Tropical Cyclone Related Links and Web Sites:

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The date-time group in the parentheses (YYYY/MM/DD) is the valid date of the URL.

About, The Human Internet (TM), Weather (by M. Cyger), Hurricanes home page: http://weather.about.com/newsissues/weather/msubhurr.htm

Advance Alert - Hurricane Storm Guide: http://www.hurricanestorm.com/

Al Pietrycha's Hurricane Page (Statements and imagery, Satellite, Surface, Upper Air, Model, Radar, and Links): http://mrd3.nssl.ucar.edu/~pietrych/www/hur.html (2000/12/28).

All About Hurricanes: http://www.yatcom.com/neworl/weather/hurricane.html

American Red Cross Hurricane Center: http://www.redcross.org/news/disaster/96/hcane.html and http://www.redcross.org/disaster/safty/hurrican.html

Anatomy of a Storm, by Mr. M. R. Sinclair, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand. : http://www.internalaffairs.govt.nz/mocd/tephra/tephra0697/anatomy.html

Atlantic Basin Tropical Information from NKWC Weather Central: http://www.coresw.com/~ddemko/atltrop.html

Atlantic Hurricane Information Network: http://hurricanes.hypermart.net/

Atlantic Hurricane Tracking - Tropical Depression, Storm, or Hurricane Tracking, Atlantic & Pacific Oceans: http://hurricane.terrapin.com/

Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Names: http://www.nws.bnl.gov/gif/names.htm

Atlantic Tropical Weather Center: http://www.usacitylink.com/blake/tropical.html or http://usacitylink.com/blake/tropical/tropical.html

Augusta Chronicle Online - Hurricane Stories: http://www.augustachronicle.com/headlines/hurricane_index.html

Australia, BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) - Weather Information, Forecasts, and Charts: http://www.bom.gov.au/

Australia, BOM - Brisbane Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre: http://www.BoM.GOV.AU/weather/qld/cyclone.shtml

Australia, BMRC (BOM Research Centre), Mesoscale Group and Mesoscale Meteorology Research Group - WMO/CAS Report on Tropical Cyclones: http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/meso/New/Wmo_cas/wmocas1.htm and http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/meso/New/wmocas_pubs/global_guide/globa_guide_intro.htm (2000/12/29).

Australia, Tropical Cyclone Risk Areas: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~michaelt/cyc.htm

Australian Sever Weather: http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/cyclones/index.html

Bermuda Weather Resources: http://www.bbsr.edu/Weather/

Brunei Meteorological Service - Brunei Climatology: http://www.brunet.bn/gov/dca/bms/climate.htm

Canadian Hurricane Center - Canadian Hurricane Bulletins, Public Weather Warnings, Satellite and Radar Images, Hurricane and Track Information: http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane

CDERA (The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency) - Hurricane Fact Sheet: http://www.cdera.org/HURFACTS.HTM

Charles Boley's Hurricanes and Tropical Storms Page: http://www.cwbol.com/hurr.html

China, Hong Kong Tropical Cyclone Information, Tropical Cyclone Center, Weather Home Page, and Weather Underground Forum - Digest Area (Winter Monsoon, Tropical Cyclones, etc. in Chinese and English): http://www.weather.org.hk/tcwarn.html, http://www.typhoon.org.hk/, http://home.hksta.com/~kent/tcc.html, http://www.weather.org.hk/, and http://www.weather.org.hk/digest/index.shtml

China, Hong Kong Observatory - Information on Tropical Cyclones home page: http://www.info.gov.hk/hko/informtc/informtc.htm (2001/07/23) and Position of Tropical Cyclone home page: http://www.meto.govt.uk/sec2/sec2cyclone/tcbulletin.html

China, Hong Kong - Northeast, East and Southeast Asia Weather Charts: http://www.underground.org.hk/wxmap.html

CIMSS (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies), SSEC (Space Science and Engineering Center), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Tropical Cyclone home page - Operational Weather Satellites, Research Applications, Education and Outreach: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/, http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/, and http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/tropic.html. Satellite Derived Winds, Wind shear, Divergence, etc.: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/atlantic/winds/winds.html. Real-time Tropical Wave Tracking home page: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/wavetrak/waves.html. Wave-track mosaics are generated utilizing geostationary satellite imagery from GMS, GOES and METEOSAT satellites and low-level (about 600-925 hPa) cloud-tracked winds (and circulations) (2000/07/03).

CNN (Cable New Channel, Inc.) - Storm Center: http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/storm.center/index.html

College of DuPage - Next Generation Weather Lab. - Hurricanes: http://weather.cod.edu/sirvatka/hurricanes.html

CSU (Charles Sturt University, Australia) - Weather & global monitoring: http://www.csu.edu.au/weather.html and

CSU (Colorado State University), Tropical Meteorology Project and FAQ (Frequently Asked/Answered Questions) - Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones: http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/, http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/hurricane/TCfaq.html and http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html (2000/8/9).

CSU Tropical Products (from Bill Thorson, Pat Fitzpatrick and friends): http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/weather/

CSU Zehr's Tropical Cyclone Genesis Parameter: http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/weather/genesis/gpot.html

COMET (Cooperative program for Operational Meteorology, Educational and Training, TM) - Home Page and Satellite Meteorology Home Page: http://www.comet.ucar.edu/ and http://www.comet.ucar.edu/pub_html/rp/satmet96-2/home.html

COMET, Satellite Applications in Tropical Weather Forecasting (by M. DeMaria) home page: http://www.comet.ucar.edu/class/satmet/11_Apr19_1999/html/demariamn/ (2001/02/23).

Crown Weather Services - Tropical Weather Links: http://www.crownweather.com/tclinks.html (2000/12/29).

