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Introduction

This guide is designed as an aid to finding information on meteorological or climatological topics. For sources that may be found through the online catalog, use relevant subject headings that are suggested in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (Ref. Tables Z 695 L695) list. See also the Information Resource entitled Environmental Science.

Books

Library materials may be identified in the Libraries' Online Catalog by using author, title, keyword, and subject searches. Books on meteorology and climatology are primarily located in the QC 851 to QC 999 call number area on the third floor.

Online books are accessible via NetLibrary. Search this database by keyword (e.g., weather), author, or title.

Databases

The most frequently used meteorology databases are:

Reference Sources

Glossary of Weather and Climate. 1996. (Ref. QC 854 G56 1996)

Subtitled: "With Related Oceanic and Hydrological Terms." Provides definitions to terms that are frequently encountered in the meteorological and climatological literature.

Cambridge Guide to the Weather. 2000. (Ref. QC 981 R49 2000)

Basic meteorological topics are described in this brief volume that contains color illustrations and an appended glossary.

The Complete Weather Resource. 3 vols. 1997. (Ref. QC 981 E66 1997)

Contents: Vol. 1; Understanding Weather, Vol. 2; Weather Phenomena, Vol. 3; Forecasting and Climate.

The Encyclopedia of Climatology. 1987. (Ref. QC 854 E525 1987)

A guide to the basic principles of climatology along with information on recent advances in the field. Includes illustrations and references.

Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones. 1998. (Ref. QC 944 L66 1998)

Surveys the role of tropical cyclones in history, science, and culture. Also includes extensive articles on major topics related to cyclonic activity.

Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate. 2 vols. (Ref. QC 854 A45 2002)

This two-volume encyclopedia provides medium-length essays on meteorological and environmental topics related to the weather. See also, Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather (Ref. QC 854 E523 1996)

Handbook of Applied Meteorology. 1985. (Ref. TA 197 H36 1985)

A comprehensive reference of meteorological knowledge designed for the non-specialist.

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Weather. 2001. (QC 854 S74 2001)

A basic survey of the changing face of meteorology and the major personalities in the field. Emphasizes recent weather phenomena such as the Greenhouse Effects, El Nino, and Global Warming.

1001 Questions Answered About Hurricanes, Tornadoes and Other Natural Air Disasters. 1987. (Ref. QC 941.8 T84 1987).

Arranged in a question and answer format along with black and white illustrations.

International Data

Atlas of Satellite Observations Related to Global Change. 1993. (Atlas Ref. QC 981.8 C5 G87 1993)

A collection of environmental and meteorological data derived from satellite observations.

Atlas of Tropical Sea Surface Temperature and Surface Winds. 1989. (Gov. Docs. C55.22:8)

Contains descriptive maps of sea surface temperatures and surface winds over the tropical oceans. See also: Atlas of Climatology and Variability of Monthly Mean Northern Hemisphere Sea Level Pressure (Gov. Docs. C 55.22:10 ), Atlas of the Tropical and Subtropical Circulations Derived from National Meteorological Center Operational Analyses (Gov. Docs. C 55.22:7), and Climatic Atlas of the Tropical Atlantic and eastern Pacific (Atlas Ref. G 2806 C84 H3).

Climate-Diagram Maps. 1975. (Ref. QC 982 W3413)

Subtitled: "Climate-Diagram Maps of the Individual Continents and the Ecological Climatic Regions of Earth." Consists of eight large black and white folding climate maps of the world's regions. Accompanied by an explanatory booklet.

Encyclopedia of Air. 2003. (QC 854 N48)

Global Warming: A Reference Handbook. 1993. (Ref. QC 981.8 G56 N48 1993)

Presents background information on global warming, including: history, biographical sketches of key researchers, facts and opinions, organizations, references and a glossary.

Hurricanes--Different Faces in Different Places. 1995. (Ref. QC 940.6 N37 1995)

This annual publication describes hurricane activity for each year, as well as historical tables of past major hurricanes.

