MEA 214 Web Page

MEA 214: Fundamentals of Meteorology II

The following are some links that may be used during the MEA 214 course this semester. If you find outdated links, please email me at gary@ncsu.edu

Forecast Contest Information

Click Here to Enter a Forecast Forecasts from Th 4/23/09 find out your forecaster ID
daily results from 4/23/09 FINAL Cumulative standings, 4/23 "One-Stop" MOS
Forecast weather maps RDU Verification Model Forecast Soundings



Syllabus and Review Sheets for Exams and Quizzes

Course Syllabus 2008 Midterm Exam 2008 Final Exam 2009 Final Review Sheet 2009 Midterm Review



Powerpoint presentations from lectures

13 Jan 2009 27 Jan 2009 (no class 1/20 due to snow) 3 Feb 2009 10 Feb 2009
17 Feb 2009 10 Mar 2009 17 Mar 2009 24 Mar 2009
31 Mar 2009 7 Apr 2009 14 Apr 2009 21 Apr 2009



Employment- and career-related links:

NWA job listings AMS Job Listings Internship opportunities
Penn State Job Listing OU Job Listing USAjobs- NOAA listings
UCAR WAS*IS Program Societal Impacts Program Weathercaster resources
AMS Seal of Approval Requirements RPI Writing Center RPI Writing Center: Resume Writing
Thinking about graduate school?


Links for Labs

NCDC Web Page NCDC LCD page State Climate Office Drought Page
USGS Lake and Reservoir levels Global Warming, NOAA Gull Lake MN Tornado
Pampa TX Tornado Emanuel 1987 Nature Webster et al. Science
Landsea et al. Science NCDC Global Warming FAQ Stanford Solar Center
NSIDC Arctic Sea Ice IPCC Web Page
Lab 5 NWP Start AGU Climate Statement AMS Climate Statement
NSIDC Arctic Sea Ice NASA Earth Observatory NASA Goddard Ozone Textbook
NASA ozone animation U.S. Climate Prediction Center Ozone Info Latest Ozone Data from Arosa, Switzerland


Storm Prediction Center Links:

SPC Home Page SPC Watch and Warning Display SPC Discussions


Satellite and radar links:

GOES Project WSI RADAR and Other Forecast Products SSEC Wisconsin SATELLITE Products
CIRA (Colorado State Univ.) CIMSS (U. Wisconsin) McGill radar and profiler archive
RAP.ucar NESDIS satellite images and status info. Official NOAA GOES site


Tropical meteorology interests:

TPC Current Advisories NHC Model Track Forecasts Atlantic Tropical Weather Center Hurricane Hunter Homepage


Some of my favorite NWSFO Web Pages:

NWS home page: Index NWSFO RaleighNWSFO Buffalo NWSFO Seattle


Model forecasts:

MESO, Inc. MM5 output Ohio State weather server NCAR MM5 page
SUNY Albany NGM, ETA, MRF forecast maps (and more) CDC Ensemble forecasts. ECMWF 7-day forecast from Purdue
Environment Canada RFE and SEF model forecasts COLA/IGES- beautiful AVN, ETA plots and more... Northern Illinois University weathercenter
SUNYB MM5 page McGill University tropopause maps and more Navy NOGAPS model


Interactive weather data (observations and forecasts):

Texas A&M weather interface UC Davis US weather Interactive WX network (NWS)


Good all-around sites:

McGill Weatherpage Texas A&M weather homepage Texas A&M University analyses and forecasts
SUNY Albany weather U. of Washington, including mesoscale model forecasts Skewt diagrams for selected cities (rap.ucar)


National Forecast Contest:

Official Penn State NCWFC Page Texas A&M NCWFC Page


Weathercams:

Washington State DOT U. of Michigan wxcam list


Environmental:

Ozone Depletion, EPA Global Warming, NOAA Environmental News Network (ENN)
Nature Center for Environmental Information Ozone Depletion, U.K.