Internet Resources about Hurricanes and Teaching About Hurricanes


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Oceanic carbon may help track hurricanes

This resource is an abstract. The authors demonstrate for the first time that satellite images of dissolved organic matter may also help researchers approximate the mixing of surface-level ocean ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work:AGU Highlights

Helping You Understand Weather

This site features weather animations from the USA Today Weather website. Users can find many fast loading GIF windows depicting weather phenomena relating to air masses, air pressure, El Nino, ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Animations/Video

GFDL VisGallery

This site contains visualizations and animations based on the results of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory's research. They are offered as examples of various visualization techniques ...
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Images/Illustrations

Hurricane Visualizations

This site from NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory presents descriptions, 3-D images and animations of some noteworthy hurricanes in recent history, including Andrew, Opal and Fran. The ...
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Images/Illustrations, Datasets and Tools:Datasets

Hurricane Katrina Impact Studies

This website is a cooperative research project between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the University of New Orleans. The goal of the project is to ...
Resource Type: Policy Resources, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Research Results, Audio/Visual:Maps

WINDS: Measuring Ocean Winds from Space

This website provides access to images and data gathered by the SeaWinds scatterometer, a microwave radar sensor designed specifically to measure ocean near-surface wind speed and direction. The site ...
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Pedagogic Resources:Collection, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Datasets and Tools:Datasets

BBC In Depth: Hurricane Katrina

This BBC News clearinghouse website provides a wide variety of information regarding Hurricane Katrina. Information includes news stories, scientific analysis and background, eyewitness accounts, ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Opinion, Collection, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video

Hurricanes: the greatest storms on earth

This website, provided by NASA’s Earth Observatory, describes the science behind hurricanes. Sections include hurricane formation and decay, hurricane anatomy, information regarding storm surges, ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

Hurricanes Are Getting Stronger, Study Says.

This news release from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) describes a study suggesting that hurricanes are getting stronger. Users may also follow links to related sites including an ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

Discover Dialogue: Meteorologist William Gray

In this interview published by Discover Magazine, meteorologist William Gray discusses the science of hurricane forecasting, one that he pioneered. Gray, who is a professor of atmospheric science and ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Opinion