Dave Baron's Weather and Climate home page: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~dbaron/weather.html, and Tropical & Marine Weather home page: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~dbaron/links/WTropical.html

Earth Watch (TM) - Tropical Weather Home Page: http://www.earthwatch.com/WX_HDLINES/tropical.html

Eye on the World, Weather Related Topics - Hurricanes: http://www.iwaynet.net/~kwroejr/violent.html#weather

ECMWF (European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts), Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire, UK. (Tel: +44 118 949 9000; Fax: +44 118 986 9450) - ECMWF home page: http://www.ecmwf.int/html/welcome/welcome.en.html

ECMWF (European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts), Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire, UK. (Tel: +44 118 949 9000; Fax: +44 118 986 9450) - ECMWF forecast charts for the days 3-6: http://www.dkrz.dz/ecmwf/, and http://www.ecmwf.int/

Fiji Meteorological Service, Tropical Cyclone Center - Current tropical cyclone advisories in the RSMC (Regional Specialized Meteorological Center) Region 5 - 0S to 25S to 160E to 120W): http://www.met.gov.fj/

France ARA (Atmospheric Radiation Analysis Group) of the Laboraotire de Meteorologie Dynamique of the CNRS (France Central National de la Recherche Scientifique) - Indian monsoon: http://www.ara.polytechnique.fr/india.html

Geophysical Fluid Dynamic Laboratory Hurricane Model and Hurricane Dynamics: http://www.gfdl.gov/~gth/netscape/authors/kurihara.html and http://www.gfdl.gov/hurricane.html

George's Hurricane Page: http://www.citi-net.com/george/hurricane.html

Dr. Hal Gerrish's Tropical Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~hurricanehal/

Hans Rosendal's World-wide Weather - Central Pacific Hurricanes: http://members.aol.com/Prosendal/papers.html

Hays' Tropical Weather Page (Prof. R. Hays Cummins, Interdisciplinary, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio) - Hurricanes, Typhoons, Satellite Imagery and Forecasts: http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/coriolis/hurricanes.html

Homesites Weather and Hurricane Watch: http://www.homesites.com/canewatc.htm

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China - Tropical Cyclone (Typhoon) Warnings and Rainstorm Warnings: http://www.polyu.edu.hk/~eo/cir_17.htm

Hurrican Net (in Spanish): http://www.huracan.net/

Hurricane 98, Eastern Pacific and Atlantic Hurricanes - Tracking Charts, General Information, Forecast Advisory and Discussion: http://www.hurricane98.com/

Hurricane Alley by Tom Berg - Hurricane Evacuation, Tropical Cyclone Information, Tropical Cyclone Articles, Tracking Basics, Tropical Cyclone Software, Tracks/Summaries, Southern Hemisphere, Tropical Web Sites and Northern Hemisphere: http://www.hurricanealley.net/ (2000/06/05).

Hurricane and Weather Information: http://www.giant.net/~hrobins/

Hurricane on Radar: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/rs/rad/appl/hurr.rxml

Hurricane Resource Center: http://www.jones.edu/JCHC/

Hurricane Strike Probabilities (New Orleans, Biloxi, Mobile, Pensacola, Panama City, Jacksonville, Charleston, Savannah, Wilminton, NC, Morgan City, LA): http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/op/opr/hurr.htm (2000/2/11).

Hurricane Stuff - Hurricane Event Calendar, Preparation/Information Page, Wind Speed Converter, and Hurricanes of the Fifties: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3907/hurricane.htm

Hurricane Terms, Categories, and Tips: http://infinityweb.com/weatherman/hurfacts.htm

Hurricane Watch - Hurricane Tracking Resources by NetCreations (TM): http://www.netcreations.com/hurricane/

Hurricanes, Their Nature and Impacts on Society, Authors are Pielke, R. A. Jr. and R. A. Pielke, Sr., 1998. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN 0-471-97354-8. http://www.dir.ucar.edu/esig/HP_roger/hurricanes.html

India (CAOS) Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Bangalore, India: http://cas.iisc.ernet.in/

Institute of Global Environment and Society (IGES: http://grads.iges.org/home.html) and Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA: http://grads.iges.org/colablurb.html): Weather and climate home page: http://grads.iges.org/pix/ (2001/02/23); Meteorological Analysis over the Tropics with Mercator Projection: 850 and 200-hPa winds / divergence, 700-hPa vertical speed (mb/hour), Sea Surface Temperature and 2-meter Air Temperature over land, Precipitable water (mm): http://grads.iges.org/pix/trop.00hr.html (2000/12/29). 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 and 72-Hour MRF Forecast over the Tropics: 850 and 200-hPa winds / divergence, Precipitation (mm / 12 hour), Sea Surface Temperature and 2-meter Air Temperature, Cloud Cover (%) / Precipitable Water (mm): http://grads.iges.org/pix/trop.12hr.html, http://grads.iges.org/pix/trop.24hr.html, http://grads.iges.org/pix/trop.36hr.html, http://grads.iges.org/pix/trop.48hr.html, http://grads.iges.org/pix/trop.60hr.html,http://grads.iges.org/pix/trop.72hr.html (2000/12/29).

Intellicast, WSI (Weather Service International, 4 Federal St., Billerica, MA 01821, Telephone: 978/670-5000), Primark Corporation. Weather Page - Atlantic and Pacific Tropical Satellite Images, Forecasts and Advisories: http://www.wsicorp.com/ and http://www.intellicast.com/weather/tropical

InterMet (International Meteorology) home page: http://www.magma.ca/~intermet/index.html. International Meteorological Office Links - Country and Office Name: http://www.magma.ca/~intermet/metoftxt.htm. International Numerical Weather Prediction Model Output Links: http://www.magma.ca/~intermet/metmodin.htm.

International Weather Satellite Imagery Center: http://psych.upenn.edu/~baron/david/satellite/ and Tropical and Marine Weather: http://psych.upenn.edu/~baron/david/weather/tropical.html

Japan Himawari (i.e., sunflower in English) Meteorological Satellite Images - View from Outer Space: http://www2.express.nec.co.jp/ucyu/himawari/WeatherAnm2.html

JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency) - MRI (Meteorological Research Institute), Typhoon Research Department: http://www.mri-jma.go.jp/Dep/ty/MRI-TRD.html

JMA, a concise summary of JMA operational numerical weather prediction models: http://www.goin.nasda.go.jp/GOIN/JMA/htdocs/NPD/npd_models.html (2001/03/28).

Japan, Okinawa Weather: http://www.virtualokinawa.com/weather/

JWA (Japan Weather Association) - Satellite "HIMAWARI": http://www.jwa.go.jp/gms.html

Jim's Hurricane city Home Page: http://www.hurricanecity.com/ (2000/12/29).

