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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Weather Front

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia site tells all about weather fronts, or boundaries between two air masses with differing characteristics. Includes many hyperlinked terms to additional information on related subjects.
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Other

Climate Glossary: Trade Winds

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a brief definition of the trade winds.
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Stormfax: El Nino Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers definitions for terms related to El Nino, including information on southern oscillation and its relationship to the trade winds.
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Other

Niwa: Storms and Cyclones

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about storms and cyclones with this website. Understand how storms are classified and predicted. Also learn about tropical cyclones which are revolving storms that occur in the Southwest Pacific and Indian Ocean. Site focuses on...
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National Pollutant Inventory: Background Information

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on water and air pollution in Australia, with a brief mention of sea breezes.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: What Are Weather Reports?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what a typical weather reports contains, and why it is important to viewers.
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University of Wisconsin

Ssec: Real Time Imagery and Data: Satellite Images of the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out real-time satellite photos of the earth to study weather patterns.
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Weather

For Students K - 1st
What is weather? Learn how weather is defined by parameters, weather forecasting, and Weather phenomena.
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Other

Unep/siem D2 Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers information on the effects of weather on islands. There is some mention of sea breezes.
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Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
This two-part resource explores the vertical structure of Earth's atmosphere. Content details the atmospheric layers, and the relationship between pressure and height in the atmosphere.
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Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Cloud Development

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the importance of clouds and how clouds are formed. Content details common atmospheric cooling mechanisms and atmospheric stability.
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Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Air Masses

For Students 9th - 10th
This Oklahoma Climatological Survey explores how air masses form, as well as the weather formations, which tend to appear on the edges of these masses in what is known as a front.
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Oklahoma Mesonet

University of Oklahoma: Weather Fronts

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Oklahoma explores what fronts are, as well as the different types of fronts: cold front, warm front, stationary front, and occluded front.
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Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: The Seasons

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what the seasons are and how they change. Through the use of excellent graphics, content explores the Earth's orbit around the sun and how sunlight reaches the earth at equinox and the winter solstice.
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Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Precipitation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site briefly explores the important role of precipitation in the hydrologic cycle, and focus on how precipitation is created.
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Other

Ics: Temperature, Humidity, and Dew Point

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a discussion of dew point and relative humidity, containing formulas that look at connections between temperature, humidity, and dew point.
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Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Overview of Radiation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site details what radiation is, the physics of radiation, and radiative transfer as it occurs in nature. Content explores the electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetic waves, properties of radiation, and solar radiation.
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Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Earth's Energy Budget

For Students 9th - 10th
This 2-part resource details how the Earth absorbs just enough energy from the Sun to sustain life. Content explores incoming solar radiation and outgoing terrestrial radiation.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Everyday Mysteries: What Causes the Sound of Thunder

For Students 3rd - 8th
Detailed description of the scientific cause of thunder.

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