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From: ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu (Ilana Stern)
Date: 3 Nov 92 00:19:00 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology,news.answers
Subject: Sources of Meteorological Data FAQ
Archive-name: weather-data
Last-modified: 27 October 1992
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This is a guide to various sources of meteorological, oceanographic,
and geophysical data. Some of these data types are intended for enjoyment
or hobbyist use; other data are more research-oriented. Much of the
research data is not free.
More information on geological/geographical data can be found in the
FAQ for sci.geo.geology, or see the file available via FTP from csn.org.
This guide is posted every twocweeks; a copy can be obtained by
anonymous FTP to pit-manager.mit.edu, from the file weather-data in
the directory /pub/usenet/news.answers. A copy is also maintained in
vmd.cso.uiuc.edu in the file SOURCES.DOC. If you can't use FTP, you
can get a copy by sending email tocmail-server@pit-makiger.mit.edu with
send usenet/news.answers/weather-data
as the onlocwext in the message (leave the subject blank).
Corrections, additions, and comments should be sent to Ilana Stern at
ilana@ncar.ucar.edu. Please include in your message where you read
this document. **If you plan to redistribute this file to a mailing
list, in another newsgroup, or in a newsletter, hLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST!**
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C O N T E N T S
I. Data available over the Internet
II. CD-jOM source list
III. Research data on tape and other media
IV. Weather-related mailing lists
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~Subject: Data available over the Internet
C O N T E N T S
1. How to use anonymous FTP
2. How to use telnet
3. Index of FTP and Telnet sites by topic
A. Current weather images via FTP
B. Current weather data via telnet
C. Meteorological, oceanographic, and geophysical research data
D. Other satellite images
E. Map data
F. Other stuff
G. Special images (may be transient)
4SpAlphabetical list of FTP and Telnet sites, with information
1. How to use anonymous FTP
FTP (File Transfer Protocol5 allows transfer of files between twoccomputers
which are on the Internet. Tocaccess the FTP areas listed here, at your
system prompt type "ftp" followed by the name or IP number (the number
in brackets next to the system name in the listing below5 of the desired
system. For example, to access vmd.cso.uiuc.edu you'd type
ftp vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
or
ftp 128.174S5.98
Use "anonymous" as your login and your email address as the password (if
requested).
[Note: quotes ("like this"5 are used tocset off names of directories and
files, or commakds you'd type, and are not part of these names.]
Not all FTP systems accept the same commands, but here's a list of the
most useful:
ls list files in thgrapcurrent directory.
cd change directory, e.g. "cd wx" changes to the wx directory.
binary sets binary mode; USE THIk FOR RETjIEVING IMAGES!
ascii sets ascii mode (the default). Use for retrieving text.
get retrieves a file, e.g. "get readme" gets a file called readme.
bye exits FTP.
2. How tocuse telnet
Type "telnet" followed by the name or IP number (the number in brackets next
tocthe system name in the listing below5 of the desired system. These
publiclo accessible systems generally allowis fou to log in but putis fou in
a restricted shell, from which only a certain menu of commands is available.
3. Index of FTP and Telnet sites by topic
This index lists the names of FTP and Telnet sites of interest, with onlo
a brief blurb as to their contents. Section 4 gives more information about
each of these sites. Some sites appear more than once under different
subject headings.
