General recommendation
Weather and climate
An overview of weather and climate Concise overview in form of a lecture, giving an introduction to weather and climate and their history
Climate diagramm Short description of the climate diagramm following the method of Walter and Lieth
Weather parameters and observation
Observation techniques Detailed and understandable overview of observation techniques
Wind and storm
Australian severe weather Excellent examples and many commented photographs of fronts and storm events observed in Australia
Accu School pages on hurricanes Anatomy, development and other facts on hurricanes explained in an illustrated and understandable way
Development of a hurricane documented in commented satellite pictures and illustrations, example Andrew (Attention: big images take loading time)
Pressure systems and fronts
Where does wind come from? Illustrated explanation of wind on a local and global scale (page driven by Danish windpower company)
Fronts A short definiton and overview - weathermap symbols
Coriolis force Explanation and interactive example game
Thunderstorm
Thunderstorm, flashfloods and hail Detailed description of thunderstorms and related phenomena, text only, links to power point presentations on thunderstorms, lightning and microbursts.
Thunderstorm Simple thunderstorm page describing the important aspects
Short overview (Atmosphere and weather) A short introduction with simple sketches about thunderstorms is given in a Atmosphere and Weather lecture
Local circulation
Convection and circulation Short but good and well illustrated overview of convection and local circulation in different environments (sea, mountains, ...)
Sea breeze - local observation and explanation concrete example and general explanation as part of the NOAA educational pages on ocean phenomena
Global circulation
Simple models of global circulation An explanation of the basic air flows over the world as part of the Physical Geography net.
General circulation short overview of the processes governing the air flow on a global scale
El Niño
What is El Niņo? A short introduction on the NASA Kids pages
Weather and health
Health risk related to daily weather Overview and forecasts for health risk factors in the US (provided by Intellicast, many advertisements)
Potential climate change impacts short text summary of potential impact of climate change for our health
Weather proverbs
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