[Research Operational Convective Dynamic Satellite Radar Physical Climate Archives]

Research Links

• A Quick Reference Guide for Operational Forecasting Papers (SGF/NWS)

• NWA's Training Links page 

• NWS Publications - technical reference page

• NWS IM Technical Reference Page

• NWS Central Region Research - Alternative

• NWS Southern Region Scientific Services Division

• NWS Western Region Research - TALites

• National Technical Information Service

• AMS Journals and Publications - PTA - On-line Pubs

• American Geophysical Union 

• National Weather Association - Digest - Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology

• International Meteorological Papers Links

• Research Applications Program (RAP)

• COMET

• NHC Publications

• SPC Publications

• NSSL Papers

• NSSL Bibliographic Database for locating references on winter weather

• Rasmussen's Supercell and Tornado bibliography 

• Storm Data Publications

• U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994

• NWS Modernization page - NWS Modernization Notes via FSU

• Federal Emergency Management Agenciy's (FEMA)'s Online Library

• Project/Studies/Research at Salt Lake NWSFO

• Weather Information Superhighway (TLH NWSFO)

• WWW Virtual Library:Meteorology

• sci.geo.meteorology FAQ

• NWS-WRH/Univ. of Utah Weather Links

• NOAA Websites

• Geosciences Web Sites (the best of...)

• NWS Reference Manual

• WeatherWise Online

• Learning about weather and climate: some short articles

General Grammar, Guidelines, etc.,

• AMS's Brief Guide for Authors

• Strunk and White - The Elements of Style

• The American Heritage Book of English Usage

• A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on MLA Documentation

• The Columbia Guide to Online Style

• The King’s English

• Citing Electronic Sources

• Internet Citation Guides

Operational Meteorology

General Information

• The Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1 (NWS)

• Help with FOUS data: Model Output Statistics (COD)

• Surface Codes

• Upper Air Codes

• Joseph Bartlo's Excellent Weather Forecasting Articles

• NWS (FPUS4) Forecast Codes 

• Weather RECON Decoding Assistance

• The Greek Alphabet

• Frequently used contractions in National Weather Service products (AWC)

• Oklahoma Climatological Survey Lessons (OCS)

• WW2010 (UIL)

• 'Bad' Meteorology

• Research in Coastal Meteorology (AGU)

• Online Guide to Meteorology (UIUC)

• Guide to Weather Maps and Images (UIUC)

• Weather Forecasting - An AMS policy statement

• SOO Training Resource Page (Meted)

• Tools for Common Meteorological Calculations

• University of Washington Synoptic and Mesoscale Case Study Library

• Cooperative Institute for Precipitation Systems

• Tools for Common Meterological Calculations

• Cooperative Institute on Precipitation Systems (CIPS) - SLU

• Paper Summaries by Pat Spoden, SOO WFO Paducah, KY

  • General Forecasting

  • Conditional Symmetric Instability

  • Snowstorms

  • Q-Vectors

  • Heavy Rain Forecasting

Standard Forecasting Techniques

• A Guide To The 500mb Maps (NEMAS) - note it is in the S.H.

• An interactive way to learn how to contour from Univ. Wisconsin

• Guide to analysis techniques

• A Description of Atmospheric Soundings (NEMAS)

• Skew-T - Graphical version of an Atmospheric Sounding (NEMAS)

• Isentropic Analysis Research (Moore/SLU)

• Isentropic Meteorology slide show

• Isentropic Potential Vorticity (BOI/NWS)

• Occlusion Research Home Page (UW)

• Conditional Symmetric Instability - Methods of Operational Diagnosis (NWS)

• A Basic Weather Discussion on Surface Pressure Systems, Fronts, Jet Streams, and Precipitation (NWS Louisville)

• Entrance Regions of Jet Streaks (A Closer Look) (NWS Louisville)

• Coupled Jet-Front Circulation Systems (NCSU)

• Chuck Doswell's Home Page

• Undergraduate Forecasting Course Tutorials (TAMU)

• Naval Post Graduate On-line Course Information

• Introduction to Meteorology at COD

• Introduction to Weather Analysis and Forecasting (PSU)

• Conditional Symmetric Instability Homepage (NSSL)

• HPC QPF and Medium-range Forecasting Research (HPC/NCEP)

• Synoptic Scale Techniques (TDL) - MOS info

• Gravity Wave Tutorial (NCSU)

• Notes on Gravity Waves (Koch)

• Theoretical Principles and Conceptual Models for Jets and Fronts (NCSU)

