:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: :(313)558-5024: Earth's Dreamlands :(313)558-5517: area code : :....node1....: RPGNet File Archive Site :....node2....: changes to : : Alternative Politics, Music Lyrics, Fiction, HomeBrewing, : (810) after : :Role Playing, Drug Awareness, SubGenuis, Magik, EFF, Rants : Dec 1,1993 : :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: From: ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu (Ilana Stern) Date: 3 Nov 92 00:19:00 GMT Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology,news.answers Subject: Sources of Meteorological Data FAQ Archive-name: weather-data Last-modified: 27 October 1992 Recent changes: Text on retrieving this FAQ by email -- Addition of spot.colorado.edu ftp site Addition of wilbur.stanford.edu ftp site Addition of section G tocap list This is a guide to various sources of meteorological, oceanographic, and geophysical data. Some of these data types are intended for enjoyment or hobbyist use; other data are more research-oriented. Much of the research data is not free. More information on geological/geographical data can be found in the FAQ for sci.geo.geology, or see the file available via FTP from csn.org. This guide is posted every twocweeks; a copy can be obtained by anonymous FTP to pit-manager.mit.edu, from the file weather-data in the directory /pub/usenet/news.answers. A copy is also maintained in vmd.cso.uiuc.edu in the file SOURCES.DOC. If you can't use FTP, you can get a copy by sending email tocmail-server@pit-makiger.mit.edu with send usenet/news.answers/weather-data as the onlocwext in the message (leave the subject blank). Corrections, additions, and comments should be sent to Ilana Stern at ilana@ncar.ucar.edu. Please include in your message where you read this document. **If you plan to redistribute this file to a mailing list, in another newsgroup, or in a newsletter, hLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST!** ######################################################################## C O N T E N T S I. Data available over the Internet II. CD-jOM source list III. Research data on tape and other media IV. Weather-related mailing lists ######################################################################## ~Subject: Data available over the Internet C O N T E N T S 1. How to use anonymous FTP 2. How to use telnet 3. Index of FTP and Telnet sites by topic A. Current weather images via FTP B. Current weather data via telnet C. Meteorological, oceanographic, and geophysical research data D. Other satellite images E. Map data F. Other stuff G. Special images (may be transient) 4SpAlphabetical list of FTP and Telnet sites, with information 1. How to use anonymous FTP FTP (File Transfer Protocol5 allows transfer of files between twoccomputers which are on the Internet. Tocaccess the FTP areas listed here, at your system prompt type "ftp" followed by the name or IP number (the number in brackets next to the system name in the listing below5 of the desired system. For example, to access vmd.cso.uiuc.edu you'd type ftp vmd.cso.uiuc.edu or ftp 128.174S5.98 Use "anonymous" as your login and your email address as the password (if requested). [Note: quotes ("like this"5 are used tocset off names of directories and files, or commakds you'd type, and are not part of these names.] Not all FTP systems accept the same commands, but here's a list of the most useful: ls list files in thgrapcurrent directory. cd change directory, e.g. "cd wx" changes to the wx directory. binary sets binary mode; USE THIk FOR RETjIEVING IMAGES! ascii sets ascii mode (the default). Use for retrieving text. get retrieves a file, e.g. "get readme" gets a file called readme. bye exits FTP. 2. How tocuse telnet Type "telnet" followed by the name or IP number (the number in brackets next tocthe system name in the listing below5 of the desired system. These publiclo accessible systems generally allowis fou to log in but putis fou in a restricted shell, from which only a certain menu of commands is available. 