JPL (JET Propulsion Lab., CIT/NASA) Scatterometer Projects - NSCAT, QuikScat and Sea Winds: http://winds.jpl.nasa.gov/

JSU (Jackson State University), Tropical Products (by Drs. Paul Croft, Pat Fitzpatrick, Ed Standford and Tiffany Hall): http://santa.jsums.edu/tropsit.html

Kevin's International and Tropical Numerical Model Page - Africa, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Europe, North/South America, Northern/Southern Hemisphere, Global, Atlantic and Pacific Basins: http://atmos.umd.edu/%7Ecarroll/intmodel.html.

KMA (Korean Meteorological Administration) - Korea Typhoon Models and Typhoon Track Forecast Charts: http://nwpsvr.kma.go.kr/ktym.html and http://nwpsvr.kma.go.kr/gif/typ_ftfe7xx.gif; South Korean Station Current Surface Weather (KST) reports: http://www.kma.go.kr/weather/curr/e_curr_weath.htm

Lou's Weather Watch (Lou Tursi) - Covering the Tropics, Hurricanes, Florida and the U.S.A. from Cape Coral, Lee Co, FL USA: http://community-2.webtv.net/ltursi/LOUSWEATHERWATCH/index.html (2000/06/12).

MMS (Malaysian Meteorological Service) - Weather Phenomena Affecting Malaysia: http://www.kjc.gov.my/wxphen.htm and Tropical cyclones - Do typhoons affect Malaysia? http://www.kjc.gov.my/cyclone.htm

Marine and Tropical Weather - Virtual Library: http://www.ugems.psu.edu/~owens/WWW_Virtual_Library/marine.html

Mexico SMN (Servicio Meteorologico Nacional, in Spanish): http://smn.cna.gob.mx/SMN.html

Mexico CFE (Comision Federal De Electricidad), Centro Meteorologico (in Spanish) - Aviso de Ciclones: http://www.cfe.gob.mx/geic/avisdisp.html

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) - A compilation of useful maps and images: http://cirrus.mit.edu/~ceforest/forecast.html and http://cirrus.mit.edu/syn_lab.html

MSS (Meteorological Service Singapore), Tropical Cyclone Advisory over the South China Sea: http://www.gov.sg/metsin/storm.html

Millennium Weather Tropical Page by Meteorologist Gary Gray (P.O. Box 556, Lanham-Seabrook, MD 20703, USA. Tel: 301/262-5948): http://www.millenniumweather.com/tropical/index.html

Molinari, John (molinari@atmos.albany.edu): Hurricane-trough interactions: How do they work? URL: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcint98/JOMO_51.html (2000/10/17).

Monthly Empirical Hurricane Probability in the north West Atlantic (by USA Today; data source NOAA Hurricane Research Division): http://www.usatoday.com/weather/huricane/science/whpjul.htm (2000/2/11).

Moreweather Company - Tropical Cyclone Tracking: http://www.moreweather.com/

New England Tropical Cyclone Chronology 1938 - 1997: http://home.maine.rr.com/mailhot/netrop.html

New Zealand MetService (TM), Notable Recent Weather in New Zealand: http://www.met.co.nz/HOME/ARTICLES/index.html

North Illinois University (NIU) Real-time Model Verification Project (Principal Investigator: Prof. Steve Silberberg) - Purpose: To understand the limitations of numerical weather prediction (NWP) model forecasts through routine verification. The NWP models are RUC, ETA, NGM, AVN, MRF, ECMWF models. http://taiga.geog.niu.edu/verification/

Oceanweather Inc., Marine Forecasts / hindcasts Research at the Air-sea Interface, e-mail address: oceanwx@oceanweather.com. - Analysis Wave Model Graphics, Worldwide Basin Plots of Marine Observations, and High Resolution Regional Plots of Marine Observations: http://www.oceanweather.com/data/index.html

Ohio State University - (1) Weather Data, (2) Weather Images, and (3) Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean Tropical Data: (1) http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/asp.html, (2) http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/wximage.html, and (3) http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/tropicaltext.html

Oklahoma University, School of Meteorology - Meteorology Related Links and Asian Meteorology Links: http://rossby.metr.ou.edu/~som and http://rossby.metr.ou.edu/~spark/AMON/link.html

Oklahoma University, CAPS (The Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms) - Hurricanes, Tornadoes in Hurricanes: http://www.ou.edu/tornado/CAPS.WWW/severewx.html

PCWP (PC Weather Products, Inc., P.O Box 72723, Marietta, Georgia 30007-2723, USA. Tel: 800-605-2230, 770-953-3506) - Hurricane Tracking Products, HURRTRAK: http://www.pcwp.com/products.html

PSU (Pennsylvania State University), College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, WWW Virtual Library, Meteorology - Marine and Tropical Weather: http://www.ugems.psu.edu/~owens/WWW_Virtual_Library/marine.html

PSU, Bookmarks for tropical meteorology class: http://www.essc.psu.edu/~evans/T97/Bookmarks.html

Philippines Typhoon Home Page: http://members.xoom.com/howler/ and http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6825/

Portsmouth Weather Records Service, Portsmouth, Virginia - Tropics: http://mailhost.infi.net/~bsmoot/trop.htm

Purdue University - Hurricane and Tropical Data: http://wxp.atms.purdue.edu/hurricane/index.html

Rain Man's Weather Page (by Scott Preston) - Hurricane Information: http://www.missouri.edu/~c689860/hurrinfo.htm

Dr. E. B. Rodgers' Tropical Cyclone Precipitation home page (US NASA): http://sdcd.gsfc.nasa.gov/SCIDOC/SH93/Article44.html

Saipan Datacom - Information of Typhoons and Tropical Weather Systems, how the Typhoon Reports are prepared: http://202.167.0.10/tyinfo02.htm

Satellite Applications in Tropical Weather Forecasting (by Mark DeMaria): http://www.comet.ucar.edu/class/satmet/10_Mar1_1999/html/demaria/demariamn/sld001.htm

State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York - Experimental Extended-Range Tropical Rainfall Predictions: http://terra.msrc.sunysb.edu/mjopred.html

Stephenson and Rupa Kumar, Predicting the Asian Summer Monsoon - Monitor the monsoon: http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~daves/Monsoon/Monitor.html

SuperTyphoon (SM), Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Reconnaissance (Atlantic, East Pacific, West Pacific, South Pacific and Indian Oceans): http://www.supertyphoon.com/

TAIFUN - Tropical Cyclones at the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans: http://www.taifun.org/

Taiwan, Republic of China, Central Weather Bureau - Sever Weather Warnings (in Chinese and English): http://www.cwb.gov.tw and http://www.cwb.gov.tw/cwbindex_e.html

Taxes A and M University (TAMU), Meteorology Class 151, Hurricane page: http://www.met.tamu.edu/class/Metr151/tut/hurricane/hurrmain.html (2000/07/5).