• Split Front & Cold Front Aloft Tutorial (NCSU)

• Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting (COMET)

• Short Takes (Miami NWSFO)

• Case Study with QG Analysis

• Dynamic Tropopause (alt1 - alt2)

Winter Forecasting

• A Comprehensive Winter Weather Forecast Checklist (SGF/NWS)

• Determining Winter Precipitation Type: Basic Cloud Ice Microphyscis; An Analysis of Sounding, Thickness, and Radar Data (NWS Louisville)

• Significant Winter Meteorological Processes in the Atmosphere (Part I) (Part II) (NWS Louisville)

• An Ingredients-Based Approach to Forecasting Winter Season Mid-Latitude Precipitation Systems (Suzanne W. Wetzel)

• The importance of microphysics in snowfall: A practical example (NWS)

• SPC Winter Weather Training Page

• Winter Weather Forecasting - Snow Forecasting (HPC) 

• Forecasting Lake Effect Snow (NWS - Detroit) 

• Wintertime Cloud Microphysics Review (NWS - LaCrosse)

• Cold Air Damming and Damming Lookalikes (NWS - Raleigh)

• Cold Air Damming and Damming Lookalikes (COMET) 

Tropical Forecasting

• Tropical Cyclone Forecasters' Reference Guide (USNRL)

• Answers to Hurricane, Typhoon and Tropical Cyclone FAQs (Christopher Landsea)

• Objective Dvorak Technique (CIMSS)

Aviation Concerns

• Forecasting Aviation Icing: Icing Type and Severity (COMET)
• Forecasting Aviation Icing: Icing Assessment Using Sounding and Wind Profiles (COMET)
• Forecasting Aviation Icing: Icing Assessment Using Observations and Pilot Reports (COMET)

• Radiation Fog (COMET)

Hydrology

• Flash Flood Home Page (NESDIS)
• Hydrology for the Meteorologist: The Headwater Forecast Process (COMET)

Convective Forecasting & Storm Chasing

• A comprehensive severe weather forecast checklist and reference guide (BNA/NWS)

• 20th Severe Local Storms Conference Info (w/ links to papers)

• 3rd High Plains Conference Postprints  

• John Garner's Severe Storm Bibliography 

• What is a Tornado? (Chuck Doswell)

• About the SPC's Outlooks (SPC)

• Storm Spotter Guide (NWS)

• SPC Publications

• NSSL Papers

• Forecasting Severe Convection, bibliography (COMET)

• Some Scientific References on Tornadoes  (SPC)

• Mesoscale Convective Systems: Squall Lines and Bow Echoes (COMET)

• Convective Season Parameters and Indices (NWS Louisville)

• The Structure and Evolution of Squall Line and Bow Echo Convective Systems (NWS Louisville)

• Predicting Supercell Motion Using Hodograph Techniques (COMET)

• Lightning & Atmospheric Electricity Information (NASA)

• Convective Season Guidance (BOI/NWS)

• Lightning Information Page (NWSTC)

• How to read Hodographs (COD)

• Predicting Supercell Motion Using Hodograph Techniques (COMET)

• Mesoscale Forecasting Exercise (TAMU)

• Checklist for Severe Weather Potential (SPC)

• Sam's Index to Training Materials and Essays on Storm Chasing

• Selected Internet Resources for the Beginning Storm Chaser (Rosenberg)

• Storm Chasing with Safety, Courtesy, and Responsibility (Doswell)

• Storm-Track Documents

• Jon Davies' Papers

• Chuck Doswell's Formal Papers (Informal Papers, Essays)

• David Blanchard's Papers

• Roger Edwards Home Page

• Eric Rasmussen's Pub Page

• Convectively induced mesoscale weather systems in the tropical and warm-season midlatitude atmosphere (AGU)

• The Semi-official Microburst Handbook Homepage (Fernando Caracena)

• Techniques for Issuing Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings

• Forecasting Severe Convection (NWSTC)

• Downburst Prediction Module (Meted)

• Making A Convective Outlook (TAMU)

• Stormtrack.org Educational Resources

• Mark Conder's Dryline/dew point bibliography

• Paper Summaries by Pat Spoden, SOO WFO Paducah, KY

  • Tornado

  • Derecho/Bow Echoes

  • Microbursts

  • Non-supercell tornadoes

  • Supercells

  • MCSs

  • Mesocyclones

  • Radar Detection of Severe Storms

  • Northwest Flow

  • Helicity & Hodographs

Numerical Modeling & Dynamic Meteorology

• Numerical Weather Prediction Professional Development Series (COMET)

