cool Sites - Directory of, Global Warming, Weather, and Other Science Sites.
• Ask A Hurricane Hunter - Why isn't plane torn apart? What classes should I take to be a Hurricane Hunter?
• Atmospheric Optics - Light playing on water drops, dust or ice crystals in the atmosphere produces a host of visual spectacles - rainbows, halos, glories, coronas and many more. Snow Crystals.
• Bad Meteorology - It is better to communicate good information than to offer misinformation in the name of good communication.
• California Academy of Science - The California Academy of Sciences is located in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California and consists of a Natural History Museum, Planetarium and Aquarium all in one location.
• Canadian Hurricane Centre: Just For Kids - Hurricanes are very large and powerful storms. Follow Hurricane Harry to find out more!
• Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - A group of over 1500 amateur and professional meteorologists, storm spotters, and weather observers from around the world dedicated to the observation and documentation of weather events.
• Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology - National Warnings Summary.
• Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX) - CAMEX-3 successfully studied Hurricanes Bonnie, Danielle, Earl and Georges.
• Current Solar Images - The most recent, full-resolution solar image of each type in the SDAC archive. GOES-12 Solar X-ray Imager. Latest GOES SXI Images by Image Type.
• Dan's Wild Wild Weather Page - News Channel, Chief Meteorologist Dan Satterfield.
• Drought Monitor - Tracking drought blends science and art. No single definition of drought works for all circumstances, so people rely on drought indices to detect and measure droughts.
• EarthPulse Center - The Earth we live on is alive. Every day it is changing. Often, we are not aware of these changes.
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - Links to find information about the Eisenhower Regional Consortia services in your region.
• Elements & Ephemerides - Observable Comets, From the Harvard Minor Planet Center.
• El-Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - Is the result of a cyclic warming and cooling of the surface ocean of the central and eastern Pacific.
• Extreme Weather Sourcebook 2001 - Economic and other societal impacts related to extreme weather.
• FAQ : Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones.
• FEMA for Kids - Disasters come in many shapes and sizes. Most are related to the weather.
• For Kids Only - Earth Science Enterprise - From NASA. Images, survey, and facts on earth science and weather.
• Franklin's Forecast - With "Franklin's Forecast," you can build your own weather station, learn about today's sophisticated weather technologies, and check the weather right now.
• Gander Academy - It presents a series of web pages listing hurricane related resources on the World Wide Web.
• Geophysical Institute - Aurora Forecast from the University of Alaska's Geophysical Institute
• Global Hydrology and Climate Center - Interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Images.
• Global Warming - At the extremes of the earth: Habitats and cultures everywhere react to climate's rapid changes.
• Groundhog Day History from Stormfax® - The earliest American reference to Groundhog Day can be found at the Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center at Franklin and Marshall College.
• Hurricane Awareness - What you should know what actions to take to protect yourself, family, pets and property before a hurricane strikes...
• Hurricane Hunter Airplanes - USA Today.
• Hurricane Hunters - It's true! We fly airplanes right into the eye of the hurricane, and we invite you along for the ride-in Cyberspace!
• Hurricanes - 1901 - 2003
• Hurricanes in Hawaii - All about Pacific hurricanes.
• Images and Data - Directory of images and data at SSEC.
• Intellicast - Offers highly technical weather charts including NEXRAD, Doppler radar, satellite, surface analysis, jet stream forecasts, tropical storm, snowstorm, and hurricane coverage.
• Isaac's Storm - 1900 Galveston Hurricane including photos, videos, and a feature on the science of hurricanes.
• It's a Breeze: How Air Pressure Affects You - Air pressure is the force exerted on you by the weight of tiny particles of air (air molecules).
• Lightning - Lightning is the most dangerous and frequently encountered weather hazard that most people experience each year. NSSL Research.
• Lightning Safety - Lightning Kills, Play It Safe!
• Lightningboy 2001 - Or as I like to say Y2 Storm Chase.