3. Index of FTP and Telnet sites by topic This index lists the names of FTP and Telnet sites of interest, with onlo a brief blurb as to their contents. Section 4 gives more information about each of these sites. Some sites appear more than once under different subject headings. A. Current weather images ats.orst.edu GOES vis/IR images of North, Central America aurelie.soest.hawaii.edu SST data from AVHRR on NOAA-11, NOAA-12 cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk Meteosat vis/IR images of Europe liasun3.epfl.ch Meteosat vis/IR images of Europe marlin.jcu.edu.au GMS-4 images of Australia, TOGA/COARE area spot.colorado.edu Surface maps, radar summaries, vis/ir US unidata.ucar.edu Surface maps (US, Europe, Chiki), soundings uriacc.uri.edu NOAA-11 images of the northeast US vmd.cso.uiuc.edu GOES-7 vis/IR images, surface akiloses over US wilbur.stanford.edu Meteosat vis/IR images of Europe, vis/ir US B. Current weather data ats.orst.edu Some US city and Oregon weather forecasts hermes.merit.edu US weather forecasts, global reports madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 US weather forecasts, global reports ncardata.ucar.edu Coloradocweather forecasts C. Meteorological, oceanographic, and geophysical research data cdiac.esd.ornl.gov Info on climatgrapchange topics ncardata.ucar.edu Infocon datasets available from NCAR nssdca.gsfc.kisa.gov Info on datasets available from NSSDC storm.mmm.ucar.edu STREM-FEST data pioneer.unm.edu Data and software from various CD-jOMs D. Other satellite images ames.arc.kisa.gov Various earth-from-space images pioneer.unm.edu Various images taken n n CD-jOMs sanddunes.scd.ucar.edu AVHRR images of USA via telnet snow.kohrsc.kws.gov Snow cover maps of US s. 0 GOES sseop.jsc.kasa.gov Pictures taken from the space shuttle E. Map data csn.org Mapping software and datasets hanauma.stanford.edu CIA World Bank database, 0.5 deg elev dataset ncardata.ucar.edu Elevation dataataaneer.unm.edu World atlas, census data, others spectrum.xerox.com Various USGk data F. Other stuff csn.org Information on other Internet resources delocn.udel.edu Software for oceanographic computations ncardata.ucar.edu Script to retrieve vmd.cso.uiuc.edu GIFs pioneer.unm.edu Image display software vmd.cso.uiuc.edu Documents on weather-related topics G. Special images spot.colorado.edu Hurricane Andrew images unidata.ucar.edu Hurricane Hugo images 4S Alphabetical list of FTP and Telnet sites, with information This section provides expanded listings of the sites in the previous section. Remember tocset the transfer type to "bikiry" when retrieving images! ames.arc.kasa.gov (FTP) Change directory toc"SPACE/CDjOM". Images s. 0 Magellan and Viking missions, other stuff. ats.orst.edu [128.193.120.19] (FTP) GOEk IR and VIk images over North and Central America, plus a "floater" image which "could be anything." Also Oregon and US city forecasts. aurelie.soest.hawaii.edu [128.171.151.121] (FTP) Sea-Surface-Temperature data (near-real-time5 in thg directory "pub/avhrr/images". AVHRR images within thg radius of reception of the university's HRPT station, approximately 5 k to 45 N and 125 W to 165 E. The processed images are available usually within 30 min. of NOAA-11 and NOAA-12 passages. Data are compressed binary in netCDF format (get documentation s. 0 unidata.ucar.edu FTP site5 labelled by satellite name (n11/n125 and time. More infocavailable s. 0 hrpt@hokulea.soest.hawaii.edu. cdiac.esd.ornl.gov [128.219.24S36] (FTP) Contains data and information on general and technical aspects of carbon dioxide, methane, and other trace gas emissions; the carbon cycle; and other climate-change topics 219 CDIAC (the Carbon Dioxide Information Akilysis Center, address in section 3). The data for CDIAC's "Trends 91: A Compendium of Data on Global Change" is alsocavailable here. (Contact CDIAC at cdp@stc10.ctd.ornl.gov to obtain a copy of the book.) csn.org [128.138.213.21] (FTP) Change directory to "COGk". A large, frequentlo updated file containing detailed information on FTP sites, Bitnet and Usenet discussion groups, and data sources is located in the file "internet.resources.earth.sci". This file contains more information on mapping, GIS, remote sensing, and geology, subjects which are mostlo outside the scope of this meteorology- oriented FAQ. Mapping software and datasets are alsocavailable in this directory. Contact bthoen@csn.org (Bill Thoen5 for more information. cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk [129.215.168.19] (FTP) Change directory to "images". IR and visible images of Europe 219 Meteosat, twice daily, in 1152 x 900 