Appendix

1. Appendix Useful Weather and Air Quality Links

2. Useful Weather andAir Quality Links Educational Links Skew T diagrams explained: http://weather.unisys.com/upper_air/skew/details.html http://www.booty.demon.co.uk/metinfo/thdyndia.htm Tutorial and training pages: http://www.comet.ucar.edu/modules/ http://weather.cod.edu/notes/155.notes.html http://www.met.tamu.edu/class/ATMO151/tutorials.html http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/ Surface map symbols: http://www.ametsoc.org/dstreme/extras/wxsym2.html http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/sfc2.shtml http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/fntcodes2.shtml Acronym list: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/contract.html http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/acronyms.html Helpful Utilities Web fetchers (there are many available): http://www.wingflyer.com/downloads.html www.download.com search on “Download Managers” Use “crontab” utility in Linix Looping programs: http://www.midnightblue.com/superjpg/ Weather Cameras http://www.hazecam.net/ http://www.weatherimages.org/weathercams/usa.html http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/wxcam.html Official NCEP Analyses 300 mb: ftp://weather.noaa.gov/fax/QHTA15.TIF 500 mb: ftp://weather.noaa.gov/fax/QHTA11.TIF 700 mb: ftp://weather.noaa.gov/fax/QHTA07.TIF 850 mb: ftp://weather.noaa.gov/fax/QHUA04.TIF Short Course on Air Quality Forecasting: Appendix – Useful Weather and Air Quality Links

3. Useful Weather andAir Quality Links • Agricultural burning • www.epa.gov/agriculture/tburn.html • www.arb.ca.gov/smp/smp.htm • Wildland fires • www.osei.noaa.gov/ • www.nifc.gov/ • www.boi.noaa.gov/firewx.htm • www.arl.noaa.gov/ss/transport/fires.html • Windblown dust • www.osei.noaa.gov/ • earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/ • rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/production • www.osei.noaa.gov/ • seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html Model Links Cities running MM5: http://rain.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/pages/simple.html Real time air quality forecast models: Eastern U.S.: http://www.emc.mcnc.org/projects/SECMEP/index.html Canada: http://www.smc-msc.ec.gc.ca/aq_smog/chronos_e.cfm Aerosol forecasts: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/aerosol/ Seattle: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/pnw_environ/ Trajectories (Hysplit): http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/hysplit4.html (new security regulations require application for password) Tutorial: http://www.arl.noaa.gov/slides/ready/traj/traj2.html FAQ: http://www.arl.noaa.gov/faq/index.html Short Course on Air Quality Forecasting: Appendix – Useful Weather and Air Quality Links

4. Useful Weather andAir Quality Links Radar Sites http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~wfryan/w4/radstill.htm http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/mosaic/DS.p19r0/ar.us.conus.shtml http://weather.unisys.com/radar/ NCEP discussions http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/pmdhmd.html http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/pmdspd.html http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/pa/discussion.html (available by state, here Pennsylvania, “pa”) Model Output Statistic (MOS) http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products/bullform.all.htm http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.htm http://www.met.tamu.edu/personnel/students/weather/weather_interface.html http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/fwcexpln.htm Short Course on Air Quality Forecasting: Appendix – Useful Weather and Air Quality Links

5. Synoptic Products http://weather.cod.edu/forecast/ (loops, all models) http://www.meteor.wisc.edu/weather/content/eta_model/ (nice Java loops for Eta model) http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/ http://weather.unisys.com/ http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/ Satellite Products http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/ http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/sat/ (loops) http://www.cira.colostate.edu/RAMM/Rmsdsol/main.html Forecast Soundings http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/cmet.html (click on location) http://www.stormchaser.niu.edu/machine/fcstsound.html Regional Products www.epa.gov/airnow/where/ www.intellicast.com/Health/World/UnitedStates/AirStagnation/ www.wrh.noaa.gov/wrhq/nwspage.html http://rain.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/pages/simple.html Local Products www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/cmet.html http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/pa/pa.html (change state abbrev.) http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/state/ (then select state) grads.iges.org/pix/quicklook.html Meteograms www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/meteograms/ http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/etats.html http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/meteograms/ http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/cmet.html Useful Weather andAir Quality Links Short Course on Air Quality Forecasting: Appendix – Useful Weather and Air Quality Links