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Strahler Geography Student Companion

Links to Geography Information on the Internet, compiled by
James Duvall, III


CHAPTER ONE

  • Cartography -- The great comet of 1996, introduction to cartography with examples.
  • Map Pages-Eotvos University, Department of Cartography -- Hungarian map pages.
  • BUBL WWW Subject Tree-Maps -- Cartography, Maps, Mapping; BGS - British Geological Survey.

    CHAPTER TWO

  • Greenhouse Effect Visualizer -- Explore the earth's radiation budget and ozone data.
  • The Ozone Hole a Multimedia Tour! -- Introduces some of the issues and science behind the ozone hole.
  • NOAA POD GUIDE Section 5.4 -- Digital radiation budget products.
  • TOPS Exhibit #T-419 - Modeling/Measurement of Surface Solar Radiation -- Modeling/Measurement of Surface Solar Radiation.

    CHAPTER THREE

  • DOE EREN - Visuals -- Alternative Fuels Refueling Sites.
  • Deriving Climatic Data -- Data from the National Solar Radiation Data Base and the National Climatic Data Center; Solar Radiation Data and Maps
  • Estimating the Uncertainty of Solar Radiation Data
  • Stratospheric WWW-links -- More information about the stratosphere, climate and research.

    CHAPTER FOUR

  • Weatherstock Photo CD -- 100 stunning weather images, all royalty free.
  • Other Sources -- Sun activity phenomenology, weather phenomenology, IR modeling.
  • Climate Change Fact Sheet 225 -- Climate change and the Geneva Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution.
  • Local and National Weather -- Current weather in the north valley; Current precipitation in the United States; Satellite image of current precipitation of the west coast.
  • PSC Weather Center Precipitation Forecast Maps -- Latest precipitation probability/Type forecast maps.
  • Pacifier Computers - Weather & Satellite Images -- Weather and satellite images.

    CHAPTER FIVE

  • Ocean Planet: Ocean Currents -- Ocean currents and how they influence climates.
  • Ocean Currents -- Ocean currents and poleward heat transport.
  • A Primer on Ocean Currents -- Measurements and lingo of physical oceanographers.
  • NOAA/PMEL/TAO El Niño Theme Page -- U.S Deptof Commerce project office - Impacts of El Niño and benefits of El Niño prediction.
  • NOAA/PMEL/TAO Frequently Asked Questions about Climate and El Niño -- Climate and El Niño.

    CHAPTER SIX

  • Climate Change Fact Sheet 225 -- Climate change and the Geneva Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution.
  • List of Acronyms -- A compendium of data on global change.
  • Weather -- Instructional materials on hurricane activities and observing clouds.
  • Radiation and Clouds -- Characteristics of convection-cloud-radiative interactions on a variety of space and time scales.

    CHAPTER SEVEN

  • State Climate Offices in the Southeast -- The global hydrology and climate center.
  • Regional Climate Centers -- High Plains climate center, Northeast regional climate center, etc..
  • Internet Sources of Climate Data -- Internet sources for climate and weather data.
  • Recent Climate Information -- Climate anomalies Climate anomalies for past 7 days.

    CHAPTER EIGHT

    See Chapters Seven and Nine

    CHAPTER NINE

  • Internet Sources of Climate Data -- Regional and national climate centers National climate data center; Climate prediction center.
  • NCDC at a Glance -- NESDIS on the NET - Climate visualization; Climate Indices; Global Change Research.

    CHAPTER TEN

  • United States Geological Survey -- USGS Home page - many sites available on a number of geological topics.
  • Geology, Atmospherics, Hydrology -- NCSA Digital gallery CD-ROM
  • Geology Links -- Useful Geology and Earth-Science Links.
  • UBC - Geology 202 - Sedimentary Home Page -- General information, carbonate rocks, siliciclastic rocks

    CHAPTER ELEVEN

  • United States Geological Survey -- USGS Home page - any sites available on a number of geological topics.
  • CTI Centre for Geography: Plate Tectonics -- Plate Tectonics; Earthquake Data; MTU Volcanoes.
  • Earth Introduction -- Introduction, earth statistics, earth movies, views of earth, etc. I don't normally rate pages, but, this is the best web page I have ever seen in the field of earth sciences!
  • Geology Links -- Useful Geology and Earth-Science Links.
  • NEIC Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics -- National Earthquake Information Center Earthquake and plate tectonics.

    CHAPTER TWELVE

  • Geyser References -- Books, articles, journal articles, Maps, etc..
  • The Electronic Volcano -- List of volcanologists and those interested in volcanoes.
  • NEIC: Earthquakes & Volcanoes -- Earthquakes & Volcanoes Published bimonthly by the U.S Geological Survey.
  • Geochemistry/Geology/Seismology Hot List -- Geochemistry/Geology/Seismology Links; Jump to Earthquake, FINGER, Gopher Access to current seismicity
  • MTU Volcanoes -- Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page

    CHAPTER THIRTEEN

  • IGCP "Anthropogenic Impacts on Weathering" -- Anthropogenic impacts on weathering processes.
  • German WWW - Server concerning Geosciences - List from EISES -- German WWW-Server concerning geosciences.
  • An introduction to Quantitative Geomporphology.

    CHAPTER FOURTEEN

  • Waterspots Page -- This site is to assist people in locating information on the Web related to water.
  • Water resources information -- Texas Water Development Board
  • Other Related Sites -- Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center's water resources related sites.
  • USGS Additional Water Information Sources -- Additional sources of water information.

    CHAPTER FIFTEEN

    See Chapter Fourteen

    CHAPTER SIXTEEN

  • United States Geological Survey -- There are literally hundreds of sites in the USGS library of web sites dedicated to geography, geology, hydrology, and geophysics By going to this page the user is directed to various web pages of interest.

    CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

    See Chapter Sixteen

    CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

  • Creatures of the Ice Age and Other Amazing Animals
  • Teaching Resources for the Earth and Mineral Sciences -- a collection of short computer-based animations, images and models.
  • The George CPage Museum of La Brea Discoveries -- The world famous repository of Ice Age fossils.
  • NSIDC Educational Resources -- General information relating to snow and ice Glaciers, etc..
  • United States Geological Survey -- There are literally hundreds of sites in the USGS library of web sites dedicated to geography, geology, hydrology, and geophysics. By going to this page the user is directed to various web pages of interest.

    CHAPTER NINETEEN

  • NSCSS Soil Science Links -- NSCSS Soil Science Links Homepage.
  • World Soil -- USGS soil database.
  • UMN Soil Science Gopher -- University of Minnesota soil science gopher to a great deal of data.

    CHAPTER TWENTY

  • Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute UFEI -- College of Agriculture at CPSU, San Luis Obispo.
  • Coastal Ecosystems Program -- U.S Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • EcoSystems -- ARCHIVES - Archives of Every Environmental Mailing List on the Internet.
  • U.S. LTER: Major Ecosystems -- Major ecosystems map of U.S long-term ecological research sites.

    CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

  • Man and Biosphere Reserves -- Worldwide listings with maps.
  • The World Network of Biosphere Reserves -- UNESCO MAB Biosphere Reserves.

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