Lab 1: Vertical Pressure
Lab 2: Earth-Sun Geometry
- Sun angle and energy
- Seasons simulator
- Motions of the sun simulator
- Stanford Solar Center
- Sunrise and sunset calculator
- Earth and moon viewer
Lab 3: Earth's Energy Budget
Lab 4: Earth's Energy Budget
- The Earth's radiation energy balance
- Surface Radiation Research Branch (NOAA)
- Current U.S. surface temperatures
- Climate Reference Network data
Lab 5: Moisture
- Current U.S. dew-point temperature map
- Current U.S. heat index map
- Current N. America water vapor image
- Current global water vapor image
Lab 6: Stability
- Cumulus base height
- Making condensation trails
- Interactive skew-T tool
- Upper-air soundings—UCAR
- Upper-air soundings—University of Wyoming
Lab 7: Cloud Droplets
- Cloud photo gallery
- Cloud type tutorial
- Clouds and precipitation tutorial
- Explore precipitation types
- Winter precipitation
- NOAA Atlas 14
Lab 8: Atmospheric Motion
- Forces and winds tutorial
- MIT Coriolis page
- Determining wind direction
- Global winds
- Surface winds
- Upper air winds
- El Niño theme page
Lab 9: Weather Map Analysis
- Unisys Basics on:
- Station model tool
- Contour analysis (interactive)
- Contouring practice
- Fronts and air masses tutorial
- NOAA Mesoanalysis
Lab 10: Midlatitude Cyclones
- National Weather Service
- Weather maps, forecasts, meteograms
- Atlas of extratropical storm tracks
- Weather Prediction Center
- NOAA Mesoanalysis
- Weather Prediction Center's Surface Analysis Archive
Lab 11: Weather Forecasting
- Computer model forecasts
- Current MOS forecast products
- Weather forecasts models
- The Climate Reanalyzer
- Model analyses and forecasts
- Tropical Tidbits
Lab 12: Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
- SPC Mesoscale Analysis
- National Storm Prediction Center
- Make a thunderstorm
- National Severe Storms Laboratory
- Online Tornado FAQ
Lab 13: Hurricanes
- Tropical cyclone module (Carbone)
- Hurricane tutorial
- National Hurricane Center
- Tropical Tidbits
- Tropical storm products
- University of Wisconsin tropical cyclone page
- University of Michigan Weather Underground
- Naval Research Lab's tropical cyclone page
- General tropical weather page
- Frequently asked hurricane questions
- Hurricane applet
Lab 14: Climate Controls
Lab 15: Climate Classification
- Africa ITCZ module (Carbone)
- Global climate maps
- World Climate
- World climate data
- Confluence landscapes
Lab 16: Climatic Change
- NOAA Paleoclimate data
- TAMU's Ocean World (especially the El Niño and ice ages sections)
- USGS volcanic gases and climate
Lab 17: Simulating Climatic Change
- Stanford Solar Center
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Interactive climate change atlas
Appendix A: Dimensions & Units
Appendix B: Earth Measures