Met Office: Education

	Weather topic links

A list of weather topic related links, to help the understanding of various aspects of the weather. The Met Office is not responsible for the content of external web sites.

INDEX OF TOPICS
General	Hurricanes
Thunderstorms, lightning and tornadoes	Climate and averages
Data	Global warming and climate change
Satellite and radar	El Niño and La Niña
Drought	Microclimates
Floods and monsoons	Air quality
Miscellaneous

General

Met Office Education		Met Office Education home page
Met Office		Met Office home page
Met Office Education TTC		Teacher Training Centre - modules on weather to help teach the curriculum
Met Office Education CLC		Curriculum Learning Centre - a wide range of classroom activities
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Environment (EAE)		Information Factsheets on Weather, Air Quality, Climate and Climate Change
University of Reading		Roger Brugge's home page - general information on all aspects of the weather.
Royal Met. Society		Royal Met. Society home page
University of Illinois		A collection of web-based instructional modules on meteorology
NOAA weather		NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Weather Theme Page
Forces of Nature		Information on tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, avalanches, etc.
EAE: Weather		General information on many weather topics
Scalloway school: weather		General weather topics with exercises

Hurricanes

Met Office tropical cyclones		Information about current hurricanes and verification of forecasts
Met Office hurricane leaflet		Tells you all about hurricanes
National Hurricane Center		NOAA's information on current storms and hurricanes
NOAA Hurricane site		News and information about hurricanes
University of Illinois		Includes development, movement, awareness, damage, names etc.
Thinkquest		Information on hurricanes including case studies
Hurricane Hunters		Flying aeroplanes into the eye of a hurricane

Thunderstorms, lightning and tornadoes

Met Office thunderstorm leaflet		All about thunderstorms
Met Office lightning location		All about lightning location
Tornado and Storm Research		TORRO web site - everything on Tornadoes and Thunderstorms
Wetterzentrale		Archive of Lightning Maps back to 7/5/98 (intensity & location)
NOAA Tornado site		News and information about tornadoes
Wetterzentrale		Lightning strike map for current day
Thinkquest		Information on Severe Storms including case studies
Thinkquest		Information on Tornadoes including case studies
University of Illinois		Information on Tornadoes and severe storms.

Climate and averages

Met Office: averages		Index to 1961-1990 station averages
Met Office: station averages		1961-1990 annual and monthly averages for individual stations
Met Office: mapped averages		Contour maps of 1961-1990 averages
Met Office: Climate statistics		UK climate and weather statistics
NOAA: Climate		News and information about climate
Scalloway School: Climate		Information of climate types with exercises.
EAE: Climate		Covers all aspects of climate
WorldClimate.com		Climate data for cities around the world
Global climate maps		Maps of climate statistics for the globe
BBC Destination Finder		BBC Destination Finder for global climate data

Data

Met Office: monthly summary		General information on the weather for the previous year. Including monthly assessments, contoured maps, and regional averages.
Met Office: extreme weather		Extreme UK temperature, rainfall, sunshine and wind gust
Met Office: data		Met Office Education Data
Met Office: Climate data		Monthly historical data back to early 1900s for 8 stations
Met Office: CET data		Monthly Central England temperatures back to 1659
Met Office: precipitation data		Monthly England and Wales precipitation back to 1766
Wetterzentrale charts		Archive of Met Office ASXX charts back to 20/1/1998
National Climatic Data Center		'World's largest archive of weather data'
National Data Buoy Center		Latest data from drifting buoys
SST anomalies		World sea surface temperature anomalies
Global SSTs		World sea surface temperatures
Wetterzentrale		Latest chart of plotted weather data

Global warming and climate change

Hadley Centre		Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
UK Climate Impacts Programme		UK Climate Impacts Programme
Defra: global warming		Defra Global Warming Education Site
The UK Environmental Change Network		Monitoring and research to detect and interpret environmental change
Global Warming Center		Global Warming International Center
NOAA: greenhouse warming		News and information about greenhouse warming
EPA		US Environmental Protection Agency
EAE: global warming		Information on a number of topics

Satellite and radar

Met Office UK rainfall radar		Animated hourly rainfall radar images
Met Office: satellite imagery		Various satellite images
Dundee Satellite Receiving Station		Dundee University - Satellite images back to 1978 (free simple registration required)
BBC radar page		Latest radar picture from the BBC Weather Centre

El Niño and La Niña

EAE - El Niño		Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment - El Niño
University of Illinois El Niño		University of Illinois - El Niño
NOAA El Niño		National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration El Niño Theme Page
NOAA TAO El Niño		NOAA Tropical Atmosphere Ocean El Niño Theme Page

Drought

NOAA: Drought		News and information about drought
Environment Agency		Water conservation, demand management, and tips on water saving
Thinkquest		Information on droughts including case studies
University of Nebraska		National Drought Information Centre

Microclimates

Met Office Microclimates Leaflet		Information about microclimates
Urban Climate of London		University of Surrey urban climate of London
Climate of SE England		University of Surrey climate of south-east England
Heat Island Group		Information about heat islands
Urban heat islands		Information about urban heat islands

Floods and monsoons

Met Office: Flood alert!		Met Office Education Historical Weather Events (flooding)
Flooding lesson plan		Met Office/EA flooding lesson plan
EA: flood warnings		Flood warning information from the Environment Agency
EA: education		Environment Agency education resources for school teachers
Thinkquest		Information on flooding including case studies
EAE Monsoons		Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment - Monsoons
Think Quest - Monsoons		Forces of nature

Air quality

UK National Air Quality archive		Source of air pollution data and information
National Pollen Research Unit		University College Worcester - National Pollen Research Unit
EAE air quality		Covers all topics of air quality

Miscellaneous

Met Office: Education		Education Resources Page
Met Office: Observing Network		Observing station network for the UK
Met Office: Weather symbols		Key to weather symbols and terms
Met Office: Library		National Meteorological Library and Archive
Met Office performance		Measuring out performance against targets
Met Office Relocation		Met Office relocation to Exeter
BBC: pressure converter		Converting pressure to millibars, inches and pounds per square inch
Royal Observatory Edinburgh		Rise and set times for the sun and moon
US Naval Observatory		Sun or moon rise/set table for one year
BBC: Producing the weather		How the BBC weather forecast is produced
BBC: setting your barometer		How to set your barometer
Isle of Man Met. Department		Data gathering equipment at the Isle of Man Airport Met. Department
EA: Water cycle		Water Cycle education resource from the Environment Agency
MetLinkInternational		An international weather project run by the Royal Met. Society
Proudman Oceanographic Lab		Tidal elevations for selected UK ports
Environment Agency		The UK Environment Agency