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Smithsonian Institution: Specific programs included in the USGCRP.

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). "SEDAC, the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, is one of the Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. SEDAC focuses on human interactions in the environment. Its mission is to develop and operate applications that support the integration of socioeconomic and Earth science data and to serve as an "Information Gateway" between the Earth and social sciences. "

Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin

START (a global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training). START is sponsored by the Human Dimensions of Global Environment Change Program, International Geosphere-Biosphere Program, and the World Climate Research Program. START "focuses on global change issues in specific regional contexts and promotes interdisciplinary research, at a regional level, on the interactions of human and environmental systems affecting and being affected by global changes." This site is a rich and up-to-date source of information. It includes a list of upcoming events and many on-line documents. (25 September, 1996)

Temperature World.  Temperature news, resources and links. (22 May 1998)

UK Met Office

UM Weather.  Sponsored by The Weather Underground at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Includes WeatherSites, an extensive list of weather-related links

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Site managed by UNFCCC Secretariat and the United Nations Environment Program's Information Unit for Conventions (see entry below for material generated by the UNEP Information Unit for Conventions).  See also Beginners Guide to Climate Change -- For Kids.  Animations from the United Nations Secretariat of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.  Part of a site established for the Convention's Third Conference of the Parties in Kyoto, Japan, December 1997.(4 July 1998)

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Information Unit on Conventions (IUC). Includes links to major conventions related to the environment, including the Vienna Convention and the Framework Convention on Climate Change  The climate change section includes basic background information on the convention, including a Beginner's Guide to the Framework Convention. Also provides a Climate Change Information Kit based on information available through 1996; and a set of more than 90 fact sheets. 

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Ozone Secretariat

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Collaborating Center on Energy and Environment (Roskilde, Denmark)

US Department of Agriculture (USDA):

• Specific USDA programs included in the USGCRP.
• Natural Resources Conservation Division, Water and Climate Center. Includes access to the Water Supply Outlook for the Western United States.
• Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF) (US Department of Agriculture's World Agricultural Board and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Includes the Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin, a key source of information on weather and its impacts on agriculture in the US and elsewhere. The JAWF site also includes information on Major World Crop Areas and Climatic Profiles, and on Episodic Weather Events. 

US Department of Defense (DOD): Specific programs included in the USGCRP.

US Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health: Specific programs included in the USGCRP.

US Department of the Interior

• US Geological Survey (USGS)
  • Specific programs included in the USGCRP.
  • Global Change Research Program
  • Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center. Includes Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change. Also provides access to Special Project Images, including weather images (mostly hurricanes). (3 April, 1997)
  • Atmospheric Sciences URL List

United States, Department of Transportation, Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting.  "This DOT Center is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Transportation, dedicated to fostering awareness of the potential links between transportation and global climate change, and to formulating policy options to deal with the challenges of these links."

US Geological Survey (USGS).  See US Department of the Interior, USGS.

US Global Change Data and Information System. A "collection of distributed information systems operated by government agencies involved in global change research." Includes access to the GC-ASK Demonstration Project. GC-ASK (Global Change - Assisted Search for Knowledge) allows users to quickly and easily search a set of databases which otherwise would require separate and burdensome searches.

US Global Change Research Information Office.  

US Global Learning & Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)

US Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) research program. Program "organized by oceanographers and fisheries scientists to address the question of how global climate change may affect the abundance and production of animals in the sea."

US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).  Includes Climate and Global Dynamics Division.