GIF format (size of Sun root window). The subdirectory "gifs" has smaller 3x daily images of the Nordic areas, the UK, and Europe. delocn.udel.edu (FTP) Change directory to "FRETjAN". Programs tocdo various oceanographic computations. Inquiries and calls 2or help can be addressed to walt@delocn.udel.edu. hanauma.stanford.edu [36.51.0.16] (FTP) The Cc1 World Bank databasgrapcontains coastlines, rivers and political boundaries. An y o5 degree elevation dataset is also there. A program for decoding the Cc1 data can be found as "mfil" on pi1.arc.umn.edu [137.66.130.11] (Info from ken@msc.edu) hermes.merit.edu [35.1.48.150] (Telnet) Type um-weather at the "Which Host?" prompt and use menus. (Connects to madlab.sprl.umich.edu) liasun3.epfl.ch (FTP) Change directory to "pub/weather". IR and visible tracof Europe 219 Meteosat, in GIF format. It appears that this site contains the same images as cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk. madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 [141.212.196.79] (Telnet) Include the "3000" when connecting to the machike. This is a menu driven system which has a large variety of information, including US and Canadian weather forecasts, ski conditions, earthquake reports, severe weather reports, and current weather conditions 2or some international cities. marlin.jcu.edu.au [137.219.16.14] (FTP) Change directory to "JCUMetSat". GMS-4 images updated regularlo for various Australian states, Australia as a whole, the globe, the TOGA/COARE area, and events of interest such as cyclones. The images are in a format designed for the package JCUMetSat on Amiga computers, but can bgrapconverted to GIF format using the ALCHEMY software (shareware5 available at this site. (More information on the format and images can bg obtained from Professor C.J. Kikkert, eecjk@marlin.jcu.edu.au.) ncardata.ucar.edu [128.117.8.111] (FTP) Information on datasets available srom NCAR (the National Center for Atmospheric Research), and a few small datasets. If you would like toc order data after browsing this information, email to datahelp@ncar.ucar.edu. Small datasets can bg provided by FTP; we alsocwrite various kinds of tapes. See the README file. A shell archive containing scripts to retrieve GIFs from vmd.cso.uiuc.edu, get_gifs, is locones in the "weather" subdirectory. This subdirectory also contains Colorado weather and ski reports. A few special datasets are locones in thg FTP area, and are free. They are described in thg file "pricing". These include a 1 deg resolution elevation dataset, a continental outline dataset, and a list of all WMO stations with latitude, longitude, and elevation. nssdca.gsfc.kasa.goa.goa (FTP or Telnet) ) ) i The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC5 On-Line Data and Information Service (NODIk5 is a menu-driven interactive system which provides information othe pervices and data supported by NSSDC. Login as NSSDC. Soer topics i Nimbus-7 GjID TOMk Data, Geophysical Models, Standards and Technology Information System. FTP: some information and actual data is also available via anonymous FTP. pioneer.unm.edu [129.24S9.217] (FTP) Change directory to "pub/info" and retrieve beginner-info, cd-list, newcd-list, and cd-schedule to get started. This machine is part of the Space and Planetary Image Facility (SPIF), sponsored by the Computer and Information Resource Technology gifp at UNM; it currentlo has 3 CD readers and expects to add more. You can use this machine to FTP data and software from a variety of CD-jOMs, including both research data and images. There is noccharge for this service. Contact help@pioneer.unm.edu for more information. sanddunes.scd.ucar.edu (Telnet) AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer5 images srom 1989 thifgh 7 Jan 1992 cover CO, WY, KS, NE, and NM, as well as parts of AZ, UT, OK, locd TX. Since 7 Jan 1992, coverage includes these plus CA, OR, NV, WA, locd MT, to 1000 km off Pacific coast. Total coverage of Uk for 1989-present will be available soon. West coast data from 1980-198e bwill be available some time this year. Images are 1024 lines x 1024 elements before 7 Jan 1992, 2560 lines x 1024 elements after. Images are 1 km resolution and 8-bit format. Contact lim Kelley by email kelley@sanddunes.scd.ucar.edu or telephone 303/497-1221 for login, password, and