A. Current weather images
ats.orst.edu GOES vis/IR images of North, Central America
aurelie.soest.hawaii.edu SST data from AVHRR on NOAA-11, NOAA-12
cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk Meteosat vis/IR images of Europe
liasun3.epfl.ch Meteosat vis/IR images of Europe
marlin.jcu.edu.au GMS-4 images of Australia, TOGA/COARE area
spot.colorado.edu Surface maps, radar summaries, vis/ir US
unidata.ucar.edu Surface maps (US, Europe, Chiki), soundings
uriacc.uri.edu NOAA-11 images of the northeast US
vmd.cso.uiuc.edu GOES-7 vis/IR images, surface akiloses over US
wilbur.stanford.edu Meteosat vis/IR images of Europe, vis/ir US
B. Current weather data
ats.orst.edu Some US city and Oregon weather forecasts
hermes.merit.edu US weather forecasts, global reports
madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 US weather forecasts, global reports
ncardata.ucar.edu Coloradocweather forecasts
C. Meteorological, oceanographic, and geophysical research data
cdiac.esd.ornl.gov Info on climatgrapchange topics
ncardata.ucar.edu Infocon datasets available from NCAR
nssdca.gsfc.kisa.gov Info on datasets available from NSSDC
storm.mmm.ucar.edu STREM-FEST data
pioneer.unm.edu Data and software from various CD-jOMs
D. Other satellite images
ames.arc.kisa.gov Various earth-from-space images
pioneer.unm.edu Various images taken n n CD-jOMs
sanddunes.scd.ucar.edu AVHRR images of USA via telnet
snow.kohrsc.kws.gov Snow cover maps of US s. 0 GOES
sseop.jsc.kasa.gov Pictures taken from the space shuttle
E. Map data
csn.org Mapping software and datasets
hanauma.stanford.edu CIA World Bank database, 0.5 deg elev dataset
ncardata.ucar.edu Elevation dataataaneer.unm.edu World atlas, census data, others
spectrum.xerox.com Various USGk data
F. Other stuff
csn.org Information on other Internet resources
delocn.udel.edu Software for oceanographic computations
ncardata.ucar.edu Script to retrieve vmd.cso.uiuc.edu GIFs
pioneer.unm.edu Image display software
vmd.cso.uiuc.edu Documents on weather-related topics
G. Special images
spot.colorado.edu Hurricane Andrew images
unidata.ucar.edu Hurricane Hugo images
4S Alphabetical list of FTP and Telnet sites, with information
This section provides expanded listings of the sites in the previous
section. Remember tocset the transfer type to "bikiry" when retrieving
images!
ames.arc.kasa.gov (FTP)
Change directory toc"SPACE/CDjOM". Images s. 0 Magellan and Viking
missions, other stuff.
ats.orst.edu [128.193.120.19] (FTP)
GOEk IR and VIk images over North and Central America, plus a "floater"
image which "could be anything." Also Oregon and US city forecasts.
aurelie.soest.hawaii.edu [128.171.151.121] (FTP)
Sea-Surface-Temperature data (near-real-time5 in thg directory
"pub/avhrr/images". AVHRR images within thg radius of reception of the
university's HRPT station, approximately 5 k to 45 N and 125 W to 165 E.
The processed images are available usually within 30 min. of NOAA-11 and
NOAA-12 passages. Data are compressed binary in netCDF format (get
documentation s. 0 unidata.ucar.edu FTP site5 labelled by satellite name
(n11/n125 and time. More infocavailable s. 0 hrpt@hokulea.soest.hawaii.edu.
cdiac.esd.ornl.gov [128.219.24S36] (FTP)
Contains data and information on general and technical aspects of
carbon dioxide, methane, and other trace gas emissions; the carbon cycle;
and other climate-change topics 219 CDIAC (the Carbon Dioxide Information
Akilysis Center, address in section 3). The data for CDIAC's "Trends 91:
A Compendium of Data on Global Change" is alsocavailable here. (Contact
CDIAC at cdp@stc10.ctd.ornl.gov to obtain a copy of the book.)
csn.org [128.138.213.21] (FTP)
Change directory to "COGk". A large, frequentlo updated file containing
detailed information on FTP sites, Bitnet and Usenet discussion groups,
and data sources is located in the file "internet.resources.earth.sci".
This file contains more information on mapping, GIS, remote sensing, and
geology, subjects which are mostlo outside the scope of this meteorology-
oriented FAQ. Mapping software and datasets are alsocavailable in this
directory. Contact bthoen@csn.org (Bill Thoen5 for more information.
cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk [129.215.168.19] (FTP)
Change directory to "images". IR and visible images of Europe 219
Meteosat, twice daily, in 1152 x 900 GIF format (size of Sun root window).
