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Recent changes:
  Changed Weather Underground telnet site from "madlab" to "downwind"
  ---
  Added index to mailing list section (section IV)
  CALMET mailing list and ftp site

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 two weeks;  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 to [e-mail] with
send usenet/news.answers/weather-data
as the only text in the message (leave the subject blank).

Corrections, additions, and comments should be sent to Ilana Stern at
[e-mail].  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, PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST!**

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            C O N T E N T S

      I. Data available over the Internet
     II. CD-ROM source list
    III. Research data on tape and other media
     IV. Weather-related mailing lists

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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)
    4. Alphabetical list of FTP and Telnet sites, with information

1. How to use anonymous FTP

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows transfer of files between two computers
which are on the Internet.  To access 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 below) of the desired
system.  For example, to access vmd.cso.uiuc.edu you'd type

    ftp vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
or
    ftp 128.174.5.98

Use "anonymous" as your login and your email address as the password (if
requested).

[Note: quotes ("like this") are used to set off names of directories and
files, or commands 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 the current directory.
    cd    change directory, e.g. "cd wx" changes to the wx directory.
    binary    sets binary mode; USE THIS FOR RETRIEVING 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 to use telnet

Type "telnet" followed by the name or IP number (the number in brackets next
to the system name in the listing below) of the desired system.  These
publicly accessible systems generally allow you to log in but put you 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 only
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, China), soundings
uriacc.uri.edu                 NOAA-11 images of the northeast US
vmd.cso.uiuc.edu            GOES-7 vis/IR images, surface analyses 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
downwind.sprl.umich.edu 3000     US weather forecasts, global reports
ncardata.ucar.edu        Colorado weather forecasts

    C. Meteorological, oceanographic, and geophysical research data

cdiac.esd.ornl.gov             Info on climate change topics
ncardata.ucar.edu           Info on datasets available from NCAR
nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov        Info on datasets available from NSSDC
storm.mmm.ucar.edu        STORM-FEST data
pioneer.unm.edu               Data and software from various CD-ROMs

    D. Other satellite images

ames.arc.nasa.gov        Various earth-from-space images
pioneer.unm.edu         Various images taken from CD-ROMs
sanddunes.scd.ucar.edu        AVHRR images of USA via telnet
snow.nohrsc.nws.gov        Snow cover maps of US from GOES
sseop.jsc.nasa.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 data
pioneer.unm.edu         World atlas, census data, others
spectrum.xerox.com             Various USGS data

    F. Other stuff

csn.org                     Information on other Internet resources
cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk        Software for computer-aided learning (CALMET)
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

4. Alphabetical list of FTP and Telnet sites, with information

This section provides expanded listings of the sites in the previous
section.  Remember to set the transfer type to "binary" when retrieving
images!

ames.arc.nasa.gov                    (FTP)
  Change directory to "SPACE/CDROM".  Images from Magellan and Viking
missions, other stuff.

ats.orst.edu          [128.193.120.19]        (FTP)
  GOES IR and VIS 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-time) in the directory
"pub/avhrr/images".  AVHRR images within the radius of reception of the
university's HRPT station, approximately 5 S 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 from unidata.ucar.edu FTP site) labelled by satellite name
(n11/n12) and time.  More info available from [e-mail].

cdiac.esd.ornl.gov     [128.219.24.36]          (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 from CDIAC (the Carbon Dioxide Information
Analysis Center, address in section 3).  The data for CDIAC's "Trends 91:
A Compendium of Data on Global Change" is also available here.  (Contact
CDIAC at [e-mail] to obtain a copy of the book.)

csn.org            [128.138.213.21]        (FTP)
  Change directory to "COGS".  A large, frequently 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 mostly outside the scope of this meteorology-
oriented FAQ.  Mapping software and datasets are also available in this
directory.  Contact [e-mail] (Bill Thoen) for more information.

cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk    [129.215.168.19]        (FTP)
  Change directory to "images".  IR and visible images of Europe from
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.
  The directory "calmet" contains software and documents in support of
computer-aided learning in meteorology;  it is associated with the CALMET
mailing list described in section IV of this document.  The file
"intro_to_calmet" in the "documents" subdirectory describes how to find
what's available.

delocn.udel.edu                        (FTP)
  Change directory to "FORTRAN".  Programs to do various oceanographic
computations.  Inquiries and calls for help can be addressed to
[e-mail].

