Climate Links

Climate Change Info Links

1.   IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (2013)

• • Synthesis Report: Distilled version for those looking for a quick understanding of where we stand
  • Working Group 1: “The Physical Science Basis”: Detailed info and climate change data and models
  • Working Group 2: “Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability”: Detailed info on impacts of climate change
  • Working Group 3: “Mitigation of Climate Change”: Detailed look on what we can do about it

• • National Climate Assessment Volume 1: Climate Science Special Report (2017)
  • National Climate Assessment Volume 2: Impacts, Risks and Adaptation to Climate Change in the USA (2018)

3.   Arctic Climate Assessment (2017)

• • Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA)

4.   New England Climate Change Assessments/Reports (many from Climate Solutions New England and Dr. Cam Wake)

• • Climate Ready Boston: Reports and maps of impacts from temperature and sea level rise
  • Preparing New Hampshire for Projected Storm Surge, Sea-Level Rise, and Extreme Precipitation (2016)
  • Massachusetts Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Viewer
  • Climate Change and Human Health in New Hampshire (2015)
  • Sea-Level Rise, Storm Surges, and Extreme Precipitation in Coastal New Hampshire (2015)
  • Climate Change in Northern New Hampshire: Past, Present and Future (2014)
  • Climate Change in Southern New Hampshire: Past, Present and Future (2014)
  • Sea Level Rise: Understanding and Applying Trends and Future Scenaios for Analysis and Planning (Massachusetts; 2013)
  • Climate Impacts on the Winter Tourism Economy of the United States (2012)
  • Trends in Wintertime Climate in the Northeast United States (2008)

5.   RealClimate.org “Climate science from climate scientists”. And they really are. These articles are all by very well respected scientists in the field of climate and paleoclimate, and they have great discussions about the topics of the day.

Climate Data Links

• • The Climate Reanalyzer: UMaine’s beautiful site for reanalysis data, model results, and instrumental data – by Dr. Sean Birkel
  • World Data Center for Paleoclimatology: Downloadable raw data from paleoclimate studies of all types
  • Ice Core Gateway: Downloadable raw data from many ice cores collected all over the globe
  • National Snow and Ice Data Center: University of Colorado database of snow and ice data and information
  • Arctic Sea Ice recent news and analysis from the NSIDC
  • NOAA Climate Prediction Center
  • Climate Prediction Center: El Nino-Southern Oscillation
  • Climate Prediction Center: North Atlantic Oscillation
  • Climate Prediction Center: Pacific/North American Pattern
  • Climate Prediction Center: Storm tracks
  • NOAA National Climate Data Center: Climate Monitoring: Detailed monthly reports on global climate
  • NOAA Nation Temperature and Precipitation Maps: Rankings of state, regional, and national temp and precip maps back to 2001
  • NOAA National Climate Data Center: US Climate at a Glance: See maps and create your own plots of national, regional, and state temperature and precipitation over the past 100 years.
  • National Drought Monitor: Current national map of drought conditions, with links to regional conditions
  • Plot NCEP Reanalysis data: 6-Hourly mean and anomaly composites
  • Plot NCEP Reanalysis data: Daily mean and anomaly composites
  • Plot NCEP Reanalysis data: Monthly/Seasonal mean and anomaly composites
  • Plot NCEP Reanalysis data: Monthly/Seasonal linear correlations with climate indices or your own data
  • Plot US Climate data: Monthly/Seasonal linear correlations with climate indices or your own data
  • Download monthly atmospheric and oceanic indices time series (e.g. PNS, ENSO, NAO, PDO, etc.)
  • Create your own monthly/seasonal timeseries from US Climate data or NCEP reanalysis data
  • Alaska Glacier Atlas
  • NOAA HYSPLIT particle back-trajectory model
  • 54 Sources for Climate Change News: From George Washington Unviersity

Earth Science Teaching Links

• • Google Earth
    • Teaching with Google Earth: from Carleton College SERC
    • Google Ocean: More cool KMZ files
  • GeoMapApp: free GIS interface with marine geology data and bathymetry
  • NOAA Science on a Sphere: Awesome animations on a spherical globe
  • NASA Visible Earth: Amazing collection of satellite photos
  • Carleton College Science Education Resource Center (SERC): Must see for all Earth Science teachers. So many great online resources for Earth Science education
  • On the Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty from Carleton College
  • Some fundamentals of the water cycle