International Cloud Atlas. 1956. (Atlas Ref. QC 921 W63)

A useful guide to classifying and understanding cloud formations. Includes diagrams as well as color and black and white illustrations.

Meteorological Atlas of the International Indian Ocean Expedition. 2 vols. 1972. (Atlas Ref. G 2851 C8 I5 1972)

An attempt to present in maps the physical and biological data on the Indian Ocean. Contents: Volume 1 - The Surface Climate of 1963 and 1964; Volume 2 - Upper Air.

The Times Books World Weather Guide. 1990. (Ref. QC 982 P43 1990)

Subtitled: "A City-by-City Guide that Enables You to Forecast the Weather You can Expect in Any Part of the World at Any Time of the Year." Designed as an aid to the traveler.

United States Data

Airway Meteorological Atlas for the U.S. 1941. (Atlas Ref. TL 558 U5 A5 1941)

A collection of charts and tables depicting historical surface weather conditions as well as upper air winds for the U.S. These data were collected from 1928 to 1939.

Atlas of American Agriculture. 8 vols. 1917-1935. (Special Collections G 1201 J1 U5)

A multi-volume collection of atlases which describe with text and maps the various physical elements of the countries of the world that relate to the agriculture of each country. Note especially: Volume 5 -Climate; Precipitation and Humidity; and Volume 7 - Climate; Temperature, Sunshine, and Wind.

Atlas of Frequency Distribution, Auto-Correlation and Cross-Correlation of Daily Temperature and Precipitation at Stations in the U. S., 1948-1991 (in English units). 1993. (Gov. Docs. C55.22: 11 E)

Includes statistics on the maximum and minimum temperature and precipitation for each month of the year at 118 U.S. weather stations. Also available in a metric units edition (Gov. Docs. C 55.22 :11 M). For additional historical data covering the years 1881-1930 consult Climatic Maps of North America (Special Collections Oversize G 1106 C8 B7).

Climates of the States. 2 vols. 1980. (Ref. QC 983 U58 1974)

Subtitled: "National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration Narrative Summaries, Tables, And Maps For Each State With Overview Of State Climatologist Programs." Volume 1 - Alabama thru North Dakota; Volume 2 - Ohio thru Wyoming. See the 1974 edition for earlier data (Ref. GC 983 U58).

Climatological Data. Monthly. (Gov. Docs. C55.214/:MICRO.)

Issued by state, this compilation of tables presents data by weather station on precipitation, temperature, and evaporation and wind. UWF holdings: Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Daily Weather Maps. Weekly Series. (Gov. Docs. C55.195:)

Features a surface weather map of the United States, plus charts of the 500 - millibar height contours, highest and lowest temperatures and the precipitation areas and amounts on a daily basis.

Extreme Weather. (QC 983 B78 2004)

An overview of weather extremes that have been recorded since 1870. Includes interesting data on the hottest, coldest, stormiest, (etc.) places on earth.

Hourly Precipitation Data. Monthly. (http://www5.ncdc.noaa.gov/pubs/publications.html)

Presents hourly precipitation data for the Continental United States, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands with annual summaries for Hawaii and the Pacific. UWF holdings: Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Florida Monthly Local Climatological Data. Monthly and Annually. (Gov. Docs. C55.286/6-:)

Temperature, heating and cooling degree days, precipitation, wind, and sunshine data are provided for key cities of each state. Additional state editions are available in the library for Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Monthly and Seasonal Weather Outlook. Semi-Monthly. (Gov. Docs. C55.109:)

Provides a summary of average rainfall and temperature for the preceding month and weather outlook for the following month. Formerly Average Monthly Weather Outlook.

South and Southeast Wind Atlas. 1984. (Atlas Ref. QC 940 U5 D43 1984)

Subtitled: "State By State Maps Of Wind Speed And Wind Energy." Includes data for fifteen states.

