Disciplines & Professions: Meteorology & Atmospheric Science

Web Sites

Academic Info's Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Gateway
http://academicinfo.net/atmsci.html

Includes an annotated list of indexes and general directories. Also has links to specific topics, organizations, and a digital library including reports and datasets.

NOAA Weather Page
http://www.esdim.noaa.gov/weather_page.html

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's weather page. Offers a listing of NOAA related sites, as well as a general Web listing for topical sites.

Open Directory's Meteorology Directory
http://dmoz.org/Science/Earth_Sciences/Meteorology/

Provides links to 705 sites on meteorology and offers visitors additional subject headings under which meteorological information is located and offers an annotated list of direct links to over 20 useful URLs.

Yahoo!'s Meteorology Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Meteorology/

Annotated list of the most popular weather and meteorology Web sites. Allows the Yahoo! search engine to be confined to weather-related topics. Also has links to current weather conditions, in addition to message boards and chat rooms for further discussion on the subject, in addition to club listings.

Print Resources

Conway, McKinley, and Linda L. Liston, ed. The Weather Handbook. Norcross, GA: Conway Data, 1990.

Provides brief overviews of weather phenomena followed by specific meteorological data for cities around the world. A geographical index is included.

Glickman, Todd S., ed. Glossary of Meteorology. 2nd ed. Boston: American Meteorological Society, 2000.

More than 7,000 explanations and definitions of meteorological terms and concepts. Organized alphabetically. Entries provide frequent cross-references.

Weather America: A Thirty-Year Summary of Statistical Weather Data and Rankings. Lakeville, CT: Grey House, 2000.

Three sections cover weather rankings, major storm events, and chapters on individual states. Provides extensive statistical information on temperature, precipitation, elevation, and other meteorological categories. Only covers cities in the United States.

Wood, Richard A., ed. The Weather Almanac. 9th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2000.

Includes overviews of types of weather phenomena, followed by statistical information on select cities in the United States. The latter entries are organized alphabetically by state.