  • Understanding NWP Models and Their Processes 

  • Understanding Current Characteristics of Operational NWP Models

  • Assessing the Model Initialization in the Forecast Process

  • Using Numerical Guidance in the Forecast Process

• Model Biases (HPC/NOAA)

• Matrix of Information About Numerical Forecast Models (WRH)

• NCEP NWP Models (TAMU)

• COD's NWP Help Page

• Numerical Techniques for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science

• Trainer Materials for the Symposium on Numerical Weather Prediction (COMET)

• NHC Prediction Models Overview (NWS Southern Region) 

• Precipitation-type Forecast Algorithms in the Eta and RUC Models (SPC)

• Visualizing Fluid Properties (NAVY)

• Geophysical Fluids & Geophysical Fluid Laboratory (UW)

• Dynamical Oceanography. Part I: Fundamental Principles

• SINGER'S LOCK: The Revolution in the Understanding of Weather

Satellite Meteorology

• Manual of Satellite Meteorology (ZAMG)

• Satellite Meteorology (EuroMET)

• Satellite Interpretation Tutorials / Image Examples (NOAA/NESDIS)

• Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT)

• Advanced GOES Imagery Applications (CIRA)

• Satellite Meteorology Training Links (NRL)

• Introduction to GOES-8 (CIRA)

• GOES 3.9 micron Tutorial (CIRA)

• CIMSS 6.7 micron Tutorial (CIMSS)

• Polar Satellite Products for the Operational Meteorologist, Module 1: POES Introduction and Background (COMET)
• Polar Satellite Products for the Operational Meteorologist, Module 2: Microwave Products and Applications (COMET)
• Polar Satellite Products for the Operational Meteorologist, Module 3: Case Studies (COMET)
• Objective Dvorak Technique (CIMSS)
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Remote Sensing

Radar Meteorology

• WSR - Weather Surveillance Radar (COD)

• Radar Tutorial (TAMU)

• Radar Principles/Velocity Interpretation/Pre-Storm Environment (MKX/NWS)

• Radar Meteorology Glossary (MIT)

• Radar Meteorology References (MIT)

• MIT Radar Lab Image Gallery

• World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Remote Sensing

• An overview of NEXRAD products

• Mid-Altitude Radial Convergence (MARC) Velocity Signature

• An Update on the Use of the Mid-Altitude Radial Convergence (MARC) Signature in Forecasting Damaging Winds

Physical Meteorology & Climatology

• Wintertime Cloud Microphysics Review (La Crosse NWSFO)

• NASA's Climate and Radiation Page

• Review of atmospheric radiation: 1991-1994 (AGU)

• Atmospheric science in the laboratory: Progress 1991-1994 (AGU)

• Tropospheric chemistry research in the U.S.: 1991-1994 (AGU)

• A critical review of stratospheric chemistry research in the U.S.: 1991-1994 (AGU)

• Atmospheric aerosol research in the U.S.: 1991-1994 (AGU)

• Progress in planned weather modification research: 1991-1994 (AGU)

• Land atmosphere interaction (AGU)

• Atmospheric planetary boundary-layer research in the US: 1991-1994 (AGU)

• Oklahoma Climatological Survey Lessons (OCS)

• Circles of Light: The Mathematics of Rainbows (UMN)

• About Rainbows (UCAR)

Climate

• Global Change Master Directory (NASA)

• NASA's Climate and Radiation Page

• Climate Prediction Center

• Climate Diagnostics Center

• COLA Technical Reports

• NCDC Published Papers

• Variability in the Earth climate system: Decadal and longer timescales (AGU)

• NSSL Severe T-storm Climatology

• Climatological Risk of Severe and Violent Tornadoes in the United States

• Billion Dollar Weather Disasters (NCDC)

• How to Develop A Severe Weather Climatology (NWSTC)

Archives

• NCAR/RAP's NEXRAD Data Archives Viewer

• 1996 - Present - Unisys

• NCDC by product or event - radar - satellite

• FSU archives

• ISWS 50-Year Radiosonde Archive - raw data, sounding plots, and UA plots

• Radiosonde Database Access

• Customize historical weather maps at Climate Diagnostics Center

• CASI Text Weather Archive - watch, warning, discussion from 1994 - today

• Storm Data

• SPC's Archived Data

• ARL Archived Meteorological Products

• NCAR Datasets

• Severe Plot