DLESE Find a Resource > Subject: Atmospheric science + Collections: Edmall

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.

Users can access the most current GOES image of the hurricane sector, which includes the Caribbean and the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The image is in the infrared band, which is useful for remote sensing of water vapor. Full description.

Students can learn about the conditions necessary for hurricanes to form and sustain themselves. The discussion is accompanied by remote imagery and an animation showing how wind shear can retard the development of a hurricane. Links to more detailed information are embedded in the text. Full description.

In this module, students will learn the concept of atmospheric pressure, how it changes with height, and how it is represented on maps. It consists of a set of links to each concept. Links to additional material are embedded in the text. Full description.

Users can see the most current GOES infrared image of the Northern Hemisphere, which shows water vapor circulation patterns over the U.S. and Canada. Full description.

In this activity, students construct data tables and graphs of ozone concentrations for selected locations using TOMS data for the years 1979 through 1992. Instructions and TOMS images are provided. Full description.

Visitors can check this U.S. map to see the locations of current weather watches, warnings, and advisories. Full description.

Visitors may use this browser to search for and view near-present and archived 25km resolution near-surface wind speed and direction data from the SeaWinds instrument on the QuikSCAT satellite. Data are available from July 1999 to the present. Full description.

This document provides a basic explanation of the process by which ozone in the stratosphere is destroyed by human-made gases (particularly chlorofluorocarbons) that have been released into the atmosphere. Additional material describes the research being conducted in Antarctica by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Earth System Research Laboratory. Full description.

This collection of activities covers such topics as the greenhouse effect, the stratospheric ozone layer, filtration of incoming electromagnetic radiation, the formation of clouds, and measurement skills. Full description.