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.
- ASPIRE
- The Aspire (Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research and Education) Web site includes several excellent online interactive labs, including activities that investigate momentum, the motion of gas particles, and kinetic energy.
- Climate Data - Live Access (NOAA)
- This site contains climate data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It is an excellent site for interactive climate data.
- Current Weather Data (University of Illinois)
- An excellent source for current weather data, including printable maps.
- Extreme Science
- Extreme Science is a great place for all kinds of science information. The site includes sections on time, weather, space, Earth science, biology, and maps.
- 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.
- Heat Index (USA Today)
- This site provides an explanation of the heat index and a calculation chart from USA Today.
- Heat Waves
- Here is information and links to several sites related to heat waves.
- National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
- The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is the world's largest active archive of weather data. The NCDC's mission is to manage the nation's resource of global climatological in-situ and remotely sensed data and information to promote global environmental stewardship; to describe, monitor, and assess the climate; and to support efforts to predict changes in the Earth's environment.
- Paleoclimatology Program (NOAA)
- This site has access to a wealth of paleoclimatic data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
- Temperature Conversions (USA Today)
- Here is a discussion of Fahrenheit-Celsius-Kelvin temperature conversions from USA Today.
- Temperatures, Current
- This site contains current North America surface temperatures from Unisys.
- Temperatures (Seasonal and Daily)
- Here is a discussion of seasonal and daily temperatures from the University of Wisconsin.
- Urban Heat Islands
- This site provides a discussion of urban heat islands from the University of Wisconsin.
- Weather Data and Imagery, Current (American Meteorological Society)
- An excellent source for current surface, satellite, upper air, and forecast information from the American Meteorological Society (AMS).
