EXTRA: Visible images show gust fronts abetting new
thunderstorm development in Texas on June 2, 1995:
Figure 1.8: Isoplethed snow from
Blizzard of '96
Figure 1.9: Topographic map of the
island of Hawaii
Color Plate 2 (similar) : Time zones
of the World
Color Plate 3: Colorized isoplethed map
of snowfall from Blizzard of 1996
EXTRA : Wilkes-Barre/Scranton daily climatology
EXTRA : Distribution of high temperatures for Nov.13 at
AVP ("normal" high is 49)
EXTRA : Distribution of low temperatures for Nov.13 at
AVP ("normal" low is 34)
EXTRA : A drifting buoy
EXTRA : A moored buoy
EXTRA : USA map with state names
EXTRA : Locations of weather observing
stations across the globe
EXTRA : World map with topography and latitude/longitude lines
EXTRA : World map with country boundaries only
EXTRA :
Enhanced topographic map of United States (5 MB)
EXTRA : Example of colorized temperatures
with isotherms
EXTRA : Example of how one bad data
point contaminates computerized isoplething
Figure 2.10: Absorptivity of
various atmospheric gases and the atmosphere as a whole
Figure 2.11a: Visible satellite image
Figure 2.11b: Infrared satellite image
Figure 2.11c: Water vapor satellite image
Figure 2.12 : Hurricane Emilia at night
Color Plate 4: A leaf on a pond
Color Plate 5: Clematis plant shows
evidence of low-level cold air
Color Plate 6: Colorized infrared image
of space shuttle
Color Plate 7: Modern colorized radar display
Color Plate 8: Hook echo on Doppler radar (reflectivity)
Color Plate 9: Hook echo on Doppler radar (velocity)
EXTRA : Latest
North America visible satellite photograph
EXTRA : Latest
North America infrared satellite photograph
EXTRA : Latest
North America water vapor satellite image
EXTRA : Example of a colorized (enhanced)
infrared satellite image
EXTRA : Comparison of visible, colorized
infrared, and colorized water vapor images
EXTRA : Picture of a GOES-8 satellite
EXTRA : Picture of a Doppler Radar
EXTRA : Locations of Doppler Radars
EXTRA : Example of single-site Doppler
reflectivity image (courtesy of WSI)
EXTRA : Example of regional composite
Doppler reflectivity image (courtesy of WSI)
EXTRA : Dust on Doppler radar (courtesy of WSI)
Figure 3.4 : A Stevenson Screen
Color Plate 16: Gulf stream seen from
space via IR sensing of sea surface temps
EXTRA: NASA satellite data shows day/night
variability of land and oceans in January
Figure 4.1 : The suction tube
Figure 4.2 : Toricelli's mercury barometer
Figure 5.1: Channels on Mars, as seen
from Mariner 9
Color Plate 14: Topographic map of
Washington State
Figure 6.9a: Morning visible image
of Great Lakes
Figure 6.9b: Mid-afternoon visible
image shows low-level stability over Great Lakes
Figure 6.10: Overshooting tops of a
massive thunderstorm
Figure 6.12: Haze across Pennsylvania on
visible satellite image
Figure 6.16: Valley Fog in Pennsylvania and
New York
Figure 6.17b: Wave clouds
Figure 6.18: Both stable and unstable layers
revealed in visible satellite image
Color Plate 12: Smoke fanning from the Kuwait oil fires
EXTRA: On-line cloud photograph catalogs:
Option 1 ,
Option 2 ,
Option 3 ,
Option 4
EXTRA: Convective cumuliform
clouds bubble over warmed land surfaces
while stable stratiform clouds blanket cooler offshore
waters
EXTRA : Valley fog on an August morning in the Conyngham Valley
of northeastern PA
EXTRA : Valley fog in Pennsylvania and surrounding
states (similar to Figure 6.16)
Figure 7.1: Nuclear distrail
created by hot, radioactive gases from Chernobyl
Figure 7.2: Circulation of Chernobyl
radioactive particles across Europe
Figure 7.3: Schematic showing Chernobyl
radioactive particles 10 days after explosion
Figure 7.6: Global montage of infrared
satellite images
Figure 7.13: Subtropical jet stream is
made visible by streamer of clouds
Figure 7.14: Trail of subtropical moisture
Figure 7.23: Low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska
Color Plate 15: Global average precipitation
Color Plate 17: Showers and thunderstorms
over the mountains of Oahu
Color Plate 18: El Nino anomalies (N.H. winter)
Color Plate 19: El Nino anomalies (N.H. summer)
Color Plate 20: The mid-latitude jet stream
revealed in an analysis of wind speed
EXTRA :
Latest Goes-8 IR view of Western Hemisphere (shows global cloud patterns)