The Access Indiana (TLC) Teaching & Learning Center - Guide to Hurricanes: http://tlc.ai.org/hurriidx.htm

The Weather Channel: http://www.weather.com/twc/homepage.twc

The Weather Station, this site contains many likes to weather-related information around the world on the Internet: http://www.hcane.com/ (2000/06/05).

Tropical Cyclone Management: http://www.ceos.noaa.gov/tropical.html

Tropical cyclone pages: http://www.edwards.cc/tcp/ and Tropical Cyclone Pages - Worldwide Web Links: http://www.edwards.cc/tcp/linkshome.html

TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting Service, Inc.) Weather Guide: http://www.tbs.co.jp/weather/info-e/world.html

Tropical Weather Service, Inc. - Tropical Cyclone Risk Management: hazard, analysis, forecasting, and engineering supports: http://www.tropicalweather.com

Tropical Cyclone Facts & Figures by Bryan Farr (farr@vortex.atms.unca.edu): http://www.atlantichurricaneguide.com (2001/02/18) and http://vortex.atms.unca.edu/~farr/atcqrg.html#b (2000/02/18).

Tropical Cyclone Tracking Software - Tracking the Eye, a hurricane tracking software for MS-Windows and Windows 95: http://www.gencode.com/hurricane/hurricane.htm

Tropical Cyclone Trivia: http://199.217.170.229/weather/nwsmhx/tctrivia.htm

TROPMET Home Page: http://hometown.aol.com/vmax135/tropmet.html (2000/12/29).

T-Storm Terry's Atlantic Tropical Weather Page (by Terry Faber, Tel: 305/361-4885): http://storm.rsmas.miami.edu/~tfaber/tropics/

UCL (University College London), Dept. of Space and Climate Physics, Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre, Seasonal Weather Forecasts - Long-range forecasts of extreme weather events including USA hurricanes, Pacific typhoons, Australian cyclones and UK windstorms: http://forecast.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/

Underground, Inc. in Hong Kong, China - Northwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Information: http://www.underground.org.hk/tcwarn.html

Unisys Weather - Weather Services Group (Tel:+1(610)444-2404), Hurricane and Typhoon, Hurricane/Tropical data: http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/index.html (2000/12/29).

UK (United Kingdom) Meteorological Office Headquarters, Bracknell - Section titled 'The weather and how we forecast it', Education & Weather: http://www.meto.govt.uk/sec2/sec2.html; Monthly Tropical Cyclone Bulletin: http://www.meto.govt.uk/sec2/sec2cyclone/tcbulletin.html, Advances in Tropical Cyclone Forecasting (initialization, tropical cyclone forecasting system, performance, plans): http://www.meto.govt.uk/sec2/sec2cyclone/tcjc.html; and Verification of tropical cyclone forecast tracks at the UK Meteorological Office: http://www.meto.gov.uk/sec2/sec2cyclone/tcbulletins/tcverif.html (2000/8/10).

UK (United Kingdom) Meteorological Office - Tropical Cyclone Forecasting Development home page: http://www.meto.govt.uk/sec2/sec2cyclone/tcjc.html, http://www.met-office.gov.uk/sec2/sec2cyclone/sec2cyclone.html, and http://www.met-office.gov.uk/sec2/sec2.html, The Tropical Cyclone Monthly Bulletin home page: http://www.meto.govt.uk/sec2/sec2cyclone/tcbulletin.html, and The North Indian Tropical Cyclone Forecast Error Charts home page: http://www.meto.govt.uk/sec2/sec2cyclone/tcerrors/ni.html

US (United States of America) Air Force Kadena AB Weather home page - Radar/Satellite imagery, Forecast products, Typhoon data and links: http://weather.kadena.af.mil/ (2000/9/10).

US Air Force Hurricane Hunters: http://www.hurricanehunters.com/

US Air Force Weather History: http://www6.pilot.infi.net/~cwt/afw-hist.html

US Air Force Weather Information Network home page (needs users ID): http://afwin.afwa.af.mil:443/

US Air Force Weather Summary - PACAF AOS/AOOW: http://www.cidas.af.mil/html/wxsummary.html

US FEMA (Federal Emergence Management Agency) Tropical Storm Watch: http://www.fema.gov/fema/trop.htm

US NASA (National Aeronautic and Space Administration), Dr. E. B. Rodgers' Tropical Cyclone Precipitation home page: http://sdcd.gsfc.nasa.gov/SCIDOC/SH93/Article44.html

US NASA, Global Hydrology and Climate Center, Interactive Weather Satellite Images: http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/, Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Composite, IR and Water Vapor Mosaics: http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/globalir.html and http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/globalwv.html (2001/05/04).

US NCDC (National Climate Data Center) - Global Tropical Cyclone Position Data, 188601991, Mirror site at NCAR: http://www.scd.ucar.edu/dss/datasets/ds824.0.html (2000/2/13).

US NCEP (National Center of Environmental Prediction), NHC (National Hurricane Center), TPC (Tropical Prediction Center) - Introduction to the TPC: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ and http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutintro.html (2001/02/23) http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutintro_text.html (2001/02/23), Home page: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.html, Forecasts and Reconnaissance Data, Monthly Summary of Atlantic and East Pacific tropical cyclones: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/, Summary of Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center Tropical Cyclone Track and Intensity Guidance Models: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutmodels.html, National Hurricane Center Tropical Atlantic: http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready-bin/plothurr.pl, and The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492 - Present (by Edward N. Rappaport and Jose Fernandez-Partagas): http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadlya1.html

US NCEP, HPC (Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, Camp Springs, MD. USA. http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ and http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/fcst2.html) - Tropical Season Responsibilities: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/trop2.html; and Numerical weather prediction model Diagnostics: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/model2.html (2000/02/10).

