American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Climate and Weather
Eight hands-on lessons module in which students explore climate and weather. Inquiry-based investigations include observing weather, weather reporting, weather maps, weather satellites, causes of weather, and climate change.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Remote Sensing
Discusses the importance of radar and satellite sensing in weather forecasting. Well illustrated with useful animations showing how radar and satellite sensing works.
Dan Satterfield
Dan's Wild Weather Radar
Explains the basics of what radar is and how it works. Gives additional information on Doppler and Nexrad radar systems. Site is great for younger learners or kids.
National Weather Service
National Weather Service
Official United States Weather Bureau source for weather maps and forecasts. Contains forecasts, maps, warnings, data, current conditions, and storm warnings.
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 10 28 13: Mystery Blob Reveals Man Made Phenomenon
Article reports on the mystery of a large mass that appeared on weather radar even though there was no storm in sight.
Other
American Meteorological Society: Data Streme Atmosphere
This site provides an extensive amount of weather information. Includes current information, forecasting, and historic weather related events. Weather map symbols and terminology explained.
USA Today
Usa Today: Understanding Weather Radar
This article describes the basics of understanding today's weather radar and radar images. It also explains factors that influence radar images including ground clutter, beam blockage, bow echos, and virga.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Ww2010: Radar Meteorology
This site from the University of Illinois explains basic principles of weather radar, its development, and application to weather forcasting. Includes section on how wind patterns are shown using doppler radar.
Other
Weather Radar
This site has information about weather radar and the types of information which can be retrieved from Doppler radar. Consists of a three-part student activity; easily adaptable to any student project.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Weather Maps
This site provides a lesson plan in which groups of students will each investigate a different type of weather map use for weather forecasting. Also includes discussion questions, extension ideas, and links to additional sites for more...
Other
Hong Kong Observatory: Meteorology
A useful page from the Hong Kong Observatory offering introduction to weather and weather phenomenon. Learn about thunderstorms, tides, monsoon season, weather radar, and weather in space. Not a slick site but informative. Most...
Other
Weather Questions: How Does Weather Radar Work?
Radar (which stands for RAdio Detection And Ranging) transmits microwaves in a focused beam. Some of this microwave energy bounces off of objects and returns to the radar to be measured. The radar sends pulses of energy, rather than a...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Radar and Satellites Observe Predict Weather
Find out how radar and satellites have become an important tool for observing and predicting the weather.
Other
Weather Radar
These pages will provide you with information on severe weather and storm chasing. You can also find links to different radar images on the Internet so you can apply what is learned here. There are also many different topics like this...