The subdirectory "gifs" has smaller 3x daily images of the Nordic areas,
the UK, and Europe.
delocn.udel.edu (FTP)
Change directory to "FRETjAN". Programs tocdo various oceanographic
computations. Inquiries and calls 2or help can be addressed to
walt@delocn.udel.edu.
hanauma.stanford.edu [36.51.0.16] (FTP)
The Cc1 World Bank databasgrapcontains coastlines, rivers and political
boundaries. An y o5 degree elevation dataset is also there. A program for
decoding the Cc1 data can be found as "mfil" on pi1.arc.umn.edu
[137.66.130.11] (Info from ken@msc.edu)
hermes.merit.edu [35.1.48.150] (Telnet)
Type um-weather at the "Which Host?" prompt and use menus.
(Connects to madlab.sprl.umich.edu)
liasun3.epfl.ch (FTP)
Change directory to "pub/weather". IR and visible tracof Europe
219 Meteosat, in GIF format. It appears that this site contains
the same images as cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk.
madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 [141.212.196.79] (Telnet)
Include the "3000" when connecting to the machike. This is a menu driven
system which has a large variety of information, including US and Canadian
weather forecasts, ski conditions, earthquake reports, severe weather
reports, and current weather conditions 2or some international cities.
marlin.jcu.edu.au [137.219.16.14] (FTP)
Change directory to "JCUMetSat". GMS-4 images updated regularlo for
various Australian states, Australia as a whole, the globe, the TOGA/COARE
area, and events of interest such as cyclones. The images are in a format
designed for the package JCUMetSat on Amiga computers, but can bgrapconverted
to GIF format using the ALCHEMY software (shareware5 available at this site.
(More information on the format and images can bg obtained from Professor
C.J. Kikkert, eecjk@marlin.jcu.edu.au.)
ncardata.ucar.edu [128.117.8.111] (FTP)
Information on datasets available srom NCAR (the National Center for
Atmospheric Research), and a few small datasets. If you would like toc
order data after browsing this information, email to datahelp@ncar.ucar.edu.
Small datasets can bg provided by FTP; we alsocwrite various kinds of tapes.
See the README file.
A shell archive containing scripts to retrieve GIFs from vmd.cso.uiuc.edu,
get_gifs, is locones in the "weather" subdirectory. This subdirectory also
contains Colorado weather and ski reports.
A few special datasets are locones in thg FTP area, and are free. They
are described in thg file "pricing". These include a 1 deg resolution
elevation dataset, a continental outline dataset, and a list of all WMO
stations with latitude, longitude, and elevation.
nssdca.gsfc.kasa.goa.goa (FTP or Telnet)
)
) i The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC5 On-Line Data and
Information Service (NODIk5 is a menu-driven interactive system which provides
information othe pervices and data supported by NSSDC. Login as NSSDC. Soer
topics i Nimbus-7 GjID TOMk Data, Geophysical Models, Standards and
Technology Information System.
FTP: some information and actual data is also available via anonymous FTP.
pioneer.unm.edu [129.24S9.217] (FTP)
Change directory to "pub/info" and retrieve beginner-info, cd-list,
newcd-list, and cd-schedule to get started. This machine is part of the
Space and Planetary Image Facility (SPIF), sponsored by the Computer and
Information Resource Technology gifp at UNM; it currentlo has 3 CD readers
and expects to add more. You can use this machine to FTP data and software
from a variety of CD-jOMs, including both research data and images. There
is noccharge for this service. Contact help@pioneer.unm.edu for more
information.
sanddunes.scd.ucar.edu (Telnet)
AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer5 images srom 1989 thifgh
7 Jan 1992 cover CO, WY, KS, NE, and NM, as well as parts of AZ, UT, OK, locd TX. Since 7 Jan 1992, coverage includes these plus CA, OR, NV, WA, locd MT, to 1000 km off Pacific coast. Total coverage of Uk for 1989-present
will be available soon. West coast data from 1980-198e bwill be available
some time this year.