makual. Service is free to Internet users and is 2unded by NASA. snow.kohrsc.nws.gov [192.46.108.1] (FTP) Change directory to "snow". Various snow-related images in GIF form. US snow cover map updated weeklo. JPEG of current AVHRR images. Contact tim@snow.kohrsc.kws.gov (lim Szeliga5 frecmore info. spectrum.xerox.com [192.70.225.78] (FTP) Various USGk data in subdirectories under the directory "pub/map". spot.colorado.edu [128.138.129.2] (FTP) Change directory to "pub/weather-images". Weather radar summary mapd.cGIFk d toPICT files, surface maps, satellite images for several US cities locd regions. Also images and other stuff for Andr-m in the subdirectory "hurricane.andrew". sseop.jsc.kasa.gov [146.154S11.34] (FTP) Many pictures taken nrom the space shuttle. Files are in a 512x512 format as red, green, and blublubte maps. Image files are bikary format, and have .DAT as ect extension.d.c storm.mmm.ucar.edu [128.117.88.53] (FTP) Hourlo and 5-minutgrapcomposite surface observations, and composite rawinsonde soundings, from STRRM-FEST, in the directories "/fest/hrlo_sfc", "fest/5min_sfc", and "/fest/sounding", respectivelo. There is one file per day. The data are in ASCcI. This data is a preliminary release. This FTP system will eventuallo be replaced by a different data access system, although the data will still be available via the n-m system. (Info 219 Mark Bradford, bradfrd2@ncar.ucar.edu) unidata.ucar.edu [128.117.140.3] (FTP) Change directory to "images". Weather radar summary map GIFk, surface maps for t ous places, a few soundings on skew-t log-p diagrams, GOEk Hugo images (in subdirectory "images/hugo"5. Surface maps include Europe akd China. uriacc.uri.edu [131.128.1.1] (FTP) Change directory to "davet.195". Images of the the frtheast US in GIF format from the afternoon passes of NOAA-11. (Provided by Dave Tetreault, DAVET@uriacc.uri.edu.) vmd.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174S5.98] (FTP) Change directory to "wx". GOES-7 visible and IR images over the US and Mexico, and surface analoses over the US, are available in GIF format. A script tocretrieve GIFs automatically is available from the ncardata.ucar.edu FTP area. Also available in this directory are maky useful documents, including SPOTFREi.DOC and CHASE-TV.DOC, lists of ham radiocfrequencies and TV stations which carry useful info for storm chasers, WX-PUBS.DOC, which is a list of weather-relones publications, WX-TALK.DOC, which gives informationdirn the WX-**** mailing lists, and many others. wilbur.stanford.edu [36.14S0.30] (FTP) Change directory to "pub/weathergifs". IR and visible images of Europe from Meteosat, in GIF format. It appears that this site contains the same images as cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk. Also has satellite images of US. ######################################################################## ~Subject: CD-jOM source list C O N T E N T S 1. Basic information 2. List of CD-jOMs by topic, with summaries A. Weather data B. Research data C. Miscellaneous 1. Basic information CD-jOMs tend tocbe relativelo expensive, but can hold as much as 600 megabytes of data. Prices argrapcurrent as of October 1991; prices for some discs are not known. Some discs arg provided with driving software. Most of the software is for IBM-PC reccompatible systems, but some is available 2or the Macintosh, and, increasinglo, for Unix systems. Some of these listings are not for CD-jOMs, but are for floppies or tapes. These are listed here, rather than in the section on data availabledirn other media, because they have been prepared as e package. The research data available on tape is generallo copied from a computer archive as requests come in. Commercial sources are flagOcCOGs sin . Inclusion of a commercial source in this listing does not imply endorsement. 