US National Oceanic  and Atmospheric Administration Specific NOAA programs included in the USGCRP. Aeronomy Laboratory.  "Conducts fundamental research on the chemical and physical processes of the Earth's atmosphere." Climate Diagnostics Center Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory Climate Prediction Products. Available products include predictions (ranging from 6-10 day forecasts to multi-season climate outlooks), assessments (including annual climate assessments), climate data/indices (US Palmer drought data, etc.), special summaries (excellent reports on major anomalies), and a stratosphere page (including data on ozone levels, temperatures and a UV-index). Coral Health and Monitoring Program (NOAA Environmental Information Services Environmental Technology Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) Satellite Information System.  "Central location for finding information about NOAA environmental satellites (GOES and POES)." Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (Princeton, New Jersey). "The goal of GFDL's research is to understand and predict the earth's climate and weather, including the impacts of human activities." Includes GFDL Gallery, with images of hurricanes, global warming, stratospheric processes, El Niño, cyclones and storms. (1 February, 1998) Global Observation Information Network (GOIN) Project Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Rich source of information, ranging from In the Spotlight to an excellent list of Links to Other Weather/Climate Related Sites and a Global Warming Page. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. National Geophysical Data Center National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) National Severe Storms Laboratory National Weather Service.  The NWS has five major operating centers in support of the NWS mission.  Among these are: The National Centers for Environmental Prediction ( NCEP ) is a group of NINE specialized centers for analyzing and forecasting the atmosphere on a global scale with some geographically separated centers having a specialized service focus on portions of the overall national warning and forecasting process. Aviation Weather Center Climate Prediction Center Environmental Modeling Center Hydrometeorological Prediction Center NCEP Central Operations Marine Prediction Center Space Environment Center Storm Prediction Center Tropical Prediction Center The Hydrologic Information Center ( HIC ) is a specialized center which covers rivers, flooding, flood warnings, and related water conditions for the U.S. and adjacent international areas. The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center ( NOHRSC ) is the NWS center of expertise in satellite and airborne remote sensing and geographic information systems used to support the NWS operational hydrology program for the Nation. See also: National Weather Service (Tallahassee, Florida), Weather Information Superhighway. A "comprehensive collection of meteorological data, information, and image sites around the globe." Office of Global Programs.  Includes ENSO Newsletter. Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Global Carbon Cycle Program.  The program conducts research on the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide in the oceans. Tropical-Atmosphere-Ocean El-Niño Theme-Page. Award winning source of information on El Niño. Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere / Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TOGA-TA) Homepage "Live Access to Climate Data" NOAA,PMEL,TMAP, (posted 1 February, 1998) Regional Climate Centers CoastWatch.  "Makes satellite data products and in-situ data from NOAA environmental buoys available to Federal, state, and local marine scientists and coastal resource managers." SUV Index Home Page  Sponsored by NOAA and the  US Environmental Protection Agency

US National Science and Technology Council, Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction (SNDR). "The SNDR is made up of representatives from Federal government agencies addressing natural hazards from the points of view of assessment, mitigation, and warning. The goal of the SNDR is to create a sustainable society, resilient to natural hazards." Offerings include the Natural Disaster Reduction; A Plan for the Nation. (12 May, 1997)

University College Dublin, Energy Research Group (Ireland). The group conducts "research, development, consultancy, education and dissemination activities on energy utilization in buildings and climate-sensitive architectural design."

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.  "UCAR is a consortium of universities that educate scientists and pursue research to enrich our understanding of the earth system."

University of Alabama in Huntsville, Atmospheric Science Department, Earth System Science Laboratory, Microwave Sounding Units (MSU) Data. The MSU aboard satellites have monitored global temperatures since 1979. Site includes Using Satellites to Monitor Global Change, by John Christy (Earth System Science Laboratory) and Roy Spencer (Global Hydrology & Climate Center, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center). (4 August, 1997)

University of Delaware:

• University of Delaware, Department of Geography, Center for Climatic Research, Synoptic Climatology Lab. "The synoptic climatology group performs research into a variety of global change issues that affect humans around the world...Synoptic climatology is essentially an holistic approach to weather and climate."
• Ocean Information Center.  "Operational at the Graduate College of Marine Studies ... since early 1986. The Center has been working on numerous issues dealing with the management of oceanographic data and is working on a variety of information systems and oceanographic projects as part of that research."

University of Hawaii, Tropical Storm Tracks

University of Maryland Meteorology Department. Includes access to Maryland Earthcast, an easy-to-use "navigator" with links to thousands of sites providing information on earth-system science (from weather forecasts to satellite images).

University of New Hampshire, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Climate Change Research Center.   "...[D]evoted to the retrieval and interpretation of global change records that document climate (response and forcing), biogeochemical cycling, atmospheric chemistry, unique atmospheric phenomena (e.g. extreme events, volcanic events, biomass burning) and the influence of human activities on our environment." (21 July 1998).

University of Oxford (UK), Environmental Change Institute.

University of Oklahoma Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms

University of Wisconsin (Madison), Space Science and Engineering Center's Daily Satellite Images/Composites (SSEC)