Presents an online catalog of weather instruments and related products. Also offers a
customized weather forecast service that provides separate weather forecasts for
agricultural, business, and corporate needs.
Provides weather data systems, marine electronics, and specialized imaging products and
papers. Offers software, hardware, and customized data products.
Provides the latest hurricane information and other weather information dealing with
tropical cyclones.
Provides national weather information from images to textual data. Also presents a
photo gallery of severe weather by storm chasers throughout the country.
Offers timely JPEG weather maps and MPEG movies of radar motion (also offers a text
version).
Two satellite constellations of near-polar orbiting, sun-synchronous satellites that
monitor meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics environments.
Features currently occurring meteorological phenomena.
Contains many images of 3D satellite views from space. Also plugs its 3D software
package that integrates 3D weather visualization with a global database to create a
virtual world.
Serves as guide to weather, ski reports, and ocean conditions. Provides information for
weather novices and professionals.
Gives access to meteorological and oceanographic data being reported by buoys and CMAN
stations in the Atlantic, United States, and Pacific. Reloads automatically every two
minutes if you have Netscape.
Provides the capability to type any city's station ID and receive up-to-the-minute
conditions. Also enables you to build a weather map, checking off only the options you
want to include on the surface map.
Nonprofit group of weather enthusiasts. Includes information about the group, links to
weather-related information, and an offer to receive a free bulletin the group puts out.
Provides archive of weather images taken by the space shuttle and NASA satellite
systems.
Consists of several scientific divisions and programs working together with member
universities on research activities to better understand Earth's climate systems. Includes
information on resources, facilities, and
services; the research data archives; and weather-related information.
Contains resources for the researcher, advanced student, and hobbyist interested in the
latest information on tropical weather conditions, as well as archival information on
weather data and maps. Provides links to other NOAA information and satellite data.
National
Severe Storms Laboratory
http://www.nssl.uoknor.edu/
Provides information about the laboratory, including current research and programs.
Does not offer specific information on severe weather but does provide links to sites that
do. Also includes an extensive list of links to "Web literacy" sites.
Provides all information output by the NWS, including national and international
weather in graphical and textual formats, and information about regional offices. Also
offers links to NOAA and other NWS programs.
Provides many seismology-related resources, including the record of the day, recent
earthquake activity, and publications.
Includes weather information and ocean temperatures.
Includes information about storm chasers, a photo gallery of storms, and the latest
news about the Storm Chasers group. Also provides information about storm chasing at home,
including how to contact the NWS.
Presents photos of severe weather taken by Warren Faidley, full-time storm chaser.
Offers short- and medium-range forecasts for North America and current weather maps and
climate anomaly models for the rest of the world. Provides a key to the weather maps and a
table of weather symbols.
Provides pointers to various weather services worldwide.
Includes information about the Weather Channel and also provides novice weather
enthusiasts with simple weather maps.
Tries to list every weather-related link on the Internet. Includes not only WWW sites,
but ftp sites, gophers, and telnet sites. Includes commercial sites as well as educational
and governmental sites.
Lists weather links out of Harvard University. Includes brief descriptions of each
link. Also provides links to aviation information.
Provides information on AEA and its activities and services, including an events
calendar, a directory of services, and a membership roster. Provides instant links to more
than 100 high-tech firms.
“From the exhibits we build, to the research we conduct, lectures we sponsor,
courses we teach, magazines and books we publish, symposia we host…the Academy’s
aim is to shed light on the wonders and value of the natural world.” The
academy’s site contains links to exhibits, research departments, educational classes
at Cal Academy, a newsletter, and other museum-related information.
Contains public domain and freely distributable software, publications, and other
materials of interest to AI researchers, educators, students, and practitioners.
Contains a bibliography of alternative research, parapsychology, cognitive science,
human factors, and science fiction. Includes an online experiment in which visitors can
participate.
Provides this interactive science museum's exhibits, workshops, projects, programs,
events, and schedules. Includes a quarterly magazine, gifts, learning publication tools
and resources, and images and sounds.
Provides access to thousands of science and math documents, lesson plans, and software
for use in educational settings. Provides information about each item before you download,
as well as how they fit into curriculum goals.
Presents a collection of material on Canadian scientists and science. Includes
biographies of several scientists, descriptions of their greatest claims to fame, and
activities. Presents an interactive quiz that tests knowledge and guides users around the
site looking for answers. Also includes images and text.
Organization of biomechanics experts who study footwear for sports and other functional
applications. Includes information on the organization and abstracts of papers.
Provides information about smartcards and chipcards on the Net, as well as on the
outcome of the forum's studies and projects. Also presents brochures and more.