hanauma.stanford.edu    [36.51.0.16]            (FTP)
  The CIA World Bank database contains coastlines, rivers and political
boundaries.  An 0.5 degree elevation dataset is also there.  A program for
decoding the CIA data can be found as "mfil" on pi1.arc.umn.edu
[137.66.130.11]  (Info from [e-mail])

hermes.merit.edu    [35.1.48.150]            (Telnet)
  Type um-weather at the "Which Host?" prompt and use menus.
(Connects to downwind.sprl.umich.edu)

liasun3.epfl.ch                        (FTP)
  Change directory to "pub/weather".  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.

downwind.sprl.umich.edu 3000    [141.212.196.79]    (Telnet)
  Include the "3000" when connecting to the machine.  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 for some international cities.

marlin.jcu.edu.au     [137.219.16.14]            (FTP)
  Change directory to "JCUMetSat". GMS-4 images updated regularly 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 be converted
to GIF format using the ALCHEMY software (shareware) available at this site.
(More information on the format and images can be obtained from Professor
C.J. Kikkert, [e-mail].)

ncardata.ucar.edu    [128.117.8.111]            (FTP)
  Information on datasets available from NCAR (the National Center for
Atmospheric Research), and a few small datasets.  If you would like to
order data after browsing this information, email to [e-mail].
Small datasets can be provided by FTP;  we also write various kinds of tapes.
See the README file.
  A shell archive containing scripts to retrieve GIFs from vmd.cso.uiuc.edu,
get_gifs, is located in the "weather" subdirectory.  This subdirectory also
contains Colorado weather and ski reports.
  A few special datasets are located in the FTP area, and are free.  They
are described in the 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.nasa.gov                    (FTP or Telnet)
  Telnet:  The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) On-Line Data and
Information Service (NODIS) is a menu-driven interactive system which provides
information on services and data supported by NSSDC.  Login as NSSDC.  Some
topics:  Nimbus-7 GRID TOMS Data, Geophysical Models, Standards and
Technology Information System.
  FTP: some information and actual data is also available via anonymous FTP.

pioneer.unm.edu        [129.24.9.217]            (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 group at UNM;  it currently has 3 CD readers
and expects to add more.  You can use this machine to FTP data and software
from a variety of CD-ROMs, including both research data and images.  There
is no charge for this service.  Contact [e-mail] for more
information.

sanddunes.scd.ucar.edu                    (Telnet)
  AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) images from 1989 through
7 Jan 1992 cover CO, WY, KS, NE, and NM, as well as parts of AZ, UT, OK,
and TX.  Since 7 Jan 1992, coverage includes these plus CA, OR, NV, WA,
and MT, to 1000 km off Pacific coast.  Total coverage of US for 1989-present
will be available soon.  West coast data from 1980-1985 will 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 Tim Kelley by email [e-mail] or telephone
303/497-1221 for login, password, and manual.  Service is free to Internet
users and is funded by NASA.

snow.nohrsc.nws.gov     [192.46.108.1]          (FTP)
  Change directory to "snow". Various snow-related images in GIF form.
US snow cover map updated weekly.  JPEG of current AVHRR images.  Contact
[e-mail] (Tim Szeliga) for more info.

spectrum.xerox.com    [192.70.225.78]            (FTP)
  Various USGS 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 map
GIFS and PICT files, surface maps, satellite images for several US cities
and regions.  Also images and other stuff for Andrew in the subdirectory
"hurricane.andrew".

sseop.jsc.nasa.gov    [146.154.11.34]            (FTP)
  Many pictures taken from the space shuttle.  Files are in a 512x512
format as red, green, and blue bitmaps. Image files are binary format,
and have .DAT as an extension.

storm.mmm.ucar.edu    [128.117.88.53]            (FTP)
  Hourly and 5-minute composite surface observations, and composite
rawinsonde soundings, from STORM-FEST, in the directories "/fest/hrly_sfc",
"fest/5min_sfc", and "/fest/sounding", respectively.  There is one file per
day. The data are in ASCII.  This data is a preliminary release.
  This FTP system will eventually be replaced by a different data access
system, although the data will still be available via the new system.
(Info from Mark Bradford, [e-mail])

unidata.ucar.edu    [128.117.140.3]            (FTP)
  Change directory to "images". Weather radar summary map GIFS, surface maps
for various places, a few soundings on skew-t log-p diagrams, GOES Hugo images
(in subdirectory "images/hugo").  Surface maps include Europe and China.

uriacc.uri.edu        [131.128.1.1]            (FTP)
  Change directory to "davet.195".  Images of the northeast US in GIF format
from the afternoon passes of NOAA-11.  (Provided by Dave Tetreault,
[e-mail].)

vmd.cso.uiuc.edu     [128.174.5.98]            (FTP)
  Change directory to "wx".  GOES-7 visible and IR images over the US and
Mexico, and surface analyses over the US, are available in GIF format.  A
script to retrieve GIFs automatically is available from the ncardata.ucar.edu
FTP area.
  Also available in this directory are many useful documents, including
SPOTFREQ.DOC and CHASE-TV.DOC, lists of ham radio frequencies and TV
stations which carry useful info for storm chasers, WX-PUBS.DOC, which is
a list of weather-related publications, WX-TALK.DOC, which gives information
on the WX-**** mailing lists, and many others.

wilbur.stanford.edu    [36.14.0.30]            (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.