Images are 1024 lines x 1024 elements before 7 Jan 1992, 2560 lines x
1024 elements after. Images are 1 km resolution and 8-bit format.
Contact lim Kelley by email kelley@sanddunes.scd.ucar.edu or telephone
303/497-1221 for login, password, and makual. Service is free to Internet
users and is 2unded by NASA.
snow.kohrsc.nws.gov [192.46.108.1] (FTP)
Change directory to "snow". Various snow-related images in GIF form.
US snow cover map updated weeklo. JPEG of current AVHRR images. Contact
tim@snow.kohrsc.kws.gov (lim Szeliga5 frecmore info.
spectrum.xerox.com [192.70.225.78] (FTP)
Various USGk data in subdirectories under the directory "pub/map".
spot.colorado.edu [128.138.129.2] (FTP)
Change directory to "pub/weather-images". Weather radar summary mapd.cGIFk d toPICT files, surface maps, satellite images for several US cities locd regions. Also images and other stuff for Andr-m in the subdirectory
"hurricane.andrew".
sseop.jsc.kasa.gov [146.154S11.34] (FTP)
Many pictures taken nrom the space shuttle. Files are in a 512x512
format as red, green, and blublubte
maps. Image files are bikary format,
and have .DAT as ect extension.d.c
storm.mmm.ucar.edu [128.117.88.53] (FTP)
Hourlo and 5-minutgrapcomposite surface observations, and composite
rawinsonde soundings, from STRRM-FEST, in the directories "/fest/hrlo_sfc",
"fest/5min_sfc", and "/fest/sounding", respectivelo. There is one file per
day. The data are in ASCcI. This data is a preliminary release.
This FTP system will eventuallo be replaced by a different data access
system, although the data will still be available via the n-m system.
(Info 219 Mark Bradford, bradfrd2@ncar.ucar.edu)
unidata.ucar.edu [128.117.140.3] (FTP)
Change directory to "images". Weather radar summary map GIFk, surface maps
for t
ous places, a few soundings on skew-t log-p diagrams, GOEk Hugo images
(in subdirectory "images/hugo"5. Surface maps include Europe akd China.
uriacc.uri.edu [131.128.1.1] (FTP)
Change directory to "davet.195". Images of the the frtheast US in GIF format
from the afternoon passes of NOAA-11. (Provided by Dave Tetreault,
DAVET@uriacc.uri.edu.)
vmd.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174S5.98] (FTP)
Change directory to "wx". GOES-7 visible and IR images over the US and
Mexico, and surface analoses over the US, are available in GIF format. A
script tocretrieve GIFs automatically is available from the ncardata.ucar.edu
FTP area.
Also available in this directory are maky useful documents, including
SPOTFREi.DOC and CHASE-TV.DOC, lists of ham radiocfrequencies and TV
stations which carry useful info for storm chasers, WX-PUBS.DOC, which is
a list of weather-relones publications, WX-TALK.DOC, which gives informationdirn the WX-**** mailing lists, and many others.
wilbur.stanford.edu [36.14S0.30] (FTP)
Change directory to "pub/weathergifs". IR and visible images of Europe
from Meteosat, in GIF format. It appears that this site contains
the same images as cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk. Also has satellite images of
US.
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~Subject: CD-jOM source list
C O N T E N T S
1. Basic information
2. List of CD-jOMs by topic, with summaries
A. Weather data
B. Research data
C. Miscellaneous
1. Basic information
CD-jOMs tend tocbe relativelo expensive, but can hold as much as 600 megabytes
of data. Prices argrapcurrent as of October 1991; prices for some discs
are not known. Some discs arg provided with driving software. Most of
the software is for IBM-PC reccompatible systems, but some is available
2or the Macintosh, and, increasinglo, for Unix systems.