EXTRA :
Latest Goes-9 IR view of Western Hemisphere (shows global cloud patterns)
EXTRA :
Latest Global IR view (useful to show global cloud patterns)
EXTRA :
Latest Global satellite colorized montage (shows global cloud patterns)
EXTRA :
Latest 200-mb wind speed/direction locates the
jet stream over North America
EXTRA:
El Nino Home Page - Everything you want to know about El Nino
EXTRA : Average U.S. winter temperature anomalies
during an El Nino
EXTRA : Average U.S. winter precipitation anomalies
during an El Nino
EXTRA : Risk of warm/cold
anomalies in the U.S. during an El Nino winter
EXTRA : Risk of dry/wet anomalies
in the U.S. during an El Nino winter
EXTRA :
Risk of temp/precip anomalies in US during El Nino (any season)
Figure 8.2: Continental polar air
destabilizes over Atlantic
Figure 8.7: A pineapple connection
Figure 8.12: Sequence of infrared images showing dry-line
thunderstorms:
Figure 8.25: Conveyor belts of a mature
mid-latitude low pressure system
Figure 8.26: A highly occluded low
EXTRA : Another classic comma-shaped cyclone
EXTRA : Station models reveal sharp cold front
(also see next four images)
EXTRA : Isotherms superimposed on above analysis
EXTRA : Streamlines superimposed on above analysis
EXTRA : Isoplethed temperature change at 3Z on Jan.18, 1996
EXTRA : The front, 36 hours later,
can be found using station models
Figure 9.5: Vertical wind shear
made visible by smoke from Kuwait oil fires
Figure 9.9: Large-scale view of
sea-breeze fronts forming thunderstorms along both coasts
Figure 9.11 : Elevated convection over
the western United States
Figure 9.16: Sequence of satellite images showing development of a
squall line:
Figure 9.20: Sequence of satellite images showing the life cycle of
an MCC:
Color Plate 23 : Satellite view of
thunderstorms along the sea-breeze front
Color Plate 24 : Mammatus clouds
Color Plate 25: Gust front and sea-breeze front visible
on Doppler radar
Color Plate 26 : Dust storm produced by a
gust front
Color Plate 27 : A pair of supercell
thunderstorms
Color Plate 28 : Results of flash flooding
over Mexico
Color Plate 31 : Coffeyville, KS, hailstone
Figure 10.1: Airborne dirt and
dust mark the bottommost part of a tornado
Figure 10.13: Tornadic squall line of May 31, 1985:
(a),
(b),
(c)
Figure 10.14: Hook echo on a
conventional radar screen
Figure 10.15: A wall cloud
Figure 10.16: A funnel cloud lowers
from a wall cloud
Color Plate 34 : Tornadic thunderstorms on
velocity mode of Doppler radar
Color Plate 35 : Tornadic thunderstorms on
reflectivity mode of Doppler radar
Figure 11.1: Hurricane Florence
Figure 11.2: Hurricane basins of formation
Figure 11.3: Daily frequency of
tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic basin
Figure 11.4: An easterly wave
Figure 11.5: Tropical storm Iniki
Figure 11.6: Storm track of Hurricane John (1994)
Figure 11.7: Hurricane Edouard, T.S. Fran,
weak T.S. Gustav, and a tropical wave (later to be Hortense) in the Atlantic
on August 31, 1996
Figure 11.8: Cross-section of a hurricane
Figure 11.9: Satellite images of Hurricane Gilbert (1988):
Figure 11.11: Close-up of the eye of a
Pacific typhoon
Figure 11.12: Close-up of the eye of
Hurricane Emilia (1994)
Figure 11.13: Hurricane Opal (1995)
Figure 11.14: Three-dimensional
hurricane wind circulation
Figure 11.15: Hurricane Elena (1985)
Figure 11.16: Hurricane Felix (1995)
Figure 11.17: Storm track of
Hurricane Gilbert (1988)
Figure 11.18: Hurricane Hugo (1989):
(a) Storm track ,
(b) Visible satellite image
Figure 11.19: Steering of Hurricane Hugo
Figure 11.20: Storm track of Hurricane Elena
Figure 11.21: Steering of Hurricane Elena
Figure 11.22: Impact of the storm surge
Figure 11.23: Hurricane Allison (1995)
Figure 11.24: Storm track of
Hurricane Gordon (1994)
Figure 11.25: Visible satellite image of
Hurricane Gordon (1994)
Figure 11.26: Hurricane Andrew (1992):
(a) Storm track ,
(b) Sea-level pressure/wind
Color Plate 38: Horizontal radar slices
through Hurricane Erin (1995)
Color Plate 39: A boat carried inland by
Andrew's storm surge
Color Plate 40: Hurricane Bertha on radar
at 18Z on 7-12-96
Color Plate 41: Hurricane Bertha on radar
at 01Z on 7-13-96
Color Plate 42: Hurricane Iniki (1992) over