• List of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids - From the Harvard Minor Planet Center.
• Lists of Coronal Mass Ejections -- from 1998 to Today.
• Manua Loa Solar Observatory - Windows to the Universe - Space Weather.
• Mirages in Finland; An Introduction to Mirages;
• Morning Glory - Amazing Waves - Surfing a mile high, 1000 km wave.
• Mount Washington Observatory - A non-profit scientific and educational institution, maintains a permanently staffed observatory at the top of New Hampshire's Mount Washington.
• Mt. Wilson Observatory 150-ft Solar Tower - Magnetogram-Dopplergram-Intensitygram.
• MTOF Proton Monitor - Live from College Park- the latest 48 hours of solar wind data.
• NASA Earth Observatory - Explore with NASA scientists the causes and effects of climatic and environmental change through the use of real satellite data.
• NASA's ACE - Real-time Solar Wind Data -How do gusts in solar wind stir the aurora? Read this story Science@NASA.
• National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) - NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world.
• National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center - Our Mission: To save lives, mitigate property loss, and improve economic efficiency by issuing watches, warnings, forecasts, and analyses of hazardous tropical weather.
• National Sever Weather - You should know what actions to take to protect yourself, family, pets and property against severe weather...
• National Severe Storms Laboratory - NOAA research on severe and hazardous weather.
• National Solar Observatory - Fisher-Smartt Emission Line Coronal Photometer (ELCP).
• National Weather Association - Supporting and Promoting Excellence in Operational Meteorology and Related Activities for 25 Years.
• NCDC - Climatic Extremes and Weather Events.
• NCDC's - Climate Resources including data, products, inventories, and research.
• NESDIS - Operates the satellites and manages the processing and distribution of millions of bits of data and images these satellites produce daily.
• Nick Walker The "Weather Dude" ® - Musical Meteorology.
• NOAA - Hurricanes: Nature's Greatest Storms.
• NOAA - La Niña.

:) You Asked: How does the weather change during the day.
CIESE - The Wonderful World of Weather..
ScienceDaily - Latest Research News.
Weather - Is the day-to-day changes...
Wind Speed Scale - You can build it.
Make a Anemometer - An anemometer is a device that tells you how fast the wind is blowing.

• NOAA - Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution .
• NOAA Home Page - Weather / Tornadoes.
• NOAA Photo Library - Produced to help bring the work of one of America's most remarkable Government agencies to the American people - NOAA!
• NOAA Space Environment Center - Space Environment Center continually monitors and forecasts Earth's space environment.
• NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) - A nationwide network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information.
• Nobeyama Radio Observatory - Solar.
  
• NSO - The Improved Solar Observing Optical Network (ISOON) project.
• NWSFO Norman - Severe Weather Safety.
• Oklahoma Climatological Survey Educational Outreach - K-12 educational outreach pages of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
• On-line Meteorology Guide - A collection of web-based instructional modules that use multimedia technology and the dynamic capabilities of the web.
• Our Weather Page - Our first grade class is learning about the weather. We wrote cloud poems with our 4th grade reading buddies.
• PSC Meteorology Program - Plymouth State College (PSC) Weather Center.
• Questions About Rainbows - The idea that a pot of gold can be found at the rainbow's end originated somewhere in old Europe.
• Rainbow Maker - Fred Stern is an artist who uses large scale pumps and the sun's light to create natural rainbows as large as 2000 feet across.
• Rainbows by Randy Wang - Photo essay & poems.
• Rainbows: An Arc of Concentric Colored Bands - A rainbow occurs when rain is falling in one portion of the sky and the sun is shining in another.
• San Fernando Observatory (SFO) - A solar research facility associated with the California State University, Northridge (CSUN).
• SEC's Anonymous FTP Server - From the NOAA Space Environment Center.
• Severe Weather Awareness - USA Today.
• Sky Diary KIDSTORM - Information, see pictures and graphics and find links on tornadoes, lightning, hurricanes and storm chasing.