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Subject: CD-ROM source list

            C O N T E N T S

    1. Basic information
    2. List of CD-ROMs by topic, with summaries
      A. Weather data
      B. Research data
      C. Miscellaneous

1. Basic information

CD-ROMs tend to be relatively expensive, but can hold as much as 600 megabytes
of data.  Prices are current as of October 1991;  prices for some discs
are not known.  Some discs are provided with driving software.  Most of
the software is for IBM-PC or compatible systems, but some is available
for the Macintosh, and, increasingly, for Unix systems.

Some of these listings are not for CD-ROMs, but are for floppies or
tapes.  These are listed here, rather than in the section on data available
on other media, because they have been prepared as a package.  The
research data available on tape is generally copied from a computer
archive as requests come in.

Commercial sources are flagged as such.  Inclusion of a commercial
source in this listing does not imply endorsement.

2. List of CD-ROMs by topic, with summaries

      A. Weather data

Climate Change Data ($950, or 595 pounds sterling from UK source):
  Monthly 5-degree surface temperature anomaly grids 1854-1990, pressure
grids 1873-1990.  Monthly world temperature data at about 3500 stations and
precipitation data at about 6500 stations, for period of record (long).
Retrieval and mapping software included, available for various systems.
  Contact:  Dr. Phil Jones, Climatic Research Unit, University of East
Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ United Kingdom.  Distributed in North America by
Chadwyck-Healey Inc.,1101 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314.  800/752-0515.

World Weather Disc ($295):
  Monthly temp, precip, pressure, sunshine data for about 2000 world stations
for period of record.  Daily weather data at hundreds of US stations.  Data
for some stations on temp, precip, freeze, drought, soil moisture, wind,
storms.  Frequency and movement of tropical cyclones.
  Contact:  Cliff Mass, Dept. of Atmos. Sci. (AK40), University of Washington,
Seattle, WA  98195.  206/685-0910.

National Climate Info System ($50):
  Monthly temperature, precipitation, Palmer drought index data for 344
climate divisions of US.  Data can be viewed in tabular or graphical format.
  Contact:  National Climatic Data Center, Federal Building, Asheville, NC
28801.  704/259-0682.

High Resolution Climatology ($199/variable):  *COMMERCIAL*  (Floppy disk)
  Average monthly climatological values [don't have info as to which
variables] for every 1 square km of the conterminous US 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 the climate data sets.  The data are in raster form as ASCII
or 16-bit binary integers.  This dataset is distributed on 5.25" or 3.5"
floppy disks.
  Contact:  ZedX, Inc., P.O. Box 404, Boalsburg, PA  16827-0404.

      B. Research data

NMC gridpoint dataset ($150):
  Twice daily grids 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 [e-mail].

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) discs:
  Various discs available, including:  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:  NGDC, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO  80303.  303/497-6958.

Global Ocean Temperature and Salinity (2 discs, $80 each or $124/both)
  Temperature and salinity in the world ocean for about 1900-1990, based
on all available XBTs, MBTs, BTs, etc.
  Contact:  National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA/NESDIS E/OC21,
Washington, DC  20235.  202/673-5549.

GALE and ERICA datasets (2 discs, price not known):
  GALE (Genesis of Atlantic Lows), 1/15/86-4/15/86:  ship data, raobs,
aircraft, radar, etc off N Carolina coast.  ERICA (Experiment on Rapidly
Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic), 12/1/88-2/26/89:  rawinsondes,
aircraft, radar, buoys, satellite data, etc.
  Contact:  C. Kreitzberg, Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Science,
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA  19104.

GEDEX (Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment)(price not known):
  Two discs 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
Southern Oscillation Indices and Quasi-Biennial Oscillation statistics.
Many of the data sets provide global coverage.  The spatial resolutions
vary from zonal to 2.5 degree grids.  Some surface station data sets
span more than 100 years;  most satellite-derived sets cover only the
past 12 years.  Temporal coverage is monthly for most sets.  An update
will be available by June 1992.
  Contact:  NCDS/Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center, Code 935,
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD  20771.  301/286-3209, email
[e-mail].
  A more complete description of these discs may be obtained from
the ncardata.ucar.edu FTP site, in the file "catalogs/nondss/gedex".