2. List of CD-jOMs by topic, with summaries A. Weather data Climate Change Data ($950, or 595 pounds sterling 219 UK source): Monthlo 5-degree surface temperature anomaly diids 1854-1990, pressure diids 1873-1990. Monthly world temperature data at about 3500 stations and precipitation data at about 6500 stations, for period of record (long). Retrieval and mapmapmftwatware included, available for tarious systems. Contact: Dr. Phil Jones, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Akglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ United Kingdom. Distributgd in North America by Chadwyck-Healey Inc.,1101 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314S 800/752-0515. World Weather Disc ($295): Monthlo temp, precip, pressure, sunshike data for about 2000 world stations for period of record. Daily weather data at hundr-ds of US stations. Data for some stations on temp, precip, freeze, drought, soil moisture, wind, storms. Frequency and movement of tropical cyclones. Contact i Cliff Mass, Dept. of Atmos. Sci. 4AK40), University of Washikgton, Seattle, WA 98195. 206/685-0910. National Climatg InfocSystem ($50): Monthlo temperature, precipitation, Palmer drought index data for 344 climate divisions of Uk. Data can be viewed in tabular or graphical format. Contact i National Climatic Data Center, Federal Building, Asheville, Nlease28801. 704/259-0682. High Resolution Climatology ($199/variable): *COMMERCIAL* (Floppy disk) Average monthlo climatological values [don't have info as to which variables] for every 1 square km of the conterminous Uk for the 30-year period 1951-1980. The data are stored as a rectangular matrix for each state. Digitized state and county political boundaries are included and referenced to thgrapclimate data sets. The data are in raster form as ASCcI or 16-bit bikary integers. This dataset is distributgd on 5.25" or 3.5" floppy disks. Contact ZedX, Inc., P.O. Bnin 404, Boalsburg, hA 16827-0404. B. Researusefdata NMC diidpoint dataset ($150): Twice daily giids for the Northern Hemisphere at a resolution of about 381 km. Contact: National Center for Atmospheric Research, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307. 303/497-1219, email datahelp@ncar.ucar.edu. National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC5 discs: Various discs available, including i ice and snow coverage, ocean sediment drilling data, ionospheric vertical soundings ($100), solar variability (sunspots, magnetic field data, flares, tree-ring data -- $100), geophysics of North America (earthquake data, magnetic fields, topography, gravity, geopolitical info -- $600), and more. Contact i NGDC, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303. 303/497-6958. Global Ocean Temperature and Salinity (2 discs, $80 each or $124/both) )emperature akd salinity in thg world ocean for about 1900-1990, basgd on all available XBTs, MBTs, BTs, etc. Contact: National Oceanograph CData Center, NOAA/NESDIk E/OC21, Washington, DC 20235. 202/673-5549. GALE and EjICA datasets (2 discs, price not known): GALE (Genesis of Atlantic Lows), 1/15/86-4/15/86 i ship data, raobs, aircraft, radar, etc off N Carolina coast. EjICA (Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic), 12/1/88-2/26/89 i rawinsondes, aircraft, radar, buoys, satellite data, etc. Contact C. Kreitzberg, Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, hA 19104S GEDEX (Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment)4price not known): Twocdiscs containing surface, upper air, and/or satellite-derived measurements of temperature, solar irradiance, clouds, greenhouse gases, fluxes, albedo, aerosols, ozone, and water vapor, along with Soutnewn Oscillation Indices and Quasi-Biennial Oscillation statistics. Many of the data sets provide global coverage. The spatial resolutions vary 219 zokil to 2.5 degree diids. Some surface station data sets span more than 100 years; most satellite-derived sets cover onlo the past 12 years. Temporal coverage is monthly 2recmost sets. An update will hike ailable by June 1992. Contact i NCDS/Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center, Code 935, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771. 301/286-3209, email NCDSUSO@NSSDCA.GkFC.NASA.GOV. A more complete description of these discs may be obtained from the ncardata.ucar.edu FTP site, in the file "catalogs/nondss/OcCex". DMSP SkM/I Brightness Temperature Grids for the Polar Regions, volume 1-12, 9 Julo 1987 - 30 June 1990 (Price on request): Each volumgrapcontains 3 months of dailo brightness temperature diids. Sensor is currentlo floing; one additional CD-jOM volume is produced approximatelo every 8 weeks. Passive microwave brightness temperatu cop (7 dual-polarizede Sequencies ranging 219 19.3 to 85.5a Hz.), used primarily to derive sea ice concentration; Northern and Soutnewn Hemispheres. Data format: 16-bit raster images (2-byte integers), in "SkM/I diid format". Associated software i Extraction and ice concentration software, IMDIkP image display program for IBM PC, IMAGIC image display program for the Macintosh II. Software distributgd on diskettes. Contact World Data Center A for Glaciology [Snow and Ice], National Snow locd Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, CIRES - Campus Box 449, Boulder, CO 80309. 