This module features an audio and visual tour of sites affected by the Fort Collins, Colorado urban flood that occurred on 28 July 1997. The tour is led by Matthew Kelsch and includes eyewitness accounts of that night's events from John Weaver. This interactive virtual field trip module summarizes many of the important common aspects of flash floods occurring in urban environments. Full description.

This collection of GOES satellite imagery features still pictures and movies of weather phenomena and landforms. The collection is divided into east and west sectors. A selection of "scrapbooks" archives images from previous GOES missions. Links to news and information are also included. Full description.

The DataStreme Project is a pre-college teacher enhancement initiative of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). Its main goal is the training of Weather Education Resource Teachers who will promote the teaching of science, mathematics and technology using weather as a vehicle, across the K-12 curriculum in their home school districts. The initial step in the training of Resource Teachers is their ... Full description.

In this activity, students characterize some global patterns of deep, cold-topped clouds visible on global infrared satellite images. They will apply these characterizations to answer questions about local and global patterns of precipitation. The questions concern what clouds are and how they form, atmospheric cooling, rising air, precipitation, and the use of remote satellite imagery to see precipitation-producing ... Full description.

This tutorial explains common cloud classifications and the Latin root words that have been adapted to create the various names of clouds. The classification is subdivided into high-, low-, and mid-level types, clouds with vertical development, and other, less common types. Each description is accompanied by an example photograph. Full description.

This book is a basic guide to the study of clouds. It features descriptions, photographs, and diagrams of various types of clouds. The book is accompanied by a set of slides. It was produced as part of Project ATMOSPHERE, an educational initiative of the American Meteorological Society. Full description.

This table provides a quick reference to cloud types. Clouds are divided into groups mainly based on the height of the cloud's base above the Earth's surface. The table further divides the types according to group, atmospheric layer, and base height. Links to additional information are embedded in the text, and users can select beginner, intermediate, or advanced levels of difficulty. A Spanish translation ... Full description.

This atlas provides descriptions and photographs of the twelve basic cloud types. Information presented here includes the name and could family of each type, its altitude range, and a brief description of its appearance. Links to additional information are also provided. Full description.

With this tool, users can build their own animations from infrared satellite imagery superimposed on a world map. Animations are constructed by selecting year, month, date, and time for the archived images. Users can also adjust the animation length, interval between images, and speed of the animation. Full description.

This site is a joint effort of NOAA Research and the College of Education at the University of South Alabama. The goal of the site is to provide middle school science students and teachers with research and investigation experiences using on-line resources. In this unit students explore what El Nino is, where it is located, how it is created, and weather changes that El Nino causes. Students analyze ... Full description.