US NOAA (National Oceanography and Atmosphere Administration) / AOML (Atlantic Oceanography and Meteorology Lab.), HRD (Hurricane Research Division): http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/, Satellite Imagery Investigations of Tropical Cyclone Activity: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/project97/cl_proj3.html, Ensemble Forecasting of Tropical Cyclones: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/project97/sa_proj2.html, and Tropical Cyclone Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html (2000/08/09)

US NOAA, CDC (Climate Diagnostic Center) - Monitoring Atlantic Hurricane Potential (SST and 12-week SST, 4-day IR temperatures, winds, height, vorticity, temperature and wind anomalies at various levels): http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/hurricane/ (2000/09/27), Animation of weekly equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature anomaly (30-year base period for the climatology is 1950-79) charts: http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/~map/maproom/text/climate_pages/sst_olr/sst_anim.shtml (2000/09/26)

US NOAA, CPC (Climate Prediction Center) - Experimental Long-lead Forecast Bulletins: http://nic.fb4.noaa.gov/products/predictions/experimental/bulletin/index.html and June-November Atlantic Hurricane Outlook: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/hurricane99.html

US NOAA, Interactive Marine Observations Home Page: http://www.nws.fsu.edu/buoy/ (2000/12/19).

US NOAA, IWIN (Interactive Weather Information Network) Tropical page: http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/us/hurricane.html (2000/12/29).

US NOAA - METAR and TAF Reference Card home page: http://137.240.86.161/metarand.htm

US NOAA, NDBC (National Data Buoy Center: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/rmd.shtml 2000/12/29) - What are hurricanes? What happens during a hurricane? http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/educate/hurr.shtml; How do tropical storms differ from winter storms? http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/educate/tropstrm.html

US NOAA, NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) Home Page: http://ns.noaa.gov/NESDIS/NESDIS_Home.html (2001/02/23).

US NOAA, NESDIS, Satellite Service Division - latest satellite imagery home page (RAMSDIS, Navy Research Lab., NASA Global Hydrology and Climate Center, The Geostationary Satellite Server, NCAR RAP Real Time Satellite Page, NOAA/NESDIS ORA FPDT and Storm Centered Derived Winds, Univ. of Wisconsin SSEC, NOAA/NWS Western Region): http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_text.html (2001/02/23).

US NOAA, NESDIS, CIRA (Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA ), RAMM (Regional and Meso-scale Meteorology Team) Tropical Systems - Some records of daily satellite discussions: http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/picoday/tropical.html (2001/02/23).

US NOAA, NESDIS, RAMSDIS (RAMM Advanced Meteorological Satellite Demonstration and Interpretation System) Online site - Real Time Satellite Data Animations page: http://www.cira.colostate.edu/RAMM/Rmsdsol/tropical.html and http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/rmsdsol/main.html

US NOAA - National Warnings Area: http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nationalwarnings.html

US NWS (National Weather Service) Homepages for NWS Offices, Regional Support Centers, National Support Centers, and Forecast Offices: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/wrhq/nwspage.html (2000/12/21).

US NWS - A Hurricane Preparedness Guide: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hurrbro.htm

US NWS, Internet Weather Source, World Wide Current Conditions (searchable form for METAR observations. Search by country, reporting station): http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/ccworld.html

US NWS, Pacific Region Headquarter. Honolulu, Hawaii: http://tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/pr/hq/default.htm

US NWSFO (National Weather Service Forecast Office), Raleigh/Durham area, North Carolina. - Tropical Meteorology/El Nino page: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/rah/noframe/nws/hurricane.html

US NWSFO (National Weather Service Forecast Office), San Juan, Puerto Rico - Tropical Weather (in English and Spanish): http://www.upr.clu.edu/nws/tropical.html

US NWSO (National Weather Service Office), Tiyan, Guam: http://tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/pr/guam/

US NWSO and Central Pacific Hurricane Center, Honolulu, Hawaii: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/pr/hnl/

US Naval Atlantic Meteorology and Oceanography Center, Norfolk, Virginia (NLMOC) - Naval METOC Operational Support Web Site: http://www.nlmoc.navy.mil

US Naval Atlantic Meteorology and Oceanography Facility, Jacksonville, Florida (NLMOF) - Naval METOC Operational Support Web Site and Tropical Cyclone Data: http://www.nlmoc.navy.mil/nlmof/prods/home.shtml, and http://www.nlmoc.navy.mil/prods/trop_page1.html

US Naval European Meteorology and Oceanography Center (European Region), Rota, Spain (NEMOC) - Naval METOC Operational Support Web Site: http://www.nemoc.navy.mil

US Naval Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC), Monterey, California - Naval METOC Operational Support Web Site: http://www.fnmoc.navy.mil

US Naval Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Detachment (FLENUMMETOC DET), 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801-5014. - Climatology Support Services: http://waves.ncdc.noaa.gov/Products/Products.html#On-line. Global Tropical /Extratropical Cyclone Climate This site contains Atlas (GTECCA), Mariners' Worldwide Climate Guide to Tropical Storms at Sea, etc.

US Navy Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan - Typhoon Information: http://www.nhyoko.med.navy.mil/typhoon.htm

US Naval Atlantic Meteorology & Oceanography Detachment - Hurricane Season Information Brief home page: http://205.67.215.10/Georges/HurricaneSeasonBrf2/sld001.htm (2000/07/14).

US Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC), 1020 Balch Blvd., Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, 39529-5005 - Naval METOC Operational Support Web Site: http://www.cnmoc.navy.mil/.

US Naval Oceanographic Office - Naval METOC Product Library, Area Maps and Tropical Cyclone Special Report: http://www.navo.navy.mil/Vframe/library.usage.htm, http://www.navo.navy.mil/areamap.html, and http://www.navo.navy.mil/cgi-bin/query.DB.pl/0/Special+Support/Tropical+Cyclone

US Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center / Joint Typhoon Warning Center (NPMOC / JTWC), 425 Luapele Rd., Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860. TEL: 808/471-0004 - Naval METOC Operational Support Web Site: http://www.npmoc.navy.mil and http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc.html. (2000/5/5)

US NPMOC / JTWC - Tropical Cyclone Best Track Data Site: http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/products/jtwc/best_tracks/. (2000/5/5)

US NPMOC / JTWC - ATCR (Annual Tropical Cyclone Report), 1959-present: http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc.html. (2000/5/5)

US Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Detachment, Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean: http://www.npmocw.navy.mil/npmocw/dgar/index.html

US Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Detachment, Sasebo, Japan: http://weather.cfas.navy.mil

US NPMOC (Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center), San Diego, California, TEL: DSN 735-2218, COMM (619) 545-2218 - Operational Support Web: http://www.npmoc-sd.navy.mil/. (2000/5/6)

US Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center, Yokosuka, Japan (NPMOC YOKO): http://www.yoko.npmoc.navy.mil/ and http://207.133.112.37/index.html.