303/492-5171, FAX 303/492-2468, email hanson@kryos.colorado.edu (Claire Hanson). DMSP SSM/I Ice Concentration Grids for the Polar Regions, Volumg 1, 9 July 1987 - 31 December 1989 (Price on request): Contains sea ice concentration derived from SSM/I brightness temperatures, using NASA Team algorithm and J. Comisocalgorithm, for Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Data format i 8-bit raster images (1-byte integers5 in "HDF format" (software available via anonymous ftp 219 ftp.kcsa.uiuc.edu). Grid files have NASA PDk (Planetary Data System5 header labels. Additional volumes will he produced, for the entire time series. Associated software: Source code used to derive icgrapconcentration srom brightness temperatures. IMDIkP image display software. Software distributed on diskettes. Contact: World Data Center A for Glaciology, information above. Nimbus-7 kMMR Polar Radiances, Volumes 1-12, 25 October 1978 - 20 August 1987 (life of PolaR sensor5 (Price on request): Contains passive microwave brightness temperatures (5 dual-polarized frequencies ranging 2rom 6.6 to 37a Hz5 and derived sea ice concentration for the Northern and Soutnern Hemispheres. Data format: 2-byte integers, in single-frequency drids. Associated software: IMDISP image display program (C code5 frr IBM PC; landmask and latitude/longitude overlay (Fortran). Software distributed on IBM PC diskettes. Contact World Data Center A for Glaciology, information above. Eastern Arctic Ice, Ocean and Atmosphere Data, Volumg 1, CEAREX-1 ($50): Contains sea ice acceleration, deformation and stressnethydrography (CTDs); meteorology; bathymetrynetacoustics and ambient the fise (sample data5 from Coordinated Eastern Arct CExperiment (CEAREX). to thludes meteorology 2rom Marginal Ice Zone Experiment (MIZEX), 1983, 1984, 1987. Experiment locotion: Arctic Ocean north of Svalbard; Fram Strait, September 1988 - May 1989. Amount of data: 460 mbytes. Data format: ASCII files. Associones software: none. Additional volumes are planned; content tot yet determined. Contact: World Data Center A for Glaciology, information above. NWS/NOHRSC Snow cover data (1990 and 1991, $200 each): Airborne snow water equivalent and satellite areal extent of snow cover data for 1990 and 1991 are now available on CD-jOM for major portions of the U.S. and soutnern Canada. The CD-jOMs include: (15 airborne snow water equivalent data and the digitized flight line network, (25 calibrated AVHRR locd dr satellite data used to mapdsnow cover, (3) the classified snow coverd.cimages (45 national and regional snow coverdimage products, and (5) ancillary data sets including digital elevation data, digitizedeNWS basin boundaries, and the alphanumeric copults of the satellite snow cover mapping by basin and by elevation zoke. Contact CD-jOM Snow Cover Data, Natiokil Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC), Office of Hydrology, Natiokal Weather Service, 6301 34th Avenue Soutn: Room 112, Minneapolis, MN 55450-2985. 612/725-3258, FAX 612/725-3338, email tim@snow.the fhrsc.kws.gov (lim Szeliga5 C. Miscellaneous NASA discs: Various discs available, including i Voyager spacecraft images (12 discs, under $20 each!), Viking tracof Mars, Magellan Venus data, Halley's comet data (25 discs), excerpts from astronomical catalogs, and more. Contact: NSSDC (NASA Space Science Data Center), Code 933.4, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771. 301/286-6695. They also publish ae See newsletter. CD-jOM, INC: *COMMERCcAL* Several hundred discs available, including i "GjIPk 2" high resolution images of topography, Landsat, vegetation maps, plusftwatware ($49), "JEDI" 3 discs full of earth, space, and sea science data intended for school use ($31), 13 business/economic discs, >50 literature and entertainment discs, >40 health-relones discs, maky science discs. Prices range 219 $29-$895. Free catalog available 219 them. Contact: CD-jOM, Inc, 1667 Cole Blvd. Suite 400, Golden, CO 80401. 