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Weather topic links

A list of weather topic related links, to help the understanding of various aspects of the weather. The Met Office is not responsible for the content of external web sites.


INDEX OF TOPICS
General Tropical cyclones
Thunderstorms, lightning and tornadoes Climate and averages
Data Global warming and climate change
Satellite and radar El Niño and La Niña
Drought Microclimates
Floods and monsoons Air quality
Miscellaneous  

General

Met Office Education   Met Office Education home page
Met Office   Met Office home page
     
     
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Environment (EAE)   Information Factsheets on Weather, Air Quality, Climate and Climate Change
University of Reading   Roger Brugge's home page - general information on all aspects of the weather.
Royal Met. Society   Royal Met. Society home page
University of Illinois   A collection of web-based instructional modules on meteorology
NOAA weather   NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Weather Theme Page
Forces of Nature   Information on tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, avalanches, etc.
EAE: Weather   General information on many weather topics
Scalloway school: weather   General weather topics with exercises
tropical cyclones

Met Office tropical cyclones   Information about current hurricanes and verification of forecasts
Met Office tropical cyclone factsheet   Tells you all about hurricanes and tropical cyclones
National Hurricane Center   NOAA's information on current storms and hurricanes
NOAA Hurricane site   News and information about hurricanes
University of Illinois   Includes development, movement, awareness, damage, names etc.
Thinkquest   Information on hurricanes including case studies
Hurricane Hunters   Flying aeroplanes into the eye of a hurricane
Thunderstorms, lightning and tornadoes

Met Office thunderstorm factsheet   All about thunderstorms
Met Office lightning location   All about lightning location
Tornado and Storm Research   TORRO web site - everything on Tornadoes and Thunderstorms
Wetterzentrale   Archive of Lightning Maps back to 7/5/98 (intensity & location)
NOAA Tornado site   News and information about tornadoes
Wetterzentrale   Lightning strike map for current day
Thinkquest   Information on Severe Storms including case studies
Thinkquest   Information on Tornadoes including case studies
University of Illinois   Information on Tornadoes and severe storms.
Climate and averages

Met Office: averages   Index to Long Term Average data and maps
Met Office: Climate statistics   UK climate and weather statistics
NOAA: Climate   News and information about climate
Scalloway School: Climate   Information of climate types with exercises.
EAE: Climate   Covers all aspects of climate
WorldClimate.com   Climate data for cities around the world
Global climate maps   Maps of climate statistics for the globe
BBC Destination Finder   BBC Destination Finder for global climate data
Data

Met Office: monthly summary   General information on the weather for the previous year. Including monthly assessments, contoured maps, and regional averages.
Met Office: extreme weather   Extreme UK temperature, rainfall, sunshine and wind gust
Met Office: data   Met Office Education Data
Met Office: Climate data   Monthly historical data back to early 1900s for 8 stations
Met Office: CET data   Monthly Central England temperatures back to 1659
Met Office: precipitation data   Monthly England and Wales precipitation back to 1766
Wetterzentrale charts   Archive of Met Office ASXX charts back to 20/1/1998
National Climatic Data Center   'World's largest archive of weather data'
National Data Buoy Center   Latest data from drifting buoys
SST anomalies   World sea surface temperature anomalies
Global SSTs   World sea surface temperatures
Wetterzentrale   Latest chart of plotted weather data
Global warming and climate change

Met Office Hadley Centre   Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Change
UK Climate Impacts Programme   UK Climate Impacts Programme
Defra: global warming   Defra Global Warming Education Site
The UK Environmental Change Network  

Monitoring and research to detect and interpret environmental change

Global Warming Center   Global Warming International Center
NOAA: greenhouse warming   News and information about greenhouse warming
EPA   US Environmental Protection Agency
EAE: global warming   Information on a number of topics
Satellite and radar

Met Office UK rainfall radar   Animated hourly rainfall radar images
Met Office: satellite imagery   Various satellite images
Dundee Satellite Receiving Station   Dundee University - Satellite images back to 1978 (free simple registration required)
BBC radar page   Latest radar picture from the BBC Weather Centre
El Niño and La Niña

EAE - El Niño   Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment - El Niño
University of Illinois El Niño   University of Illinois - El Niño
NOAA El Niño   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration El Niño Theme Page
NOAA TAO El Niño   NOAA Tropical Atmosphere Ocean El Niño Theme Page
Drought

NOAA: Drought   News and information about drought
Environment Agency   Water conservation, demand management, and tips on water saving
Thinkquest   Information on droughts including case studies
University of Nebraska   National Drought Information Centre
Microclimates

Met Office Microclimates factsheet   Information about microclimates
Heat Island Group   Information about heat islands
Urban heat islands   Information about urban heat islands
Floods and monsoons

Met Office: Flood alert!   Met Office Education Historical Weather Events (flooding)
Flooding lesson plan   Met Office/EA flooding lesson plan
EA: flood warnings   Flood warning information from the Environment Agency
Thinkquest   Information on flooding including case studies
EAE Monsoons   Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment - Monsoons
Think Quest - Monsoons   Forces of nature
Air quality

UK National Air Quality archive   Source of air pollution data and information
National Pollen Research Unit   University College Worcester - National Pollen Research Unit
EAE air quality   Covers all topics of air quality
Miscellaneous

Met Office: Education   Education Resources Page
Met Office: Observing Network   Observing station network for the UK
Met Office: Weather symbols   Key to weather symbols and terms
Met Office: Library   National Meteorological Library and Archive
Met Office performance   Measuring out performance against targets
BBC: pressure converter   Converting pressure to millibars, inches and pounds per square inch
Royal Observatory Edinburgh   Rise and set times for the sun and moon
US Naval Observatory   Sun or moon rise/set table for one year
BBC: Producing the weather   How the BBC weather forecast is produced
BBC: setting your barometer   How to set your barometer
Isle of Man Met. Department   Data gathering equipment at the Isle of Man Airport Met. Department
MetLinkInternational   An international weather project run by the Royal Met. Society
Proudman Oceanographic Lab   Tidal elevations for selected UK ports
Environment Agency   The UK Environment Agency