US NRL (Naval Research Laboratory), MMD (Marine Meteorology Division), 7 Grace Hopper Avenue, Monterey, California 93943. TEL: 831/656-4613: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil (2000/5/5)

US NRL, MMD, ATCF (Automatic Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System) - Tropical Cyclone Support and Tropical Cyclone Imagery: http://biolante.nmm.nrlmry.navy.mil/atcfwb/ (2000/5/6).

US NRL, MMD - meteorological satellites and their applications to tropical cyclones home page: http://kauai.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat-bin/tc_home (2000/5/6)

US NRL, MMD - Tropical Cyclone Foresters' References Guide: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~chu/ (2000/5/6)

US NRL, MMD - Typhoon and Tropical Cyclone Havens Handbook for the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans: http://www.cnmoc.navy.mil/nmosw/thh_nc/0start.htm. Hurricane Havens Handbook for the North Atlantic Ocean: http://www.cnmoc.navy.mil/nmosw/tr8203nc/0start.htm. (2000/5/6)

USA Today (TM) Weather and Hurricane Information Guide: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whur0.htm

UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) Tropical Meteorology Project Newsletters: http://uniblab.atmos.ucla.edu/tropic/newsletters/ (2000/2/8)

UCT (University of Cape Town, South Africa), Synoptic Climatology Course EGS206 - Typhoons and Hurricanes: http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/courses/206/typhoon.htm

University of Hawaii Tropical Cyclones and Atlantic Hurricane Tracking Chart and Tropical Storm Tracks: http://lumahai.soest.hawaii.edu/Tropical_Weather/, http://lumahai.soest.hawaii.edu/Tropical_Weather/tropical.shtml and http://www.hawaii.edu/News/storm.tracks.html.

University of Hawaii Tropical Cyclone Links: http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/tropical_links.html

University of Hawaii Worldwide Hurricane, Typhoon and Tropical Cyclone Strike Probabilities: http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/StrikeProb.html (Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Caroline Is., Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grand Cayman Is., Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Diego Garcia, Japan, Mariana Is., Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico, New Zealand, Reunion Is., Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and USA, Venezuela, US Virgin Is., Br. Virgin Is.) (2000/2/11).

University of Illinois, WW2010, Case Studies, Hurricane Andrew: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/arch/cases/920824/home.rxml

University of Michigan, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences - The Weather Underground home page: http://groundhog.sprl.umich.edu/curriculum/Hurricane_Questions.html, and WeatherNet Homepage: http://blueskies.sprl.umich.edu/curriculum/Hurricane_Q&A/Answer1.html

University of Miami, T-Storm Terry's Tropical Weather Page: http://storm.rsmas.miami.edu/~tfaber/tropics/. This site will move to http://www.moreweather.com/

URI (University of Rhode Island), Graduate School of Oceanography, Numerical Modeling Lab. - Tropical Cyclone-Ocean Interaction home page: http://seip.gso.uri.edu/tropcyc/tropcyc.html

UW (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Space Sciences and Engineering Center (SSEC) and CIMSS (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies), Real-time Tropical Wave Tracking home page: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/wavetrak/waves.html. Wave-track mosaics are generated utilizing geostationary satellite imagery from GMS, GOES and METEOSAT satellites and low-level (about 600-925 hPa) cloud-tracked winds (and circulations) (2000/07/03). See also CIMSS.

Typhoon Conditions: http://www.virtualokinawa.com/weather/typhoon-conditions.html

Washington Post (TM), WeatherPost: http://www.weatherpost.com/

WGT (Weather Graphics Technologies, Inc., Garland, Texas and Norman, Oklahoma, USA) - Hurricane and Typhoon tracking tools: http://www.weathergraphics.com/main.htm

Weather Labs, Inc., 146 Townsend St., Suite 7, San Francisco, California, USA (Tel: 415/234-9669) - Software for Hurricane Tracker, Track Eye, Visual Passage Planner Demo, etc.: http://www.weatherlabs.com/disk.htm

WeatherOnline - local forecasts, storm warnings and watches, current satellite images and maps: http://www.weatheronline.com/ and http://www.weatheronline.com/tropical/

Weather Planner (TM), Strategic Weather Services, Wayne, Pa. USA (Tel: 610/640-0521) - Current Weather Conditions, Sever Weather, Tropical Atlantic Current Surface Conditions: http://www.weatherplanner.com/

Weather Research Center, 3227 Audley St., Houston, Texas 77098, USA (Tel: 713/529-3076) - Hurricanes and Typhoons: http://www.wxresearch.com/~wrc/outlook/

Weather Watchers, CASI (Central Atlantic Storm Investigators, A non-profit organization: http://www.weatherwatchers.org/): http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/tropical.shtml (2000/12/29).

WMO (World Meteorology Organization) Tropical Meteorology Research: http://www.wmo.ch/web/arep/trop.html

WMO Tropical Cyclone Program (TCP) including the addresses of Regional / Specialised Meteorological Centers (RSMC) at Tokyo, New Delhi, La Reunion and Miami, and Nadi Cyclone Warning Centre: http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/trop-cyc.html. E-mail address is kabe@www.wmo.ch

Worldwide thermodynamic diagrams and charts - The following web sites have examples of Stuve diagrams and Skew-T and Log-P diagrams in USA: http://www-das.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html and http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/upper/ (2/1/2000). The following web sites have worldwide thermodynamic diagrams: (1) Canada (http://www-das.uwyo.edu/upperair/cn.html). (2) Central Pacific (http://www-das.uwyo.edu/upperair/cp.html). (3) South America (http://www-das.uwyo.edu/upperair/sa.html). (4) Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (http://www-das.uwyo.edu/upperair/mx.html). (5) Australia and New Zealand (http://www-das.uwyo.edu/upperair/au.html). (6) Africa and Persian Gulf (http://www-das.uwyo.edu/upperair/af.html). (7) Southeast Asia and Western Pacific (http://www-das.uwyo.edu/upperair/se.html). (8) Europe and Mediterranean Sea (http://www-das.uwyo.edu/upperair/eu.html). (9) Arctic (http://www-das.uwyo.edu/upperair/np.html). (10) Antarctica (http://www-das.uwyo.edu/upperair/an.html) (2000/2/2).