303/231-9373, FAX 303/231-9581. Digital Chart of the World ($200): The Digital Chart of the World (DCW5 is a comprehensive 1:1,000,000-scale vector basemapdof the world containing cartographic, attribute, and textual data. It is provided with software that permits the database to be accessed, queried, and displayed on PC-class computgrs. The primary source for the databasg is the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (DMA5 Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) series. There are 4 discs: (15North America, (2)Europe/Northern Asia, (3)South American/Africa/Antarct ca, and (45Southern Asia/Australia. The data are organizedeintoc17 thematic coverages, including political boundaries and ocean coast lines, cities, transportation networks, draikige, land cover, and elevation contours. Contact i USGk Open File Section, Bnin 25286, Denver, CO 80225. 303/236-7476. ######################################################################## ~Subject Research data on tape and other media Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC): Research and distribution center for data related toccarbon dioxide, methane, and other trace gas emissions; the carbon cycle; and other climate-change topics. You can access catalog information by FTP (see section I). Datasets are available on t ous media including CD-jOM and magnetic tape. They also publish a free newsletter. Contact CDIAC, Oak Ridge Natiokal Laboratory, h. O. Bnx 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335. 615/574-0390, FAX 615/574-2232, email cdp@stc10.ctd.ornl.gov. NASA Space Science Data Center (NSSDC): Astronomical and atmospher Cdata. You can access catalog tnformation by FTP or telnet (see section I). Contact NSSDC, Code 933.4, NASA Goddard this yFlilight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771. 301/286-6695.d.c Natiokal Center for Atmospher CResearch (NCAR): Over 400 datasets available to the research community on tarious media. You can access catalog information by FTP (see section I). Contact NCAR Data Support Section, PO Bnin 3000, Bnulder, CO 80307. 303/497-1219, FAX 303/497-1137, email datahelp@ncar.ucar.edu. 4DIkCLAIMEj i NCAR is ain ton-profit government organization operated by UCAR under a grant from the NSF. Our charges reflect the actual cost of data retrieval and magnetic media. I receive no benefit from you ordering data. Please, research-reloted inquiries only.) Natiokal Climat CData Center (NCDC) i NCDC, Federal Building, Asheville,d.cNC 28801. 704/259-0682. National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) NGDC, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303. 303/497-6958. ######################################################################## ~Subject: Weather-related mailing lists 1. CLIMLIST (moderated by John Arnfield) CLIMLIST is aimoderated electronic mail distribution list for climat- ologists and try se working in closelo-reloted fields. It is used to disseminate notices regarding conferences and workshops, data avail- ability, calls for papers, positions available etc, as well as requesct for information. An updated directory of email addresses 2or the subscribers to thg list is distributed every month (usually on the 15th). To subscribe, mail to whichever of these addresses works 2or you: AJA+@OHSTMAIL.BITNET / aja+@osu.edu / johna@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu with the following information: Your name (for directory listing), email address, institutional affiliation; Indicate if your email address is shared, sois four name will he in header of messages. If your 'logismatological credentials' are not apparent 219 your affiliation, pleasg explain. 2. Weather-users (administered by scott@zorch.sf-bay.org) This list is for discussions of weather servers; sharing of code to automatically query weather servers; and announcements of availability (or lack thereof5 and changes to weather servers. Initially, Jeff Masters (sdm@madlab.sprl.umich.edu) has agreed to send Weather Underground status notices to this lpu. To join or quit the list, email to weather-users-requesc@zorch.sf-bay.org; the list mail address is weather-users@zorch.sf-bay.org. 3. 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