| Country
Information |
|
| CIA Factbook |
This is the first place you go to find a concise summary of basic
facts about a country. |
| NationMaster |
A fantastic site that gives compilations and plots of statistics
that compare countries and regions. This is a great site if you
want to make graphs comparing economics, energy, etc of various
countries. Great for Earth Summit comparisons. |
| MAPS |
Country maps
for your writings |
| Library
of Contress |
Great political
and physical maps. |
| National
Geographic |
This has much
more than maps. |
| InfoPlease
Atlas |
Another source
of maps |
| Plate
Tectonics |
Note: use data from plate tectonics
web sites sparingly. You should use the "Our Dynamic Planet"
data on your class CD for the bulk of your plate tectonics writing
assignment. |
| NOAA
Natural Hazards Viewer |
Shows world map overlays of quakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and other
natural hazards. |
| Global
Ocean Properties Data |
|
Global
Ocean Data Viewer
Viewer
overview |
This viewer
is accessible from the EarthEd software. It displays ocean map and
depth section data from the World Ocean Atlas 1998 and from the
Lamont data server site. This viewer is the easiest to use, and
allows you to browse ocean data and automatically upload plot figures
to your graphics library. |
| WOA
Ocean Data Viewer |
A display of global ocean properties data that is very easy to
use. |
| eWOCE |
downloadabled displays of ocean (surface and cross-section) parameters. |
| Help using LAS ("Live Access Server") (do
this link first!) |
LAS won't work on some browsers/computer combinations.
Read this first to get a good start |
|
PMEL "Live
Access Server version 6.0
Use Internet Explorer. Won't work on Macintosh browsers.
|
Ocean temperature, salinity, dissolved gases, precipitation
and other global ocean data.
This site is somewhat complicated and fussy to use. You can get
the same data from the Global Ocean Data Viewer, so try it first.
|
Lamont Climate Data
Library
|
go
directly to Levitus sea surface temp This has a large collection
of data. It's industrial strength, but you can click around, take
the tutorial, and find a wide variety of information here.
The IRI
Maproom also has access to some useful data.
|
 Lamont Data direct links:
|
Wind climatology |
| Wind monthly |
| Surface Barometric Pressure climatology |
| Surface Barometric Pressure monthly |
| Sea Surface
Temp climatology |
| Sea Surface Temp Anomaly |
| Precipitation
climatology |
| Precipitation, monthly 1971-1999 |
| Temp and
Precip plots for a location |
| More links to Lamont data displays |
| Atmosphere
Data |
|
| Carbon
Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) |
Carbon dioxide and fossil fuel use by country |
| CEISIN Environmental
policy and sustainability information. Great source! |
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (Environmental
Performance Index Reports) |
| NOAA Climate Data
Center |
Entry portal to National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's
vast climate data library. |
| QuickSCAT Wind
Reports |
Spectacular animations of current wind conditions at various locations
on the earth. Click on Animations. |
| Beaches,
Wavesand Coastline |
|
| Prof
Sylvester's Santa Barbara Beaches Library |
|
| Coastal Data Information Program |
Data about coastal conditions, including waves. (wave
models example) |
| Scripps facs
site |
Surfing and weather information. Cool surf pics mixed with links
to serious weather and ocean information sites. |
| Fisheries
related |
|
| Pacific Fisheries Environmental
Laboratory |
The "Live Access Server" that is linked here has the
same browser limitations as the other LAS sites. Link
to wind data images. |
| Environmental
Policy |
|
| World Data Center
for Human Interactions and the Environment |
A very interesting site. |
| Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
This site has a wealth
of data about US energy consumption. When you get to the main
page, you will link to what looks like reports. Click on the "html" link
by each report to see it. Example: US
Highway miles travelled. |
| UN Population statistics |
Want facts and figures about over and under and mis-population?
Here's the place. |
| Global Warming Impacts |
A great site that allows you to browse the impacts of global
warming, around the world. |
| Environmental Sustainability
Viewer |
It's a relatively long download, but allows you to plot global
color maps that show each country's performance for various factors
related to sustainability. A MUST SEE!
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