• Snow - Here you can find everything about snow including snow castles, snowball fight, snow art etc.
• Snow Crystals & Snow Flakes- Your online guide to snowflakes, snow crystals, and other ice phenomena.
• Snow Glossary - Presented by Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, and Arthur Judson.
• SOHO SWAN and MDI. - Farside Images of the Sun from
• Solar and Heliospheric Observatory - The SOHO (Solar & Heliospheric Observatory) project is being carried out by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a cooperative effort between the two agencies in the framework of the Solar Terrestrial Science Program (STSP).
• Solar Radio Monitoring Programme - A service operated by the National Research Council. Its function is to provide current and previous values of the 10.7cm Solar Flux solar activity index.
• SolarSoft - Recent Solar Events.
• Storm Hurricane Central - 2001 Predictions "Watch the Gulf early this year! ... Houston to New Orleans is under a greater threat than we've previously seen."
• Storm Prediction Center - Severe weather information from the Storm Prediction Center.
• Storm Spotter's Guide - An illustrated guide to identifying severe storms.
• Sustainable Urban Design and Climate - Forecasts, Warnings, Flood Warnings, Charts, Observations, Marine Services, Satellite Images.
• The Latest SOHO Coronagraph Images -- The most recent real-time images from each of the LASCO telescopes, C1, C2, C3, EIT.
• The Mees Solar Observatory - Greetings from the C.E.K. Mees Solar Observatory, on Haleakala, Maui, Hawai`i.
• The Old Farmer's Almanac - The Original.
• The Online Tornado FAQ - By Roger Edwards, SPC.
• The Sun from Earth - Big Bear Solar Observatory latest images.
• Tornado - A Guide for Your Personal Health and Safety.
• Tornado Information Index - USA Today. The tornado is nature's most violent wind.
• Tornado Project Online! - We are a small company that gathers, compiles, and makes tornado information available to weather enthusiasts, the meteorological community and emergency management officials.
• Tornadoes - Definició de tornado.
• Tornadoes - Tornados in Österreich / Tornadoes in Austria.
• Tornadoes -Many are different from what dorothy saw. A look at different shapes & sizes of tornadoes. From Chase Day.
• Tornadoes - Nature's Most Violent Storms. A Preparedness guide.
• Tornadoes: Safety - Although tornadoes occur in many parts of the world, these destructive forces of nature are found most frequently in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.
• Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center - To save lives, mitigate property loss, and improve economic efficiency by issuing watches, warnings, forecasts, and analyses of hazardous tropical weather.
• Tropical Storms, Worldwide - Hurricanes, Typhoons & Tropical Cyclones.
• Tropical Twisters - Hurricanes, what they do and how they work.
• United States Historical Climatology Network (USHCN)
• Weather Eye - Weather education Web site, designed to be used in classrooms. It includes weather lessons, projects and more.
• Weather or Not - Monitor the weather environment and make predictions about the weather up to 48 hours before special outdoor events.
• Weather Watch: Hurricanes - Discover the power and fury of tropical storms. From Scholastic.com.
• Web Weather for Kids - Atmospheric science experiments for kids. Create a thunderstorm, lightning, tornadoes right in your classroom or at home..
• What is the Interplanetary Magnetic Field? -- IMF stands for Interplanetary Magnetic Field. It is another name for the Sun's magnetic field.
• Windows to the Univers - A user-friendly learning system covering the Earth and Space sciences.
• World Meteorological Organization - Coordinates global scientific activity to allow increasingly prompt and accurate weather information and other services.
• Yohkoh Solar Observatory - On August 30, 1991 a satellite was launched into space from the Kagoshima Space Center (KSC) in Southern Japan. Yohkoh Public Outreach Project. Lockheed - Serves a Yohkoh movies page that allows downloads in GIF, GIF movie, MPEG, and Javascript movie formats.
• Zeus - Clarifying the Myths of Meteorology.

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