GEOG 102 Physical Geography
Spring 2009 Web Resources
Dr. Burl Self, EdD, MA, MAPA, AICP Professor
Office: Robinson B, rm. 477D
Bself2@gmu.edu
Robinson B108
MW 3-4:15pm
USGS – Main Geography page
NASA JPL Earth Sciences - Links to resources related to the atmosphere, land and
oceans.
NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
NOAA -- Ecosystems (U.S. Coastal Oceans, Coral Reefs, Estuaries, National
www.us.orienterring.org
Illustrated Guide on How to Use a Compass
USGS – Ameriview Remote Sensing
USGS – University Consortium Main Page for Images
NASA Imagine the Universe – Science page
National Climatic Data Center
National Geophysical Data Center
Climate Diagnostics Center
UEA Meteorology, Oceanography and Climate Dynamics
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
NOAA – Weather and Air Quality Research
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
NASA GISS (Goddard Institute for Space Studies) - climate modeling, earth
observations, data sets and images.
Earth Observatory (NASA)
National Geodetic Survey Division (GPS programs, etc.)
University of California San Diego Earthguide Diagrams
UCSD Diagrams - Global Energy Balance
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Global Climate Change – NASA’s Eyes on the World
Climate Change - NOAA Research
Global Carbon Cycle
Predicting Climate Variability and Extreme Events
NOAA - Arctic Research
NOAA – Oceans, Great Lakes and Coastal Research
NOAA – Weather and Air Quality Research
NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
NOAA -- Ecosystems (U.S. Coastal Oceans, Coral Reefs, Estuaries, National Marine
Sanctuaries)
National Oceanographic Data Center - Earth System Monitor
Fundamentals of Physical Geography (2nd Edition) online textbook
Map Projection Overview Introduction and Selected Map Projections
Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps (world and regional)
Global Climate & Biomass Maps (Sustainable Development Dimensions & the
Agrometeorology Group of the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization)
Ecological Regions of North America (North American Commission for Environmental
Cooperation)
Major Biomes of the World
The Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP)
Biodiversity Group (Environment Australia Online - Australian Department of
Environment & Heritage)
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre - part of the United Nations Environment
Programme
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Geomorphology and Hydrology
General Geomorphology Resources
Laboratory for Experimental Geomorphology
Landforms of Earth
USGS Topographic Maps Illustrating Physiographic Features
Air Photos of California and Alaska
Color Landform Atlas of the United States
Elevation Datasets
Digital Topographic Data (National Geophysical Data Center)
www.2010.atmos.uiuc.edu
Karst
The Karst Waters Institute
Yugoslav Karst - geology, distribution, karst features
Biospeology - the biology of caves, karst and groundwater
NOAA - National Weather Service
NASA feature: Hurricanes: The Greatest Storms on Earth
Ecosystems
Ecosystems and Human Well-being Synthesis: Key Questions in the Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment
Nearctica Biogeography
Glossary of Biogeography
Institute for Computational Earth System Science(ICESS)
Biogeography Lab University of California Santa Barbara
worldbiomes.com
Blueplanetbiomes.org/savanna
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Blueplanetbiomes.org/grasslands
Blueplanetbiomes.org/deserts
Blueplanetbiomes.org/tundra
Blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga
Blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest
Blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous
Soil Science
USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS)
World Soil Resources
Soil Taxonomy: The Twelve Soil Orders (U. Idaho Soil Science Div.)
USLE (Universal Soil Loss Equation) Database (USDA-ARS)
ISRIC - World Soil Information
USDA Economic Research Service
Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First
Center for Global Development Global Warming and Agriculture: Impact Estimates by
Country
Mineral Resources
Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources
USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS)
U.S. Department of Energy – Fossil Fuels
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Geologic Time
University of California Museum of Paleontology Tour of Geologic Time
USGS Geologic Time Scale
USGS Geologic Time
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History – Geologic Time
Geological Society of America - detailed time scale change w/ geomagnetic polarity
reversals
Paleontology
Quaternary and Paleoclimate Research (Geology & Geophysics, UW-Madison)
Museum of Palentology, University of California - Berkeley
Museum of Natural History-London
Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University
SUNY at Stony Brook Ecology & Evolution Home Page
Glacial Geomorphology
Natural Resources Canada - Paleoenvironmental Perspectives on Climate Change Glacial
History, Paleo-geography and -environments of North America
USGS Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
All About Glaciers (NOAA/NSIDC)
Ice Ages (Illinois State Museum ) - Online Exhibit
Glacier Features (Photos and descriptions of the effects and features of glaciation)
Chrysopheric Research: Snow, Ice and Permafrost (Geophysical Institute, University of
Alaska Fairbanks)
The 1996 Jokulhaulp; Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Canadian Ice Service
Ice-Core Evidence of Rapid Climate Shift During the Termination of the Little Ice Age
(M.M. Reddy, D.L. Naftz, P.F. Schuster, USGS)
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The Crevasse Zone (glacier velocity and surface elevation research on the Juneau Ice
Field, Alaska, S. McGee)
South America
Irian Jaya, Indonesia and New Zealand
Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes
Volcano World
NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Interdisciplinary Science (IDS)
Cascades Volcano Observatory
USGS World Map of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Impact Craters, and Plate Tectonics
USGS This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics,
Smithsonian “This Dynamic Planet” (cooperative effort with USGS and US Naval
Research Observatory)
USGS Volcano Hazard Program
Geologic Resources
East Africa's Great Rift Valley: A Complex Rift System
Hydrology & Water Resources
NOAA – Oceans, Great Lakes and Coastal Research
Water Resources of the United States
Water Data - real-time, historical daily flows & peaks, water quality
Index of Watershed Indicators (EPA)
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOAA) - Snow cover maps and
data
Universities Water Information Network
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources – Coastal Zones
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Great Lakes
Great Lakes Online (University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute)
Our Great Lakes (Environment Canada)
The Great Lakes: An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book (Environment Canada and
U.S. EPA)
Great Lakes Information Network
Visualizing the Great Lakes
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