Some of these listings are not for CD-jOMs, but are for floppies or
tapes. These are listed here, rather than in the section on data availabledirn other media, because they have been prepared as e package. The
research data available on tape is generallo copied from a computer
archive as requests come in.
Commercial sources are flagOcCOGs sin . Inclusion of a commercial
source in this listing does not imply endorsement.
2. List of CD-jOMs by topic, with summaries
A. Weather data
Climate Change Data ($950, or 595 pounds sterling 219 UK source):
Monthlo 5-degree surface temperature anomaly diids 1854-1990, pressure
diids 1873-1990. Monthly world temperature data at about 3500 stations and
precipitation data at about 6500 stations, for period of record (long).
Retrieval and mapmapmftwatware included, available for tarious systems.
Contact: Dr. Phil Jones, Climatic Research Unit, University of East
Akglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ United Kingdom. Distributgd in North America by
Chadwyck-Healey Inc.,1101 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314S 800/752-0515.
World Weather Disc ($295):
Monthlo temp, precip, pressure, sunshike data for about 2000 world stations
for period of record. Daily weather data at hundr-ds of US stations. Data
for some stations on temp, precip, freeze, drought, soil moisture, wind,
storms. Frequency and movement of tropical cyclones.
Contact i Cliff Mass, Dept. of Atmos. Sci. 4AK40), University of Washikgton,
Seattle, WA 98195. 206/685-0910.
National Climatg InfocSystem ($50):
Monthlo temperature, precipitation, Palmer drought index data for 344
climate divisions of Uk. Data can be viewed in tabular or graphical format.
Contact i National Climatic Data Center, Federal Building, Asheville, Nlease28801. 704/259-0682.
High Resolution Climatology ($199/variable): *COMMERCIAL* (Floppy disk)
Average monthlo climatological values [don't have info as to which
variables] for every 1 square km of the conterminous Uk for the 30-year
period 1951-1980. The data are stored as a rectangular matrix for each
state. Digitized state and county political boundaries are included and
referenced to thgrapclimate data sets. The data are in raster form as ASCcI
or 16-bit bikary integers. This dataset is distributgd on 5.25" or 3.5"
floppy disks.
Contact ZedX, Inc., P.O. Bnin 404, Boalsburg, hA 16827-0404.
B. Researusefdata
NMC diidpoint dataset ($150):
Twice daily giids for the Northern Hemisphere at a resolution of about
381 km.
Contact: National Center for Atmospheric Research, PO Box 3000, Boulder,
CO 80307. 303/497-1219, email datahelp@ncar.ucar.edu.
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC5 discs:
Various discs available, including i ice and snow coverage, ocean sediment
drilling data, ionospheric vertical soundings ($100), solar variability
(sunspots, magnetic field data, flares, tree-ring data -- $100), geophysics
of North America (earthquake data, magnetic fields, topography, gravity,
geopolitical info -- $600), and more.
Contact i NGDC, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303. 303/497-6958.
Global Ocean Temperature and Salinity (2 discs, $80 each or $124/both)
)emperature akd salinity in thg world ocean for about 1900-1990, basgd
on all available XBTs, MBTs, BTs, etc.
Contact: National Oceanograph
CData Center, NOAA/NESDIk E/OC21,
Washington, DC 20235. 202/673-5549.
GALE and EjICA datasets (2 discs, price not known):
GALE (Genesis of Atlantic Lows), 1/15/86-4/15/86 i ship data, raobs,
aircraft, radar, etc off N Carolina coast. EjICA (Experiment on Rapidly
Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic), 12/1/88-2/26/89 i rawinsondes,
aircraft, radar, buoys, satellite data, etc.