Storm Data. Monthly. (Gov. Docs. C55.212:Micro and http://www5.ncdc.noaa.gov/pubs/publications.html#SD)

Covers each state through tables, photographs, maps and diagrams plus a narrative that describes unusual weather phenomena.

The Weather Almanac. Irregular. 1974- (Ref. QC 983 W38)

Subtitled: "A Reference Guide To Weather, Climate, and Air Quality In The United States and Its Key Cities, Comprising Statistics, Principles and Terminology." Provides weather/health information and safety rules for environmental hazards associated with storms, weather extremes, earthquakes and volcanoes. Also includes world climatological highlights and special features on weather, climate, and society.

Weather America. 2000. (Ref. QC 983 W385 2001)

Subtitled: "A Thirty-Year Summary of Statistical Weather data & Rankings" Data are provided for each county of each state, as well as rankings of temperature and precipitation extremes for the top 100 cities in the United States.

The Weather Handbook. 1990. (Ref. QC 982 W38 1990)

Subtitled: "A Summary Of Weather Statistics For Selected Cities Throughout The U.S. And The World."

Internet Sites

Accuweather
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/index.asp?partner=accuweather

CNN Weather
http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/

Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology
http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu

Department of Atmospheric Sciences

http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/

My-Cast Weather
http://www.my-cast.com/

Florida Automated Weather Network
http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/

Global Climate Change
http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/

Heritage Emergency National Task Force
http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/taskfer.htm

Marine Remote Sensing Lab
http://marine.rutgers.edu/mrs/index.html

Meteorology: The Online Guides
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml

National Climate Data Center
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html

National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

National Oceanographic Data Center
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/

National Severe Storms Laboratory
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/"

National Weather Service Internet Weather Source
http://weather.noaa.gov/

NOAA Tides & Currents
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/station_retrieve.shtml?type=Tide+Data

PSC Weather Center
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/tropical.html

Southeast Regional Climate Center
http://www.dnr.state.sc.us/climate/sercc/

Storm Prediction Center: Historical Tornado Data Archive
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/

Tornado Numbers and  Deaths
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/torn/monthlytornstats.html

Tropical Storm Watch
http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/nhp/stormwatch.shtm#5

USA Today Weather
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Global Warming
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/

Weather Calculator
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/elp/wxcalc/wxcalc.shtml

Weather Channel
http://www.weather.com

Weather Underground
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/

WorldClimate
http://www.worldclimate.com/

Metalists

Atlantic Tropical Weather Center
http://www.atwc.org/

Center for Ocean-Atmosphere Prediction Studies (COAPS)
http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/

Charles Sturt University: Weather and Global Monitoring
http://www.csu.edu.au/weather.html

Hays' Tropical Weather Pages
http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/coriolis/hurricanes.html

Hotlist for Oceanography, Limnology and Atmospheric Science
http://aslo.org/links.html

Hurricane Links
http://nautical.uwf.edu/data/data.cfm?dataID=1452

Intellicast Weather
http://www.intellicast.com/

Links to Tornado and Severe Weather Web Sites
http://www.meteor.wisc.edu/~hopkins/wx-links/twister.htm

Moreweather
http://www.moreweather.com/tropics/

NOAA Paleo Global Warming
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/globalwarming/home.html

S.A.R. Tropical Weather
http://www.flysouth.org/tropic.htm

Thunderstorm Information Index
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wtsm0.htm

Untied States Interactive Climate Pages
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/USclimate/

Weather Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/map_sites/wea_sites.html

Weather Online
http://www.weatheronline.com/tropindex.html

WINDandSEA: The Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/windandsea.html

World Meteorological Organization
http://www.wmo.ch/web-en/member.html

Bob Perdue, Former Science Librarian
University of West Florida Library
Date Last Updated: April, 2007 by Caroline Thompson, Science Librarian