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This
site
features
Flash
and
QuickTime
animations
that
illustrate
diurnal
changes
in
wind
patterns
along
coasts
due
to
unequal
heating
of
the
land
and
water,
the
Coriolis
Effect
on
the
Earth's
surface
and
in
the
context
of
everyday
weather
patterns,
and
global
circulation,
temperature,
and
wind
patterns.
The
animations
can
be
paused
and
rewound
to
stress
important
points.
These
resources
are
suitable
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This site features GIF and Flash animations that illustrate wave cyclone formation and the formation and characteristics of warm, cold, stationary, and occluded fronts. The animations can be paused and rewound to stress important points. These resources are suitable for use in lectures, labs, or other teaching activities.
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This site offers a 12-question interactive practice exam about the Earth's atmosphere. By clicking on the circle next to each answer, students will be given a response that includes whether or not they are correct and some information about the answer they chose.
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This
site
features
a
QuickTime
animation
with
audio,
a
series
of
Java
applets,
and
an
MPEG
that
illustrate
various
aspects
of
atmospheric
heating.
They
explain
Earth's
radiation
balance,
show
the
user
how
to
draw
temperature
contours,
and
depict
the
basic
idea
of
an
urban
heat
island.
These
resources
portray
a
variety
of
environments
and
are
suitable
for
use
in
lectures,
labs,
or
other
teaching
activities.
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The
Oklahoma
Mesonet
is
a
network
of
110
monitoring
stations
that
measure
environmental
parameters
including
air,
wind,
moisture,
soil,
pressure,
and
radiation.
Data
are
available
from
the
Mesonet
website
as
maps,
interactive
products,
public
safety
indices,
weather
trends,
statistics,
meteograms,
agricultural
models,
and
summary
products.
Mesonet
data
can
be
displayed
using
software
developed
at
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This
site
features
GIFs,
Java
applets,
MPEGs,
and
Flash
animations
that
illustrate
various
forms
of
precipitation
and
moisture.
They
include
an
animation
of
air
parcels
and
water
vapor
colliding
with
condensation
nuclei
which
results
in
condensation
and
cloud
formation,
an
interactive
precipitation
animation
applet
that
allows
the
user
to
set
wet
and
dry
bulb
temperatures
to
see
if
snow,
ice,
freezing
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The
goal
of
this
introductory
college
level
exercise
is
to
get
students
to
characterize
the
phenomenon
of
the
ozone
hole
on
their
own.
This
is
an
inquiry-based
activity
designed
to
spark
student
interest,
curiosity,
and
a
desire
to
understand
the
causes
of
this
atmospheric
problem.
A
multitude
of
rich
data
sets
are
accessible
to
students.
There
are
several
sections,
each
linked
with
data
sets
and
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The
NOAA
Operational
Model
Archive
and
Distribution
System
(NOMADS),
is
an
archive
of
climate
model
data.
The
web
site
provides
access
to
the
data
repository
at
the
National
Climate
Data
Center.
The
web
interface
allows
users
to
create,
display,
and
download
plots,
use
ftp
to
download
parameters
and
files,
and
access
the
data
directly
from
a
desktop
computer.
The
interface
is
easy
to
navigate
and
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The
Visual
Geophysical
Exploration
Environment
(VGEE)
is
a
software
tool
that
is
specially
designed
to
help
learners
visualize
complex,
multi-dimensional
geophysical
phenomena
and
connect
those
visualizations
to
fundamental
physical
principles.
The
tool
works
with
actual
data
sets
of
The
El
Nino
Southern
Oscillation.
An
additional
data
set
of
mantle
convection
will
be
available
in
the
future.
The
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This
site
is
for
the
Sante
Fe
Institute
and
provides
information
on
specific
activities
and
opportunities
offered
through
this
organization.
The
Santa
Fe
Institute
is
a
private,
non-profit,
multidisciplinary
research
and
education
center,
founded
in
1984.
Since
its
founding
SFI
has
devoted
itself
to
creating
a
new
kind
of
scientific
research
community,
pursuing
emerging
science.
Operating
as
a
small,
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