We have made a concerted effort to search the Web for relevant material, but no matter how hard we try, there will always be more information available than we can possibly examine.
However, the following list contains links to many of the most interesting and informative Web sites related to topics explored in the chapter that we were able to locate. Check them out, but make sure you come back to do more investigating when you're done.
- About Temperature
- Here is an excellent overview of what temperature is and how we measure it.
- Earth Orientation
- This site contains diagrams and explanations of Earth's changing orientation in space due to wobble, etc.
- Earth's Radiation Balance
- This site has a discussion of Earth's radiation balance from the University of Wisconsin.
- Earth's Rotational Irregularities
- This site contains information on the variability of Earth's rotation due to the gravitational attraction of the moon, Sun, and planets, as well as displacements of matter in different parts of the planet and other mechanisms.
- Global Climate Animations (University of Oregon)
- This University of Oregon site contains great animations showing the climatology of the seasonal cycle for selected climate variables for the time period 1959–1997.
- Here Comes the Sun!
- This site offers an excellent tutorial on the motions of Earth and the seasons.
- Refraction of Light
- Here is a great interactive site to investigate refraction.
- Seasons (Royal Observatory, Greenwich)
- This site contains a short review of the seasons.
- Solar Energy Links
- Here is the U.S. Department of Energy's extensive listing of Web sites related to solar energy.
- SunAngle
- This site has a Sun angle calculator from Solstice.
- NOAA Earth System Research Lab
- A new but venerable member of the NOAA family of world-class national research laboratories. ESRL was formed October 1, 2005 as part of a reorganization and consolidation of six NOAA research entities in Boulder, Colorado.
- SURFRAD Network
- SURFRAD's mission is to support climate research with continuous, long-term measurements of the surface radiation budget over the United States.
- Why Is the Sky Blue?
- Here is an explanation of why the sky is blue from the University of Wisconsin.
