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CLIMATE & WEATHER

California Department of Water Resources Rainfall Maps

California Regional Weather Server

Climate Change Impacts on the United States

Climate Diagnostics Center

El Nino/La Nina Watch

Environmental Information (Dept. of Geosciences, San Francisco State)
Includes local weather information, case studies, articles by dept. staff

Global Hydrology and Climate Center

National Climatic Data Center

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

National Weather Service

PCS Meteorology Program Cloud Boutique

Sun & Moon/Tides & Currents/Time
National Weather Service, SF Bay Area/Monterey

Surface & Marine Weather for the Bay Area and Vicinity

Weather Channel

WINDandSEA: The Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Internet Locator
Selected links to science and policy sites on the Internet  (NOAA)

World Climate
weather, rainfall and temperature data
     

GEOGRAPHY

Bureau of Land Management

The Center for Land Use Interpretation 

Digital Earth: GeoWeb

Geography Network

GEOSOURCE

Great Lakes Information Network

NASA Image eXchange (NIX)

National Geographic

PhysicalGeography.net
Includes glossary & an online textbook

Plate Tectonics (UC Berkeley)

Some Unanswered Questions About Plate Tectonics (USGS)

This Dynamic Earth: Historical Perspective (USGS)

Understanding Plate Motions (USGS)

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)   

-- Country Information

Background Notes (U.S. Dept. of State)

CIA World Fact Book

EuroWeb: Western Europe at a Glance

Library of Congress Country Studies

United Nations Statistical Databases & Links

World Resources Institute
    

-- Earthquakes

SEE ALSO Geology

Bay Area Earthquake Maps and Information
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)

Earthquake Hazards: Northern California (USGS)

Earthquake News

National Earthquake Information Center

Seismo-Surfing the Internet for Earthquake Data
    

-- Maps

HomeTownLocator Gazetteer  
Topographical features, census information, cultural attributes and aerial photos 

Landform Atlas of the United States

Paleomap Project
Earth history maps

TerraServer
USGS aerial images and topographical maps. Can search for imagery by city or town name, or look for famous places

Topozone.com
USGS topographical maps for the United States and more

United States Gazetteer

USGS Maps
    

GEOLOGY

SEE ALSO Earthquakes , Geography, and some of the Maps

Geology Rocks: Tutorials

Ice Ages [mpeg] (Illinois State Museum)

National Earth Orientation Service

National Geophysical Data Center

North American Drought: A Paleo Perspective

UCMP Exhibit Halls: Geology (UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology)

Volcano World

Web Geological Time Machine (UC Berkeley)
    

OCEANOGRAPHY

El Nino/La Nina Watch

Global Hydrology and Climate Center

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Ocean Motion (JPL)

OCEANIC

ReefBase: A Global Information System on Coral Reefs

Sun & Moon/Tides & Currents/Time
National Weather Service, SF Bay Area

Surface & Marine Weather for the Bay Area and Vicinity

Tides Online: California (NOAA/NOS)

WINDandSEA: The Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Internet Locator
Selected links to science and policy sites on the Internet  (NOAA)

WWW Virtual Library - Oceanography
    

Last updated 26 May 2008 

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