SPACE WEATHER

NASA Space Science Directorate
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/c600/directorate_main.html

"The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is the flagship of NASA's space science program. Its space science programs and projects are conducted by the GSFC Space Sciences Directorate, Code 600. The Space Sciences Directorate seeks to expand scientific knowledge through observational and theoretical research relating to the Solar System, our galaxy, and the universe. The SSD performs this work in partnership with colleagues in the national
and international scientific communities . . .more"

NASA Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
Mission Operations
http://uarsfot08.gsfc.nasa.gov

"In 1976, Congress amended the Space Act, directing NASA to undertake a comprehensive program of research into the upper atmosphere. The Upper Atmosphere Research Program was designed in response to that directive. The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), a shuttle-launched, earth-orbiting observatory, is the center piece of that program . . .more"

CLIMATE AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY

NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/paleo.html

"The NOAA Paleoclimatology Program at the National Geophysical Data Center is the central location for paleoclimate data, research, and education. NOAA Paleoclimatology helps the World share scientific data and information related to climate system variability and predictability . . .more"

Paleoclimatology and Climate Systems Dynamics
http://www.agu.org/revgeophys/overpe00/overpe00.html

"The field of paleoclimatology, and more generally the broader field of ``paleo-science,'' has seen substantial growth and increased recognition over the past decade. The prime motivation for these trends has been the need for a long-term, or "paleo-perspective'' in understanding and assessing the environmental change that has been taking place and that will occur in the future. It is clear that climate varies substantially on all time scales, from seasons to millennia. It is also clear that the instrumental record of climate change is insufficient to observe and study how the climate system operates on time scales longer than a few decades, or under climatic forcing unlike that at present . . .more"

Robert Grumbine's Science FAQs, Books, Weather and Science Links
http://www.radix.net/~bobg

"Frequently asked questions, largely relating to climate, but also including books and schools . . .more"

University of Arizona, Phanerozoic Climates Research Project
http://www.geo.arizona.edu/Paleoclimate

"The Phanerozoic Climates Research Project (PCRP) had its origins in A.M. Ziegler's Paleogeographic Atlas Project at the University of Chicago. The global paleogeographic maps produced by that group were ideal for constructing conceptual models of global climate . . .more"

Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (Germany), Research Groups on Paleoclimatology and Global Ecology
http://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgc_prentice/start1.html

"The Research Group on Global Ecology conducts research on biogeographic process models, investigation of vegetation-climate feedbacks, global carbon cycle, ecosystem theory. The Research Group on Paleoclimatology conducts research on earth system history, paleoclimate reconstruction, vegetation model applications, synthesis and analysis of paleodata . . .more"

Climatology and Paleoclimatology Research
http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/climatology.html

"Provides many links to publications, software, data and various other things pertinent to paleoclimate research . . .more"

CLIMATE CENTERS

University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
http://www.ocs.ou.edu

"The Oklahoma Climatological Survey archives weather and climate data and products from the U.S., with particular attention to information related to Oklahoma. . .more"

Global Hydrology and Climate Center
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/ghcc_home.html

"The Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC), established by NASA's Office of Mission to Planet Earth (now Earth Science Enterprise), is a partnership comprised of organizational elements from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC),the Universities Space Research Association (USRA),and the Space Science and Technology Alliance of the State of Alabama (SSTA). Our charter is to build a nationally recognized program in Global Hydrology. The primary focus of the research center is to understand the Earth's global water cycle, the distribution and variability of atmospheric water, and the impact of human activity as it relates to global climate change . . .more"

Global Hydrology and Climate Center: Lightning and Atmospheric
http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov

"Within the Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC), there is a group of researchers, mostly scientists and engineers, who collectively form the GHCC Lightning Team. As part of their research activities, the members of this team have been investigating the causes and effects of lightning as well as analyzing a wide variety of atmospheric measurements related to thunderstorms . . .more"

National Water and Climate Center
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov

"Part of the United States Department of Agriculture, its' mission is 'to lead the development and transfer of water and climate information and technology which support natural resource conservation' . . .more"

CENTERS AND FACILITES

Center for Clouds, Chemistry, and Climate
http://www-c4.ucsd.edu

"The Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate (C4), a Science and Technology Center funded by the National Science Foundation, is located at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California, San Diego . . .more"

Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
http://wwwcaps.ou.edu

"The Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS), located at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, is a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center whose mission is to demonstrate the practicability of small-scale numerical weather prediction with an emphasis on deep convection . . .more"

University Center for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
http://www.ucar.edu