Chapter 4 – Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation
A brief introduction to the hydrological cycle - from Agricultural and Biological
Engineering at Purdue University.
http://abe.www.ecn.purdue.edu/~agen521/epadir/grndwtr/hydro_cycle.html
Humidity from Meteorology On-line. A review of humidity with practical background
information.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0112425/stu_rain.htm
Humidity Calculator. Use this calculator to estimate and convert atmospheric humidities.
http://www.snowball.frogspace.net/js/humcalc.html
Lapse rates, moisture, clouds and thunderstorms – a lecture by Martin Visbeck at
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University.
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/dees/ees/climate/lectures/atm_phys1.html
The Extreme Weather Sourcebook. This provides a lot of background information
concerning the formation and impacts of severe weather.
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/sourcebook/
Snow Crystals. Find out here about the ever-varied and intricate patterns of snow
crystals and how they form.
http://www.its.caltech.edu/%7Eatomic/snowcrystals/
The Aurora Page. Although the textbook does not cover aurora, they are also an
interesting phenomena to look at. Often people don’t notice the Northern Lights because
they don’t know what to look for – find out about them here.
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/
Cloud Boutique from the Plymouth State College Meteorology Program. This provides
an extensive collection of cloud images.
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html
Clouds and Precipitation from the On-line Weather Guide. This reviews the different
concepts associated with clouds and precipitation.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml
Cloudman – a web site devoted to observing clouds including a cloud atlas, cloud gallery
and tips on photographing clouds
http://www.cloudman.com/
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP). A global project to provide
synchronous estimates of cloud cover for the entire Earth
http://isccp.giss.nasa.gov/
Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity Research at NASA’s Global Hydrology and
Climate Center at Huntsville Alabama.
http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/
NOAA’s Drought Site - of course rainfall is not always reliable. This site monitors and
evaluates drought conditions and includes the Drought Calculator which can assess how
much rain would be required in a region to end a drought.
http://www.drought.noaa.gov/
Clean Air Mapping and Analysis Program. Often we don’t consider the spatial nature of
air pollution. This site examines the reasons for spatial variation, and how this is
analyzed.
http://www.epa.gov/airmarkt/cmap/index.html
Storm Prediction from the National Weather Service. Provides real-time data on current
weather watches, thunderstorms and fire risk
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/index.html
The Disaster Center Lightning page – Find out more about current research on lightning
including technologies to protect properties and some amazing images.
http://www.disastercenter.com/lightng.htm
National Weather Warnings for Extreme Weather Events – USA. Examine the system
that categorizes the various forms of extreme weather warnings – something everyone
should know about.
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nationalwarnings.html