Worldwide Tropical Cyclones - Current Tropical Cyclones, Strike Probabilities, Tropical Advisories, Storm Track Maps, and Storm Data Archives: http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/tropical.html (2000/2/8)

Worldwide Weather by Hans Rosendal, Meteorologist / Climatologist, Hurricane Program Leader, US National Weather Service, Pacific Region, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: http://members.aol.com/prosendal/index.html and Han Rosendal's papers on hurricanes, forecasting, basic meteorology and oceanography, miscellaneous weather topics: http://members.aol.com/Rosendalhe/papers.html (2000/1/20)

WxUSA (Weather USA) - Hurricane: http://www.wxusa.com/Hurricane/

Yahoo Science - Meteorology Page: http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Meteorology/; Weather Page: http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Meteorology/Weather_Phenomena/; Typhoon Page: http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Meteorology/Weather_Phenomena/Typhoons/; Hurricane Page: http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Meteorology/Weather_Phenomena/Hurricanes/, Hurricane, Typhoon and Tropical Cyclone Page: http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Meteorology/Weather_Phenomena/Hurricanes__Typhoons__and_Tropical_Cyclones/ (2000/12/29).

 

 Web pages of worldwide national weather services:

1. European Meteorological Society provides links to worldwide meteorological societies and national weather services: http://www.emetsoc.org/ems_links.html (03/15/2001).

 

Web pages on data plots:

US NOAA, CDC (Climate Diagnose Center), Longitude-time and latitude-time cross-section plots (i.e., Hovmoller diagram) using NCEP daily data, Operational Data (Jan. 1, 1979 - Present) and reanalysis data (Jan. 1, 1958 - Present): http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/time_plot/ (2000/12/26).

 

Web pages on NWP model comparisons:

Information on Operational Models (Models are ETA, NGM, AVN/MRF/RUC, NOGAPS, ECMWF, UKMET, Canadian Models, Ensembles, MM5, ARPS, LAPS, and Hurricane Models; Model Performance Characteristic; and Model verification): http://tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/er/bgm/models.htm (2001/3/19).

InterMet, International Numerical Weather Prediction Model output: http://www2.magmacom.com/~intermet/metmodin.htm (2001/01/15)

USA LLNL (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA) Atmospheric Model Inter-comparison Team: http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/modldoc/amip/01toc.html (2000/12/14).

 

Web pages where operational global numerical weather prediction models are used to estimate tropical cyclone motion out to 5 days or longer (2000/12/5):

  1. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/nhurr97/MODELS.HTM
  2. The Canadian CMC global model products: http://www.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/htmls/glb_4panel.html
  3. The W-4 Interface: Home page (by Eric Luebehusen): http://members.home.net/cheric/w-4home.htm (2000/12/14);

    4. The ECMWF 3-6 day forecasts: http://www.ecmwf.int/ and http://members.home.net/cheric/ecmwf.htm

    The JMA map images of JMA GRIB data: http://ddb.kishou.go.jp/cgi-bin/grads_input

    The USA NOGAPS Forecasts: http://members.home.net/cheric/nogaps.htm and http://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/WXMAP/GLOBAL/

    The USA AVN Forecasts: http://members.home.net/cheric/avn.htm and http://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/WXMAP/GLOBAL/

    The USA MRF Forecasts: http://members.home.net/cheric/mrf.htm and http://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/WXMAP/GLOBAL/

    The USA ETA Forecasts: http://members.home.net/cheric/eta.htm

    The USA NGM Forecasts: http://members.home.net/cheric/ngm.htm

    The USA Meso-scale models (Meso-ETA, 03Z and 15Z; MM, 00Z. RAMS, 00Z and 12Z; RUC, 03Z and 15Z): http://members.home.net/cheric/meso.htm

  4. The Japanese Meteorology Agency (JMA) global model solutions: http://ddb.kishou.go.jp/grads.html
  5. The USA global forecast products for AVN (00 and 12 UTC), MRF (00 UTC), NOGAPS (00 and 12 UTC): http://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/wxmap/
  6. The USA Medium Range Forecast (MRF) model systems for Australia and New Zealand regions: http://grads.iges.org/pix/aus.fcst.html
  7. The USA GFDL model gallery: http://www.gfdl.gov/~jps/GFDL_VG_Gallery.html
  8. The USA AVN, GFDL and NOGAPS models solutions, and European ECMWF model solutions: http://www.essc.psu.edu/~rhart/tcgengifs/

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    Web pages where statistical models are used to estimate tropical cyclone motion out to 5 days or longer (2000/12/6):

    1. City University of Hong Kong, China, western North Pacific tropical cyclone seasonal forecasts and verifications: http://aposf02.cityu.edu.hk/~mcg/index.htm and http://aposf02.cityu.edu.hk/~mcg/tc_forecast/forecast.htm (2001/01/09).
    2. Colorado State University (CSU), Hurricane Seasonal Forecasts: http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/ (2000/12/16).
    3. Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) Company, Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Forecasts (Dr. Mark Saunders, et al.): http://forecast.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/shadow/ (2000/12/19) - Pre-season Forecast for Australian Region and Queensland Landfalling Tropical Cyclones in 2000/01: http://tropicalstormrisk.com (2000/12/19).
    4. The University College London (UCL), UK, Dr. Mark Saunders, Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre (Tel: +44 (0) 1483 204187), Long-term Seasonal Forecasts of Extreme Weather Events. (1). Hurricane: USA Landfalling and Atlantic Total Numbers, (2). Typhoons: Far East Landfalling and NW Pacific Total Numbers, (3). Tropical Cyclones: Australian Landfalling and SW Pacific Total Numbers, and (4). European Windstorms: http://forecast.mssl.ucl.ac.uk (2000/12/17).
    5. Weather Research Center (WRC), 3227 Audley St., Houston, Texas 77098 (Tel: 713/529-3076), USA - Hurricane Seasonal Outlooks: http://www.wxresearch.com/~wrc/outlook/ (2000/12/18).

