METEOROLOGY LIBRARY
of
The National Weather Service
Nashville, Tennessee



SECTION I:

General Information


  1. Careers in Meteorology
  2. Definition of Meteorology
  3. Demonstrations/Experiments in Meteorology
  4. Glossaries of Meteorology
  5. History of Meteorology
  6. Job Opportunities
  7. Journals in Meteorology
  8. Resources in Meteorology
  9. Software with Meteorological Applications
  10. Teaching Meteorology
  11. Universities with Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Programs


SECTION II:

Fundamentals of Weather


  1. An Overview of Earth's Atmosphere
  2. State Variables:

    1. Temperature

    2. Pressure

    3. Moisture
  3. Weather Observations (and observing equipment)

  4. Weather Maps and the Station Model




SECTION III:

Weather Surveilance


  1. Lightning Detection

  2. Radiosondes, Rawinsondes and Pibals

  3. Vertical Profilers

  4. Weather Radar

  5. Weather Satellites and Remote Sensing


SECTION IV:

Weather Forecasting


  1. Thunderstorm and Severe Weather Forecasting

  2. Winter Weather Forecasting

  3. Government Involvment in Weather Forecasting

  4. Weather Forecasting Tutorials

  5. Children's Resource on Weather Forecasting

  6. Student's Resource on Weather Forecasting

  7. Societal Impacts of Weather


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