DMSP SSM/I Brightness Temperature Grids for the Polar Regions, volume 1-12,
9 July 1987 - 30 June 1990 (Price on request):
  Each volume contains 3 months of daily brightness temperature grids.
Sensor is currently flying; one additional CD-ROM volume is produced
approximately every 8 weeks.  Passive microwave brightness temperatures
(7 dual-polarized frequencies ranging from 19.3 to 85.5 GHz.), used
primarily to derive sea ice concentration; Northern and Southern
Hemispheres.
  Data format: 16-bit raster images (2-byte integers), in "SSM/I grid
format".
  Associated software:  Extraction and ice concentration software, IMDISP
image display program for IBM PC, IMAGIC image display program for the
Macintosh II.  Software distributed on diskettes.
  Contact:  World Data Center A for Glaciology [Snow and Ice], National Snow
and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, CIRES - Campus Box 449, Boulder,
CO  80309.   303/492-5171, FAX [phone], email [e-mail]
(Claire Hanson).

DMSP SSM/I Ice Concentration Grids for the Polar Regions, Volume 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. Comiso algorithm,
for Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
  Data format:  8-bit raster images (1-byte integers) in "HDF format"
(software available via anonymous ftp from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu).  Grid files
have NASA PDS (Planetary Data System) header labels.  Additional volumes
will be produced, for the entire time series.
  Associated software: Source code used to derive ice concentration from
brightness temperatures.  IMDISP image display software. Software distributed
on diskettes.
  Contact: World Data Center A for Glaciology, information above.

Nimbus-7 SMMR Polar Radiances, Volumes 1-12, 25 October 1978 - 20 August
1987 (life of SMMR sensor) (Price on request):
  Contains passive microwave brightness temperatures (5 dual-polarized
frequencies ranging from 6.6 to 37 GHz) and derived sea ice concentration
for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
  Data format:  2-byte integers, in single-frequency grids.
  Associated software:  IMDISP image display program (C code) for 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, Volume 1, CEAREX-1 ($50):
  Contains sea ice acceleration, deformation and stress; hydrography
(CTDs); meteorology; bathymetry; acoustics and ambient noise (sample
data) from Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment (CEAREX).  Includes
meteorology from Marginal Ice Zone Experiment (MIZEX), 1983, 1984, 1987.
Experiment location: Arctic Ocean north of Svalbard; Fram Strait, September
1988 - May 1989.  Amount of data: 460 mbytes.
  Data format: ASCII files.  Associated software: none.  Additional volumes
are planned; content not 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-ROM for major portions of the
U.S.  and southern Canada. The CD-ROMs include: (1) airborne snow water
equivalent data and the digitized flight line network, (2) calibrated AVHRR
and GOES satellite data used to map snow cover, (3) the classified snow cover
images (4) national and regional snow cover image products, and (5) ancillary
data sets including digital elevation data, digitized NWS basin boundaries,
and the alphanumeric results of the satellite snow cover mapping by basin and
by elevation zone.
  Contact:  CD-ROM Snow Cover Data, National Operational Hydrologic Remote
Sensing Center (NOHRSC), Office of Hydrology, National Weather Service,
6301 34th Avenue South: Room 112, Minneapolis, MN 55450-2985.
612/725-3258, FAX [phone], email [e-mail] (Tim Szeliga)

      C. Miscellaneous

NASA discs:
  Various discs available, including:  Voyager spacecraft images (12 discs,
under $20 each!), Viking images of 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 a free newsletter.

CD-ROM, INC:        *COMMERCIAL*
  Several hundred discs available, including:  "GRIPS 2" high resolution
images of topography, Landsat, vegetation maps, plus software ($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-related discs, many science discs.
Prices range from $29-$895.  Free catalog available from them.
  Contact:  CD-ROM, Inc, 1667 Cole Blvd. Suite 400, Golden, CO  80401.
303/231-9373, FAX [phone].

Digital Chart of the World ($200):
  The Digital Chart of the World (DCW) is a comprehensive 1:1,000,000-scale
vector basemap of 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 computers.  The primary
source for the database is the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) Operational
Navigation Chart (ONC) series.
  There are 4 discs:   (1)North America, (2)Europe/Northern Asia, (3)South
American/Africa/Antarctica, and (4)Southern Asia/Australia.  The data are
organized into 17 thematic coverages, including political boundaries and
ocean coast lines, cities, transportation networks, drainage, land cover,
and elevation contours.
  Contact:  USGS Open File Section, Box 25286, Denver, CO  80225.
303/236-7476.