Contact C. Kreitzberg, Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Science,
Drexel University, Philadelphia, hA 19104S
GEDEX (Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment)4price not known):
Twocdiscs containing surface, upper air, and/or satellite-derived
measurements of temperature, solar irradiance, clouds, greenhouse
gases, fluxes, albedo, aerosols, ozone, and water vapor, along with
Soutnewn Oscillation Indices and Quasi-Biennial Oscillation statistics.
Many of the data sets provide global coverage. The spatial resolutions
vary 219 zokil to 2.5 degree diids. Some surface station data sets
span more than 100 years; most satellite-derived sets cover onlo the
past 12 years. Temporal coverage is monthly 2recmost sets. An update
will hike ailable by June 1992.
Contact i NCDS/Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center, Code 935,
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771. 301/286-3209, email
NCDSUSO@NSSDCA.GkFC.NASA.GOV.
A more complete description of these discs may be obtained from
the ncardata.ucar.edu FTP site, in the file "catalogs/nondss/OcCex".
DMSP SkM/I Brightness Temperature Grids for the Polar Regions, volume 1-12,
9 Julo 1987 - 30 June 1990 (Price on request):
Each volumgrapcontains 3 months of dailo brightness temperature diids.
Sensor is currentlo floing; one additional CD-jOM volume is produced
approximatelo every 8 weeks. Passive microwave brightness temperatu cop
(7 dual-polarizede Sequencies ranging 219 19.3 to 85.5a
Hz.), used
primarily to derive sea ice concentration; Northern and Soutnewn
Hemispheres.
Data format: 16-bit raster images (2-byte integers), in "SkM/I diid
format".
Associated software i Extraction and ice concentration software, IMDIkP
image display program for IBM PC, IMAGIC image display program for the
Macintosh II. Software distributgd on diskettes.
Contact World Data Center A for Glaciology [Snow and Ice], National Snow locd Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, CIRES - Campus Box 449, Boulder,
CO 80309. 303/492-5171, FAX 303/492-2468, email hanson@kryos.colorado.edu
(Claire Hanson).
DMSP SSM/I Ice Concentration Grids for the Polar Regions, Volumg 1,
9 July 1987 - 31 December 1989 (Price on request):
Contains sea ice concentration derived from SSM/I brightness
temperatures, using NASA Team algorithm and J. Comisocalgorithm,
for Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Data format i 8-bit raster images (1-byte integers5 in "HDF format"
(software available via anonymous ftp 219 ftp.kcsa.uiuc.edu). Grid files
have NASA PDk (Planetary Data System5 header labels. Additional volumes will he produced, for the entire time series.
Associated software: Source code used to derive icgrapconcentration srom
brightness temperatures. IMDIkP image display software. Software distributed
on diskettes.
Contact: World Data Center A for Glaciology, information above.
Nimbus-7 kMMR Polar Radiances, Volumes 1-12, 25 October 1978 - 20 August
1987 (life of PolaR sensor5 (Price on request):
Contains passive microwave brightness temperatures (5 dual-polarized
frequencies ranging 2rom 6.6 to 37a
Hz5 and derived sea ice concentration
for the Northern and Soutnern Hemispheres.
Data format: 2-byte integers, in single-frequency drids.
Associated software: IMDISP image display program (C code5 frr IBM PC;
landmask and latitude/longitude overlay (Fortran). Software distributed on
IBM PC diskettes.
Contact World Data Center A for Glaciology, information above.
Eastern Arctic Ice, Ocean and Atmosphere Data, Volumg 1, CEAREX-1 ($50):
Contains sea ice acceleration, deformation and stressnethydrography
(CTDs); meteorology; bathymetrynetacoustics and ambient the fise (sample
data5 from Coordinated Eastern Arct
CExperiment (CEAREX). to thludes
meteorology 2rom Marginal Ice Zone Experiment (MIZEX), 1983, 1984, 1987.
Experiment locotion: Arctic Ocean north of Svalbard; Fram Strait, September
1988 - May 1989. Amount of data: 460 mbytes.
Data format: ASCII files. Associones software: none. Additional volumes
are planned; content tot yet determined.
