ES312:Resources
This is a wiki for ENSC 312 – Biometeorology that provides information that is supplemental to the course and the material held on the course webpage at http://cirrus.unbc.ca/312/.
For Lab 1 of the course part of the assignment is to collaboratively create a webpage that has links to 10 or so (each!) “best” URLs (Universal Resource Locators) of information and data related to Biometeorology and Boundary Layer Meteorology. You should enter this information into this wiki by editing it below. You should categorize the information by the major headings shown below. Each URL should be accompanied by a brief paragraph describing what the location contains. At the end of your entry, put your initials in bold so that I can mark it.
Hints: use Google; try different search engines; search on course keywords you can extract from the course outline and text table of contents; try some of the URLs listed in the ENSC 312 homepage.
Contents
Web Links for ENSC 312: Biometeorology / Boundary Layer Meteorology
Below, by major category, is an annotated list of internet resources related to Biometeorology. The list was assembled as an exercise by the students in the class.
Educational Sites
UNBC ENSC 312 Homepage This site is a course homepage for a third year course in Biometeorology. It includes links to lab exercises and other course information. [PLJ]
Research Institutions
Scientific Organizations
Canadian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society A group working towards advancements in Meteorological, Oceanographic and other environmental science related fields [SD]
Research Projects
Government Sites
Weather Data Sites
Weather Viewer (WxV) This site compiles and animates real-time weather imagery from the web, including satellite, radar, weather map analyses, numerical weather prediction model outputs, vertical profiles, etc. [PLJ]
Historical Climate Data Historical weather, climate data, and related information for numerous locations across Canada. [HC]
Global Climate Data Free access to worldwide historical climate data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US-based). [AH]
Research Data Sites
American Meteorological Society, glossary of meteorologyA dictionary for terms used in meteorology. [EP]
International Journal of Biometerology The Journal publishes original research papers, review articles and short communications on Biometerology. [HC]
Boundary-Layer Meteorology The journal content with research studies related to atmospheric boundary-layer. [HC]
Atmospheric chemistry and physicsThis is an open-access journal providing high quality studies in the field of atmospheric science. [EP]
Software Manuals
R Manual This free pdf manual provides a good introduction to R, discussing simple manipulations, objects, factors, reading data, probability distributions, statistics, and basic plotting. [PLJ]