Kauai
Color Plate 43: Color-enhanced infrared
satellite image of Andrew
Color Plate 44: Radar image as Andrew
made landfall
Color Plate 45: Pine trees bent by
Andrew's winds
Color Plate 46: Power of Andrew's winds
EXTRA: Power of Hurricane Camille's storm surge: Three-story apartment
building directly across the highway from the beach at Pass Christian,
Mississippi:
Before and After
EXTRA :
Outstanding selection of hurricane and tropical storm images
EXTRA : Trends in Atlantic
tropical storms and hurricanes (1990s extrapolated from 1991-95 data)
Figure 12.11: Snowcover from sea-effect
snows in Lithuania
Figure 12.18: Squall line associated
with the Blizzard of '93
Figure 12.20: Surface weather maps
for the Blizzard of '93
Figure 12.22: Satellite images of the Blizzard of '93:
Color Plate 48: Lake-effect snowbands off
Lakes Erie and Ontario on Buffalo Doppler
Color Plate 49: Lake-effect snowband off
Lake Erie on Pittsburgh Doppler
Color Plate 50: Ocean-effect snows
over Cape Cod on Doppler radar
EXTRA : Color wind-chill chart
EXTRA : Surface stations models during lake-effect
snows of Nov. 10-13, 1996
EXTRA : Surface streamlines during lake-effect
snows of Nov. 10-13, 1996
EXTRA: Lake-effect snowbands off Lake Superior (visible images): Feb. 5, 1995,
Dec. 6, 1994
EXTRA: Lake-effect snowbands off Lake Michigan:
Hi-res visible ,
Radar
EXTRA: Additional satellite views of Blizzard of '93:
EXTRA: Classic mid-winter storm (almost looks like a hurricane!)
in the North Atlantic on January 21, 1998
EXTRA: Color-enhanced satellite
image of Blizzard of '96 (January 7, 03Z)
EXTRA: Visible image of classic
nor'easter: The President's day snowstorm of February 1979
Figure 13.4: 500-mb height pattern
on July 8, 1993
Figure 13.9b: Midwest rainfall during
summer of 1993
Figure 13.15: California
precipitation during January 1995
Figure 13.17: Hurricane Lili (1996) supplies
moisture to an extratropical storm
Figure 13.18: Temperature departure
from average during June 1988
Figure 13.19: Percentage of average
precipitation from April 1 to July 9, 1988
Figure 13.20b: Omega block on June
10, 1988, seen in the 500-mb height pattern
Color Plate 52 : Flooding
along the rivers of the Midwest during the summer of 1993
Color Plate 53 : PDSI as of
March 27, 1993
Color Plate 55: Tropical Storm Alberto (1994)
on Doppler radar
Figure 14: Nighttime views from space:
(a) Global,
(b) North America
Figure 14.2: Soot-darkened snow
surrounding Troisk, Siberia
Figure 14.5: Biomass burning in Brazil
Figure 14.14: Ash cloud from Mount
St. Helens seen on satellite image
Figure 14.21: Albedo differences
between forested and non-forested areas in winter
Figure 14.24: The urban heat island
detected from space using an infrared image
Color Plate 57: Ozone over the Arctic
since 1979
Color Plate 58: The ozone hole in
early October 1996
Color Plate 59: Haze over the Amazon
Color Plate 60: Deforestation in the
Amazon River basin
EXTRA : U.S. National Temperature trends: 1895-1995
EXTRA : Another example of the urban heat island
detected from space
EXTRA : Clouds bubble over deforested Amazon land but not over the river
EXTRA : Seasonal biomass burning in India
EXTRA : The patterns of deforested land in Brazil
EXTRA : Lights of the eastern United States
EXTRA : October ozone since 1979 in the vicinity of the Antarctic
EXTRA : Amazon, 1975 -vs- 1988,
showing atmospheric effects of deforestation
EXTRA : Average annual temperature NY Central Park 1876-1992
Figure 15.11: Freezing of the Great Lakes
Figure 15.12: Pennsylvania tornadoes by county (color
version)
Figure 15.14: Enhanced infrared image of
the 7-20-77 MCC over western Pennsylvania
Figure 15.18: Visible satellite image
of Hurricane Agnes
Color Plate 61 : Pennsylvania topography
with county boundaries
EXTRA: Real-time Pennsylvania Weather
data and forecasts
EXTRA: What easterly flow can do in PA:
Wind 1/
Vis 1----
Wind 2/
Vis 2
EXTRA : Pennsylvania map with
county names
EXTRA : Pennsylvania topography with
rivers (similar to Color Plate 61)
EXTRA : Bathymetry of Lake Erie
EXTRA : Snowfall in Pennsylvania
during the winter of 1995-96
EXTRA : New York topography with county boundaries
EXTRA : New Jersey topography with county boundaries