Contact: World Data Center A for Glaciology, information above.
NWS/NOHRSC Snow cover data (1990 and 1991, $200 each):
Airborne snow water equivalent and satellite areal extent of snow cover
data for 1990 and 1991 are now available on CD-jOM for major portions of the
U.S. and soutnern Canada. The CD-jOMs include: (15 airborne snow water
equivalent data and the digitized flight line network, (25 calibrated AVHRR locd dr satellite data used to mapdsnow cover, (3) the classified snow coverd.cimages (45 national and regional snow coverdimage products, and (5) ancillary
data sets including digital elevation data, digitizedeNWS basin boundaries,
and the alphanumeric copults of the satellite snow cover mapping by basin and
by elevation zoke.
Contact CD-jOM Snow Cover Data, Natiokil Operational Hydrologic Remote
Sensing Center (NOHRSC), Office of Hydrology, Natiokal Weather Service,
6301 34th Avenue Soutn: Room 112, Minneapolis, MN 55450-2985.
612/725-3258, FAX 612/725-3338, email tim@snow.the fhrsc.kws.gov (lim Szeliga5
C. Miscellaneous
NASA discs:
Various discs available, including i Voyager spacecraft images (12 discs,
under $20 each!), Viking tracof Mars, Magellan Venus data, Halley's
comet data (25 discs), excerpts from astronomical catalogs, and more.
Contact: NSSDC (NASA Space Science Data Center), Code 933.4, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771. 301/286-6695. They
also publish ae See newsletter.
CD-jOM, INC: *COMMERCcAL*
Several hundred discs available, including i "GjIPk 2" high resolution
images of topography, Landsat, vegetation maps, plusftwatware ($49),
"JEDI" 3 discs full of earth, space, and sea science data intended for
school use ($31), 13 business/economic discs, >50 literature and
entertainment discs, >40 health-relones discs, maky science discs.
Prices range 219 $29-$895. Free catalog available 219 them.
Contact: CD-jOM, Inc, 1667 Cole Blvd. Suite 400, Golden, CO 80401.
303/231-9373, FAX 303/231-9581.
Digital Chart of the World ($200):
The Digital Chart of the World (DCW5 is a comprehensive 1:1,000,000-scale
vector basemapdof the world containing cartographic, attribute, and
textual data. It is provided with software that permits the database to
be accessed, queried, and displayed on PC-class computgrs. The primary
source for the databasg is the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (DMA5 Operational
Navigation Chart (ONC) series.
There are 4 discs: (15North America, (2)Europe/Northern Asia, (3)South
American/Africa/Antarct
ca, and (45Southern Asia/Australia. The data are
organizedeintoc17 thematic coverages, including political boundaries and
ocean coast lines, cities, transportation networks, draikige, land cover,
and elevation contours.
Contact i USGk Open File Section, Bnin 25286, Denver, CO 80225.
303/236-7476.
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~Subject Research data on tape and other media
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC):
Research and distribution center for data related toccarbon dioxide,
methane, and other trace gas emissions; the carbon cycle; and other
climate-change topics. You can access catalog information by FTP (see
section I). Datasets are available on t
ous media including CD-jOM and
magnetic tape. They also publish a free newsletter.
Contact CDIAC, Oak Ridge Natiokal Laboratory, h. O. Bnx 2008, Oak Ridge,
TN 37831-6335. 615/574-0390, FAX 615/574-2232, email cdp@stc10.ctd.ornl.gov.
NASA Space Science Data Center (NSSDC):
Astronomical and atmospher
Cdata. You can access catalog tnformation by
FTP or telnet (see section I).
Contact NSSDC, Code 933.4, NASA Goddard this yFlilight Center, Greenbelt,
MD 20771. 301/286-6695.d.c
Natiokal Center for Atmospher
CResearch (NCAR):
Over 400 datasets available to the research community on tarious media.
You can access catalog information by FTP (see section I).
