General Meteorology
Professor:  Dr. Steven Gollmer Class Room: TYL 207
Office: ENS 239 Class Time: 11:00 - 12:15  T, Th
Phone: ext. 7764 Lab Room: ENS 249

Course Material

Syllabus Lecture Notes Laboratory Exercises
Class Schedule Report Topics
Report Grading
 Airport Distance Calculator 

Meteorology Information

Weather Processor at Unisys - Current surface map, computer model forecasts, vertical soundings, and upper air data.
The Weather Source - Contains links for weather data world wide.
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology - Has a list on online publication links.
National Weather Service Spotters Guide - This is an Html version of the spotter's guide information.
Dayton Airport METARs - By changing the station identifier you can get METARS for any station.
National Lightning Detection Network - This is a link to the Vaisala Lightning Explorer

Organizations

The National Weather Service (NWS) - Governmental agency responsible for weather forecasting.
NWS station at Wilmington, OH - This station performs vertical soundings twice a day and operates a doppler radar for our portion of the country.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Governmental agency responsible for space borne observations of the earth.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Oversees all oceanic and atmospheric work.  Is the parent agency for the National Weather Service.
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) - A primary center for climate and weather research.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - United Nations agency for international meteorology efforts.
American Meteorological Society (AMS) - Professional organization for meteorologist.

Useful Information and Source of Lecture Images

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) - This research center is located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and addresses issues of the Carbon cycle in the atmosphere and its environmental impact.
Geostationary Satellite Server - This web site provides current and archived images from the GOES satellites.  The GOES satellite program is under the jurisdiction of NOAA.
The Remote Sensing Tutorial - This document addresses key issues related to satellite remote sensing of the earth and its atmosphere.  It is sponsored by the Applied Information Sciences Branch at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Topic Links

Atmospheric Optics

Atmospheric Optics - Description and images of optical phenomena in the atmosphere.  Also home of Halo and Iris software.
Local Gravity Values - This page contains a formula for determining the local value of gravity.