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Subject: Research data on tape and other media

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC):
  Research and distribution center for data related to carbon 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 various media including CD-ROM and
magnetic tape.  They also publish a free newsletter.
  Contact: CDIAC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P. O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge,
TN 37831-6335. 615/574-0390, FAX [phone], email [e-mail].

NASA Space Science Data Center (NSSDC):
  Astronomical and atmospheric data.  You can access catalog information by
FTP or telnet (see section I).
  Contact: NSSDC, Code 933.4, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt,
MD  20771.  301/286-6695.

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR):
  Over 400 datasets available to the research community on various media.
You can access catalog information by FTP (see section I).
  Contact: NCAR Data Support Section, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO  80307.
303/497-1219, FAX [phone], email [e-mail].
  (DISCLAIMER:  NCAR is a non-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-related inquiries only.)

National Climatic Data Center (NCDC):  NCDC, Federal Building, Asheville,
NC 28801.  704/259-0682.

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC):  NGDC, 325 Broadway, Boulder,
CO  80303.  303/497-6958.

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Subject: Weather-related mailing lists

            C O N T E N T S

    1. CLIMLIST:  conferences, data availability in climatology
    2. Weather-users:  discussions of weather servers
    3. WX-TALK:  general and specialized weather-related discussions
    4. Wxsat:  redistribution of bulletins on weather satellites
    5. CALMET:  discussion of computer-aided learning in meteorology

1. CLIMLIST (moderated by John Arnfield)

  CLIMLIST is a moderated electronic mail distribution list for climat-
ologists and those working in closely-related fields.  It is used to
disseminate notices regarding conferences and workshops, data avail-
ability, calls for papers, positions available etc, as well as requests
for information.  An updated directory of email addresses for the
subscribers to the list is distributed every month (usually on the 15th).
  To subscribe, mail to whichever of these addresses works for you:
  [e-mail] / [e-mail] / [e-mail]
with the following information:
  Your name (for directory listing), email address, institutional affiliation;
  Indicate if your email address is shared, so your name will be in header
    of messages.
  If your 'climatological credentials' are not apparent from your
  affiliation, please explain.

2. Weather-users (administered by [e-mail])

  This list is for discussions of weather servers; sharing of code to
automatically query weather servers; and announcements of availability
(or lack thereof) and changes to weather servers.  Initially, Jeff Masters
([e-mail]) has agreed to send Weather Underground status
notices to this list.
To join or quit the list, email to [e-mail];
the list mail address is [e-mail].

3. WX-TALK and other WX-lists

  WX-TALK, formerly STORM-L, is a mailing list for weather-related topics,
special event notifications, job announcements, and administrative
messages.  This list, and other specialized weather-related lists, are
run from the vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (UIUCVMD) machine at Urbana-Champaign,
Illinois. WX-TALK is for discussions and questions; the others are intended
to distribute information on particular topics, but you should not
post mail to them.
  To join the list, send a message consisting of the single line
SUB WX-TALK Your Name
to whichever of these addresses works for you:
  LISTSERV@UIUCVMD / [e-mail] / [e-mail]
or uiucuxc!vmd!listserv from uucp.
Contributions should then go to WX-TALK@[working address]
  For more information, and a list of the other WX-lists on vmd.cso.uiuc.edu,
use anonymous FTP to retrieve the file WX-TALK.DOC from vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
in the directory "wx".

4. Wxsat (administered by Richard B. Emerson)

  Wxsat resends all NOAA/NESDIS bulletins on polar and geostationary weather
satellites as well as occasional material on Meteosat.  Bulletins with
orbital predictions, spacecraft operation schedules, and related messages
are copied from NOAA.SAT on SCIENCEnet and forwarded to all addresses on
the list.  The list is configured to accept and broadcast mail from
subscribers to the list at large.  Wxsat does not store or distribute imagery
and is not primarily a "chat" list.  Wxsat is oriented towards users with a
daily operational need for TBUS and related bulletins.
  An archive of roughly 60 days' messages are available for retrieval via
email messages to [e-mail].  Send the message "help" in the
text to the archive server for details on how to retrieve the current index
and other files.
  Subscription requests go to [e-mail].  The service is free
to all Internet users but donations are accepted as this is a volunteer
operation.

5. CALMET (Computer Aided Learning in Meteorology)

  CALMET is a mailing list dedicated to computer-aided learning in
meteorology.  It is associated with the ftp site cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk.
  To join the list, send mail to [e-mail].  Messages
to the list go to [e-mail].

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