Provides information about the museum, exhibits, and what a visitor might expect.
Contains useful information about various programs and several searchable databases.
Provides information on government funded efforts to improve science in this country.
Also provides information on past and present grant information and presents NSF
publications.
Contains current and past issues of the NTIAC Newsletter, calendars of events, calls
for papers, NDE book reviews, cross links to other NDE sites, and other information.
Houses PBS's Bill Nye the Science Guy. Serves as a place for students to learn science
and have fun at the same time. Includes a set of links to science on the Web, show
listings, and activities to do at home.
Contains research reports on various activities of the Lab in the area of computer
multimedia architecture, gestural input, face recognition, and so on. Also of interest is
the link to "The World Right Now," which shows live outdoor images from
different parts of the world. Also available in Italian.
Presents a publication that addresses issues relevant to being a responsible scientist
and researcher. Covers issues such as values, experimental technique, authorship
practices, and the scientist in society.
Designs and manufactures customized fiberoptic and laser diode systems for the
photonics industry. Provides flexible fiber-optic solutions to equipment manufacturers and
research establishments throughout the world.
Lists catalog items and links them to science education references on the Web. Includes
MSDS, safety checklist, and other references.
Specializes in producing programs for the professional and educational use of the
scientific community. Provides MPEG clips that help visualize complex sets of scientific
data.
Explores issues ignored or not studied adequately in the mainstream scientific
community. Contains abstracts to some articles published in their journal.
Performs research in optics and related disciplines and applies optical and infrared
technologies to practical problems. Includes research in optical oceanography and laser
eye and sensor protection.
Provides information relating to the topic of superplasticity. Offers literature
databases, experimental results, and software relating to superplasticity.
Develops mechanical design techniques, higher learning, and environmentally friendly
designs.
Covers technology and its implications. Addresses the practical applications of
science, as opposed to laboratory breakthroughs and theoretical abstractions. Emphasizes
policy issues rather than nuts and bolts.
Offers a downloadable application demo for a modal analysis system for viewing and
analyzing noise and vibration in structures.
Provides easy access to earth and space science data. Focuses on Hawaii. Offers a
database of satellite, space shuttle, and aircraft remote sensing images of Hawaii.
Enables you to view image navigators for Landsat, Spaceborne Radar, or aerial photographic
images. Also includes a collection of images in oceanography, meteorology, and
volcanology.
Serves Nordic companies and institutions that want to strengthen their position in
their markets by using multimedia as one of several business tools.
Information center for the Westinghouse Science & Technology Center.
Displays graphic presentation of all X-ray and gamma-ray coefficients. Includes links
to other nuclear data and a program for calculating shielding and dose deposition.
Concentrates on biomedical magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy.
"The purposes of ASLO are to promote the interests of limnology, oceanography and
related sciences, to foster the exchange of information across the range of aquatic
science, and to further investigations dealing with these subjects." Contains general
information about the organization, as well as information on careers and job listings.
Provides services to help improve and sustain coral reef health throughout the world.
Contains general information about coral, as well as a listing of links to other sites
about coral.
Offers two links: The Climate and Ocean Processes link provides information on research
in this area, and the Marine Environment and Resources link contains additional
information on current research.
Explains El Nino (frequently referred to on oceanography pages), a disruption of the
ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical Pacific that affects weather around the globe.
Designed to be a collaborative effort between physicists, biologists, and chemists.
Attempts to more rapidly further research on oceanography through collaboration (made
possible by Internet technology, including this Website).
Lists oceanography Web sites. Contains a listing of the major NOAA Web sites and links
to some of the better Web sites of educational institutions.
Provides services and products to support domestic and international fisheries
management operations, fisheries development, trade and industry assistance activities,
enforcement, protected species and habitat conservation operations, and the scientific and
technical aspects of NOAA's marine fisheries program. Offers links to oceanographic
information, particularly data concerning fish life.
Provides a collection of data sets for physical oceanographers. Offers many holdings
only to local users. Offers information on shore temperature and winds to all users.
Contains information on the physics of coastal waterways and the movement of the waters
and the causes of those movements.
Provides information about National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
research, current weather information, and links to all other NOAA projects. Also includes
latest news involving NOAA and the NOAA mission statement. Includes information about
seasonal forecasts, fisheries, protected species, coastal ecosystems, and navigation.
Includes searchable databases on climate modeling, ice cores, paleoceanographic,
paleovegetation, tree-ring, and other data. Provides alternate search engines for users
who cannot use tables.
Presents an online version of an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution's National
Museum of Natural History. Also contains many resources.
