Useful+Websites

Websites for data, data analysis etc.:


 * = Data: =

UCAR: [] (this is a new one, also provides some documentation on data and reanalyses) [] (requires free registration)

NOAA: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/

NASA satellite data: http://cdx.jpl.nasa.gov/ (under construction)

NASA A-Train (satellites) data: http://atrain.nasa.gov/data.php

Hahn and Warren surface-based cloud observations: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/climate/clouds/clouds_table.html (gridded product updated to 2008 is the first link: NDP-026E)

IPCC models: http://www.earthsystemgrid.org/ (requires free registration)

CLOUDS obs. for model evaluation (CFMIP) : http://climserv.ipsl.polytechnique.fr/cfmip-obs/

CERES data (CMIP): http://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/cmip5_data.php

DATA and MODELS code: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/data-sources/#Model_code

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/Keywords.do?Portal=GCMD_Services&KeywordPath=ServiceParameters%7CMODELS&MetadataType=1&lbnode=mdlb1


 * = **Data Analysis:** =

NCL: http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ (free)

GrADS: http://www.iges.org/grads/ (free)


 * = **To find papers, authors:** =

SCOPUS: http://www.library.miami.edu/search/eresources/infosheet.php?service_id=541 (free from RSMAS or through myUM outside)

GOOGLE SCHOLAR: http://scholar.google.com/


 * =** Websites and Blogs: **=

IPCC: http://www.ipcc.ch/

RealClimate: http://www.realclimate.org/

Cloud photo gallery: http://www.bluehill.org/Clouds/cloud.html

CMMAP (clouds, climate, weather, climate models) http://www.cmmap.org/learn/

NASA missions: http://www.nasa.gov/missions/index.html

Isaac Held's blog: http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/blog/isaac-held/

Animations from Tapio Schneider's website: http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~tapio/animations.html


 * =** Classes, textbooks online: **=

Climate dynamics class: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~dargan/587/schedule.html

Introduction to Phys. Oceanography: http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/ocng_textbook/chapter05/chapter05_06.htm