Introduction to Texas Hurricanes part of Activity Collection
Students graph data from 20th century hurricanes that affected the state of Texas. Along the way they answer questions that ask them to interpret what they see represented on the graphs.

Time Series Analysis of Lehigh Valley Instrumental Climate Records part of Activity Collection
In this lab activity the students will learn basic statistical and graph skills by analyzing real world climate data sets.

Wind Surge: Interactive On-line Mac and PC part of Teaching Methods:Mathematical and Statistical Models:Examples
Wind surge is a JAVA based applet for exploring how water level on the windward and leeward side of a basin depends on wind speed, basin length, water depth, and boundary type.

Daisyworld: Stella Mac or PC part of Teaching Methods:Mathematical and Statistical Models:Examples
After constructing a Stella model of Daisyworld students perform guided experiments to explore the behavior of Daisyworld to changes in model parameters and assumptions.

Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations: The Scale of the Atmosphere part of Activity Collection
Question Let's imagine a scale model of the Earth and use a basketball to represent the Earth. Now, let's get ourselves some packages of fruit roll-ups and start covering the basketball with layers of ...

Exploring Aerosol Optical Thickness Using MODIS Satellite Imagery in NEO part of Tools and Datasets:DataSheets
"Aerosol Optical Thickness is the degree to which aerosols prevent the transmission of light" in the atmoshpere.1 "An aerosol optical thickness of less than 0.1 indicates a crystal clear sky with ...

Decision Making Using GIS Climate Change Simulation Data part of Tools and Datasets:DataSheets
GIS Climate Change Scenarios project is conducted by the NCAR GIS Initiative and intended to serve a community of GIS users interested in global climate change. This GIS data portal provides access to free global ...

Ocean Circulation part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Data:Examples
Students view and analyze buoy, satellite, temperature vs. depth data to learn about ocean circulation and how is related to atmospheric circulation.

Exploring Paleoclimatology in the Classroom Using Coral Radioisotope Data from Rarotonga Island in the South Pacific part of Tools and Datasets:DataSheets
Coral Radioisotope Data from the Homepage for the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology provides users with access to atomic ratio data (Sr/Ca) and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data for coral samples near ...

Exploring the Ocean Surface with Data from the Global Drifter Program part of Tools and Datasets:DataSheets
Buoy Data from the Global Drifter Program provide real-time and historical data for over 1000 global drifter buoys. Data monitored include buoy position and sea surface temperature (SST).