 

 Web pages where data and analysis maps are available (2001/01/09):

 

GLOBAL CHARTS:

 

Surface weather code and symbol:  http://www.zetnet.co.uk/sigs/weather/Met_Codes/wwsymbol.htm (2001/04/30)

US NASA, Global Hydrology and Climate Center, Interactive Weather Satellite Images: http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/, Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Composite, IR and Water Vapor Mosaics: http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/globalir.html and http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/globalwv.html (2001/05/04).

US NOAA, Marine Observing Systems Team Homepages (http://manati.wwb.noaa.gov/), Current and previous day Ocean Surface Winds derived form the SeaWinds Scatterometer (QuikSCAT): http://manati.wwb.noaa.gov/quikscat/ (2001/01/09).

Weather.org - Worldwide and regional satellite, radar, pressure, temperature, wind and seas charts: http://www.weather.org/ (2001/01/16).

Weatherbase (SM), Canty and Associates LLC, 802A Olde Georgetown Court, Great Falls, Virginia 22066, Tel: 703/757-8673 - Climatological information of 16,434 cities worldwide: http://www.weatherbase.com/ (2001/01/16).

 

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE CHARTS:

ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts): http://www.ecmwf.int/ (2001/5/10).

JMA (Japan Meteor. Agency) map image of JMA GRIB data, 2.5 x 2.5 DEG. Northern Hemisphere: http://ddb.kishou.go.jp/cgi-bin/grads_input (2001/05/10).

NCEP 200-hPa wind (m/s) and divergence analysis chart: http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/meteo/winfos/ncep/hem5_00h.gif (2001/04/23)

NCEP 500-hPa geopotential meters (dam) and vorticity (10-5 s-1) analysis chart: http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/meteo/winfos/ncep/hem1_00h.gif (2001/04/23)

MRF 500-hPa analysis chart: http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/meteo/winfos/mrf/mrf50000F000.gif (2001/04/23)

500-hPa height and temperature chart: http://nwpsvr.kma.go.kr/cgi-bin/mm5select3_eng.cgi

500-hPa height and temperature 24-hour change analysis chart: http://nwpsvr.kma.go.kr/cgi-bin/mm5select3_eng.cgi

NCEP 700-hPa vertical velocity (mb/hr) analysis chart: http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/meteo/winfos/ncep/hem3_00h.gif (2001/04/23)

MRF 850-hPa analysis chart: http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/meteo/winfos/mrf/mrf85000F000.gif (2001/04/23)

NCEP 850-hPa temperature (C), relative humidity (%) and wind (m/s) analysis chart: http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/meteo/winfos/ncep/hem4_00h.gif (2001/04/23)

MRF surface analysis chart: http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/meteo/winfos/mrf/mrfsfc00F000.gif (2001/04/23)

NCEP Mean sea level pressure (mb-1000 mb) and 1000-500 hPa thickness (dam) analysis chart: http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/meteo/winfos/ncep/hem2_00h.gif (2000/04/23)

InterMet, International Numerical Weather Prediction Model output: http://www2.magmacom.com/~intermet/metmodin.htm (2001/01/15)

Surface weather code and symbol:  http://www.zetnet.co.uk/sigs/weather/Met_Codes/wwsymbol.htm (2001/04/30)

 

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE CHARTS:

ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts): http://www.ecmwf.int/ (2001/5/10).

InterMet, International Numerical Weather Prediction Model output: http://www2.magmacom.com/~intermet/metmodin.htm (2001/01/15)

JMA (Japan Meteor. Agency) map image of JMA GRIB data, 2.5 x 2.5 DEG. Southern Hemisphere: http://ddb.kishou.go.jp/cgi-bin/grads_input (2001/5/10).

 

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND EAST ASIA REGIONS CHARTS:

Hong Kong Observatory current and historical surface analysis chart (at 8:00 AM local time, Mercator Projection): http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/currwx/dwm/index.htm (2001/5/10).

JMA (Japan Meteor. Agency) map image of JMA GRIB data, 1.5 x 1.5 DEG. Asian Area: http://ddb.kishou.go.jp/cgi-bin/grads_input (2001/5/10).

KMA (Korean Meteorological Agency), Numerical Weather Prediction (http://nwpsvr.kma.go.kr/) (2001/01/09):

East Asia Charts (00 and 12 UTC): Surface, 925, 800, 700, 500, 300, 200, 100-hPa charts: http://nwpsvr.kma.go.kr/cgi-bin/mm5select2_eng.cgi;

Three-hourly Far-east Asia Surface charts: http://nwpsvr.kma.go.kr/cgi-bin/mm5select1_eng.cgi (2001/5/10);

Analysis and forecast auxiliary charts (850-hPa moisture flux, streamline and isotach, 1000-700 hPa thickness and thickness advection, 925-hPa temperature, and 700-hPa Dew point temperature depression): http://nwpsvr.kma.go.kr/zauxi.html (2001/1/9).

InterMet, International Numerical Weather Prediction Model output: http://www2.magmacom.com/~intermet/metmodin.htm (2001/01/15)

 

NORTH AMERICA CHARTS:

InterMet, International Numerical Weather Prediction Model output: http://www2.magmacom.com/~intermet/metmodin.htm (2001/01/15)

US UCAR RAP, NCEP's RUC (Rapid Updated Cycle) 2 model, hourly surface wind speed (kts) / MSLP (mb) chart: http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/us_mslp.gif; Pressure tendency chart: http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/us_ptnd.gif (2001/01/09).

 

EUROPEAN CHARTS:

InterMet, International Numerical Weather Prediction Model output: http://www2.magmacom.com/~intermet/metmodin.htm (2001/01/15)

 

TROPICAL BELT:

ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts): http://www.ecmwf.int/ (2001/5/10).

 

Tropical Cyclone forecast verifications:

UK Met Office, Tropical Cyclone Track Forecast Verification, from June 1995 to present month: http://www.meto.govt.uk/sec2/sec2cyclone/tcbulletin.html (2001/5/30).

 

 

The date-time group in the parentheses (YYYY/MM/DD) is the valid date of the URL.

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Revision Date: 23 July 2001

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