Lists Web sites dealing with the field of oceanography. There are sublistings of
educational and government institutions as well as listings of other online resources such
as images, project descriptions, and research articles.
Offers general membership information. Maintains a news posting system. Covers a wide
variety of topics ranging from highly scientific issues to elementary level oceanography
education under the "News System" heading.
Simulates the global ocean circulation. Covers research being conducted by scientists
at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Naval Postgraduate School. Contains an array of
images as well as MPEG movies.
Contains more than 28,000 images. Serves as resource for finding oceanography images.
Provides an interface for acquiring and viewing Pathfinder images.
Links people around the world and in classrooms to students and experts diving in an
ocean environment. Features the Safari Touch Tank, in which you click on an image of
plants and animals to call up a description, large image, 3D animation, and Webster
definition of the item you choose.
Contains real-time data for meteorology and oceanography, as well as images and
archives of publications. Includes video footage and offers the capability to make
comments on the site and its contents.
Caters to the information needs of the research and educational activities of Scripps
Institution.
Provides access to the University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography's
archive of sea surface temperature satellite images. Also includes an online lesson plan
for teachers who want to incorporate the images into a lesson.
Provides access into the background, status, and documentation for NASA's upcoming
global ocean color monitoring mission. Offers online documentation on this project,
including educational resources.
Provides pointers to businesses that specialize in ocean technology. Also lists
conferences and reference sites, some of which might have something to offer someone doing
non-business related research.
Contains a variety of information. Includes a section on questions about careers in
oceanography. Also offers links to online journals and research articles and resources
related to oceanography.
Cooperative project between the United States and France to develop and operate an
advanced satellite system dedicated to observing the Earth's oceans. Contains archives and
updates for the project.
Contains information on current professional programs and studies. Includes current
images of the world's major oceans as viewed with satellite technology. Also contains
recent oceanography references on the Web.
Provides information about the present United States WOCE plans and details the status
of current work.
Maintains information on World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), TOGA Coupled
Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA COARE), research ship information and cruise
schedules, and other oceanographic information sources.
Contains general oceanographic information. Includes a listing of oceanography Web
sites.
Explains the mission of the International Oceanographic and contains an excellent
definition/explanation of the field of oceanography.
Provides links to a variety of Internet resources on oceanography. Offers links to Web
resources by geographic area. Links to the "What's New" link, which contains a
listing of sites that have recently announced or renovated their Web sites.
This site is dedicated to information on rocks, minerals and fossils. Lists schedules
meetings and field trip and links to other sites devoted to the collection and study of
fossils and minerals.
Web site devoted to information aboout varius dinosaurs. Features links to dinosaur and
vertebrate paleontology, and earth and geoscience sites. Also contains information
concerning contacts for those interested in participating in actual dinosaur digs.
Features dinosaur articles, discussions and essays, reference materials and dinosaur
products for sale. Also contains the names and dates of all the geological time periods
and links to other dinosaur related Web sites.
Vacation planners that arrange paleontological excursions into the “badlands”
of Alberta Canada.
Contains searchable database of microfossil images.
Devoted to the explanation and understanding of paleontology. Also contains sections on
phylogeny, geological time, and evolutionary thought.
Features a paleontologic museum tour. Also contains information about various
collections that the museum carries.
Online museum covering the different aspects of paleontology. Features educational
catalogs and exhibits.
Presents dinosaurs and fossils. Simulates a visit to a real museum of paleontology.
Enables you to visit different exhibits to discover fossil images, background data, and
geological information.
A professional literature database containing abstracts about wildlife, ecology,
fisheries, ornithology, biology, and zoology.
Serves as a resource for Alpaca ranchers, breeders, weavers, spinners, investors, and
anyone who wants more information about alpacas.
Provides information about the history of the ornithology program at Cornell. Offers a
useful link to a gopher search tool for scientific information on bird species.
Contains information about animals and animal-related resources. Offers many links to
information on nearly any animal.
Site run by zoology professors and students at the University of Toronto. Contains
several articles about insect behavior and communication.
Provides information related to veterinary medicine. Offers the Electronic Zoo, a large
collection of animal-related computer resources.
Provides lists for animal resources. Includes links organized by animal (cats, dogs,
insects, and so forth), electronic publications, legislation, organizations, biology, and
medicine.
A biodiversity and bird conservation group in Australia. Features a library of bird
images and listings of threatened birds.
Zoology department at The University of Tasmania Web site. Contains information about
the department and its programs. Also has information for contacting the department.
Contains links to various zoological resources. Provides an online glossary.