Links on Modules in this session:

• Reports to the Nation on Our Changing Planet: The Climate System (Winter 1991)

• NOAA El Nino page and a special ENSO page from the NOAA Office of Global Programs
• USGS El Nino page
• Educational Products and Tools links from the NOAA Seasonal-to-Interannual Theme page.
• Educational links from the NOAA El Nino homepage
• GLOBE student activities related to El Nino
• Latest Climate Prediction Center (CPC) El Niņo Advisory Updated mid-month
• Reports to the Nation on Our Changing Planet:El Niņo and Climate Prediction (Spring 1994)

• Research funded by federal agencies on climate change is coordinated by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), which has an excellent site.
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the international body which assesses scientific information about climate change relevant for international and national policy formulation; several major reports are available from this site.
• The Human Dimensions of Global Change -- active learning modules from the Association of American Geographers.
  
• NOAA Predict and Assess Decadal-to-Centennial Climate Change Theme page
• "Web Activities Using Scientific Data," Greenhouse Gases (Activity 9)
• Reports to the Nation on Our Changing Planet: Our Ozone Shield (Fall 1992)
• For data, see
  • the USGCRP Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS).
  • the NASA Global Change Master Directory (which also includes a lot of NOAA data), and
  • the NOAA National Climatic Data Center,
  • For information on the consequences to the Nation, see the U.S. National Assessment of Climate Change, an ongoing project managed by the USGCRP; these studies are organized in many regional of the U.S. including the eastern midwest and several Great Plains regions.

• The NOAA Office of Hydrology Hydrologic Information Center covers rivers, flooding, flood warnings, and related water conditions for the U.S. and adjacent areas: the National Hydrologic Outlook on spring flood potential and river conditions is updated every spring.
• Special report on the 1998 Southeast U.S. Drought and Heat wave -- link to it from the CPC home page
• An explanation of river forecasting at NWS
• The Geography Web teaching modules related to floods
• GLOBE hydrology investigations
• Educational Links to programs and activites of particular interest to K-14 environmental education students and teachers.
• Links to Western Water Resource Issues by Jim Washburne, Univ of Arizona.

• NOAA Advance Short Term Warnings and Forecasts Theme page
• weather predictions from NWS
• The NOAA/CPC1998 Atlantic Hurricane Outlook
• Meteorology Education Links from the San Francisco Bay Area NWS Office
• General Weather Education Links from the Central Regional NWS Office
• The USDA/NOAA Joint Agricultural Weather Facility is a joint activity which uses weather and climate information in producing the Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin, weekly International Weather and Crop Summary, and also posts maps of Palmer Drought Index and crop moisture, and national and state agricultural summaries.
• NSSL Weather Room education page with info on careers, weather lessons (for younger students), weather safety, etc from the NOAA NAtional Severe Storms Lab.