Course Content
Atmosphere: The Earth System
ILLUSTRATED LECTURES
ACE On-Line Young Person's Guide: Global Climate Change
Atmosphere, Climate, and Environment (ACE) Information Program, Atmospheric Resource Information Center, Manchester Metropolitan University
Arctic Climatology and Meteorology
National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder
The Earth's Radiation and Energy Balance
Sanjay Limaye and Rosalyn Pertzborn, University of Wisconsin
From the Ground Up: The World of Oil
Paul Harnick, Paleontological Research Institution, Cornell University
Global Change 2: An Earth Sciences Perspective
James White, University of Colorado
Hurricanes
Gulf of Maine Aquarium, NASA
Introduction to Earth Systems
David Bice, Department of Geology, Carleton College
Rain, Lightning, Hurricanes as Heat Engines
Educational Resources, Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, NASA
Severe Weather: Hurricanes
NASA Classroom of the Future
Solar Energy: From the Sun to Earth
Linda K. Blum, University of Virginia
Space Weather
Space Science Institute (Boulder, Colorado)
Storms and Space Weather
Robert L. McPherron and Raymond J. Walker, UCLA
Tropical Twisters: Hurricanes
Sharron Sample, NASA/For Kids Only
IMAGE BANKS, VIDEOS, AND INTERACTIVE RESOURCES
Earth and Humanity: A Planetary Perspective
Charles Langmuir, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Heavenly Mathematics: Highlights of Cultural Astronomy
Helmer Aslaksen, National University of Singapore
Introduction to Weather and Climate: Station Model and Cloud Types
Steve Ackerman, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Madison-Wisconsin
NewsOne Video
ABC News
Rain, Lightning, and Hurricanes as Heat Engines
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, NASA
Tropical Twisters: Hurricanes
Sharron Sample, NASA/For Kids Only
Weather for Pilots: Weather Maps
Steve Ackerman, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
EXERCISES AND LABS
2003 GLOBE Teacher's Guide: Implementation Guide
The GLOBE Program
AP Environmental Science
Mark Ewoldson, La Cañada High School (La Cañada-Flintridge, California)
Antarctic Expeditions: Ozone Hole
Planet Earth Science: The Data Discovery Company
Atmosphere, Climate
Susan Clark Slaymaker, California State University, Sacramento
Earth's Heat Budget and Climate
William A. Prothero, UC Santa Barbara
Effect of the Sun's Energy on the Ocean and Atmosphere (A Toolbook Exercise)
Mitch Fox et al., Institute on Climate and Planets, Goddard Institute for Space Study, NASA
Global-Change Labs: The Earth System (Exercises #1, #2, #12)
David Hodell and Ray G.Thomas, University of Florida
Hurricane
NASA Spacelink
Oceanography Internet Labs: Earth's Radiation Budget
Roger Hart, Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University
Solarscapes: Sunspots and Rotation
Beverly Meier, Space Science Institute (Boulder, Colorado)
Visit to an Ocean Planet: Climate
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
RESEARCH & POLICY
The Ocean Component of the Global Water Cycle
Raymond W. Schmitt, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
State of the Planet Conference
Earth Institute, Columbia University
Statement Concerning the Role of Water Vapor Feedback in Global Warming
Roy W. Spencer, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
UCAR Quarterly
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
US Global Change Research Information Office
US Global Change Research Program
Water Vapor in Climate Shifts
Office of Public Information and Communications, Columbia University
Water Vapor in the Climate System
American Geophysical Union
Why Do Human-Made Greenhouse Gases Matter When Water Vapor Is the Most Potent Greenhouse Gas?
World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Programme