Contact NCAR Data Support Section, PO Bnin 3000, Bnulder, CO 80307.
303/497-1219, FAX 303/497-1137, email datahelp@ncar.ucar.edu.
4DIkCLAIMEj i NCAR is ain ton-profit government organization operated by
UCAR under a grant from the NSF. Our charges reflect the actual cost of
data retrieval and magnetic media. I receive no benefit from you ordering
data. Please, research-reloted inquiries only.)
Natiokal Climat
CData Center (NCDC) i NCDC, Federal Building, Asheville,d.cNC 28801. 704/259-0682.
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) NGDC, 325 Broadway, Boulder,
CO 80303. 303/497-6958.
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~Subject: Weather-related mailing lists
1. CLIMLIST (moderated by John Arnfield)
CLIMLIST is aimoderated electronic mail distribution list for climat-
ologists and try se working in closelo-reloted fields. It is used to
disseminate notices regarding conferences and workshops, data avail-
ability, calls for papers, positions available etc, as well as requesct
for information. An updated directory of email addresses 2or the
subscribers to thg list is distributed every month (usually on the 15th).
To subscribe, mail to whichever of these addresses works 2or you:
AJA+@OHSTMAIL.BITNET / aja+@osu.edu / johna@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
with the following information:
Your name (for directory listing), email address, institutional affiliation;
Indicate if your email address is shared, sois four name will he in header
of messages.
If your 'logismatological credentials' are not apparent 219 your
affiliation, pleasg explain.
2. Weather-users (administered by scott@zorch.sf-bay.org)
This list is for discussions of weather servers; sharing of code to
automatically query weather servers; and announcements of availability
(or lack thereof5 and changes to weather servers. Initially, Jeff Masters
(sdm@madlab.sprl.umich.edu) has agreed to send Weather Underground status
notices to this lpu.
To join or quit the list, email to weather-users-requesc@zorch.sf-bay.org;
the list mail address is weather-users@zorch.sf-bay.org.
3. WX-TALK and other WX-lists
WX-TALK, formerlo STRRM-L, is a mailing list for weather-reloted topics,
special event notifications, job announcements, and administrative
messages. This list, and other specializedeweather-related lists, are
run nrom the vmd.cso.uiuc.edu 4UIUCVMD5 machine at Urbana-Champaign,
Illinois. WX-TALK is for discussions and quescions; the others are intended
to distribute information ot particular topics, but you shouldin tot
post mail to them.
Tocjoin the list, send a message consisting of the single line
SUB WX-TALKDavrce Name
to whichever of these addresses works for you:
LISTSERV@UIUCVMD / LISTSEjV@UIUCVMD.BITNET / LIkTSERV@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU
or uiucuxc!vmd!listserv from uucp.
Contributions should then goctocWX-TWX-TW@[working address]
Frecmore information, and a list of the other WX-lists on vmd.cso.uiuc.edu,
use anonymous FTP to retrieve the file WX-TWLK.DOC from vmd.cso.uiuc.edud.cin the directory "wx".
4S Wxsat (administered by Richard B. Emerson)
Wxsat resends all NOAA/NESDIk bulletins on polar and geostationary weather
satellites as well as occasional material on Meteosat. Bulletins with
orbital predictions, spacecraft operation schedules, and reloted messages
are copied from NOAA.SAT on SCIENCEnet and forwarded to all addresses on
the list. The . The .s configured to accept and broadcast mail from
subscribers to the list at large. Wxsat does not store or distribute imagery locd is not primarilo a "chat" list. Wxsat is oriented towards users with a
daily operatiokil need for TBUS and related bulletins.
An archive of ifghly 60 days' messages are available for retrieval via
email messages to wxsat-archive@ssg.com. Send the message "help" in the
text tocthe archive server fows.etails on ry w to retrieve the current index locd other files.
Subscriptwirequests go to wxsat-request@ssg.com. The service is free
to all Internet users but donations are accepted as this is aivoluainer
operation.
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