GEOG 102 Physical Geography Spring 2009 Web Resources Dr. Burl Self, EdD, MA, MAPA, AICP Professor Office: Robinson B, rm. 477D [email protected] Robinson B108 MW 3-4:15pm USGS – Main Geography page NASA JPL Earth Sciences - Links to resources related to the atmosphere, land and oceans. NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA -- Ecosystems (U.S. Coastal Oceans, Coral Reefs, Estuaries, National www.us.orienterring.org Illustrated Guide on How to Use a Compass USGS – Ameriview Remote Sensing USGS – University Consortium Main Page for Images NASA Imagine the Universe – Science page National Climatic Data Center National Geophysical Data Center Climate Diagnostics Center UEA Meteorology, Oceanography and Climate Dynamics Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory NOAA – Weather and Air Quality Research University Corporation for Atmospheric Research NASA GISS (Goddard Institute for Space Studies) - climate modeling, earth observations, data sets and images. Earth Observatory (NASA) National Geodetic Survey Division (GPS programs, etc.) University of California San Diego Earthguide Diagrams UCSD Diagrams - Global Energy Balance L RIGHTS RESERVED Page 1 of 7 GEOG 102: Physical Geography Spring 2009 Syllabus Global Climate Change – NASA’s Eyes on the World Climate Change - NOAA Research Global Carbon Cycle Predicting Climate Variability and Extreme Events NOAA - Arctic Research NOAA – Oceans, Great Lakes and Coastal Research NOAA – Weather and Air Quality Research NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA -- Ecosystems (U.S. Coastal Oceans, Coral Reefs, Estuaries, National Marine Sanctuaries) National Oceanographic Data Center - Earth System Monitor Fundamentals of Physical Geography (2nd Edition) online textbook Map Projection Overview Introduction and Selected Map Projections Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps (world and regional) Global Climate & Biomass Maps (Sustainable Development Dimensions & the Agrometeorology Group of the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization) Ecological Regions of North America (North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation) Major Biomes of the World The Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) Biodiversity Group (Environment Australia Online - Australian Department of Environment & Heritage) UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre - part of the United Nations Environment Programme Dr. B.E. Self Spring 2009 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Page 2 of 7 GEOG 102: Physical Geography Spring 2009 Syllabus Geomorphology and Hydrology General Geomorphology Resources Laboratory for Experimental Geomorphology Landforms of Earth USGS Topographic Maps Illustrating Physiographic Features Air Photos of California and Alaska Color Landform Atlas of the United States Elevation Datasets Digital Topographic Data (National Geophysical Data Center) www.2010.atmos.uiuc.edu Karst The Karst Waters Institute Yugoslav Karst - geology, distribution, karst features Biospeology - the biology of caves, karst and groundwater NOAA - National Weather Service NASA feature: Hurricanes: The Greatest Storms on Earth Ecosystems Ecosystems and Human Well-being Synthesis: Key Questions in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Nearctica Biogeography Glossary of Biogeography Institute for Computational Earth System Science(ICESS) Biogeography Lab University of California Santa Barbara worldbiomes.com Blueplanetbiomes.org/savanna Dr. B.E. Self Spring 2009 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Page 3 of 7 GEOG 102: Physical Geography Spring 2009 Syllabus Blueplanetbiomes.org/grasslands Blueplanetbiomes.org/deserts Blueplanetbiomes.org/tundra Blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga Blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest Blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous Soil Science USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) World Soil Resources Soil Taxonomy: The Twelve Soil Orders (U. Idaho Soil Science Div.) USLE (Universal Soil Loss Equation) Database (USDA-ARS) ISRIC - World Soil Information USDA Economic Research Service Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First Center for Global Development Global Warming and Agriculture: Impact Estimates by Country Mineral Resources Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) U.S. Department of Energy – Fossil Fuels Dr. B.E. Self Spring 2009 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Page 4 of 7 GEOG 102: Physical Geography Spring 2009 Syllabus Geologic Time University of California Museum of Paleontology Tour of Geologic Time USGS Geologic Time Scale USGS Geologic Time Smithsonian Museum of Natural History – Geologic Time Geological Society of America - detailed time scale change w/ geomagnetic polarity reversals Paleontology Quaternary and Paleoclimate Research (Geology & Geophysics, UW-Madison) Museum of Palentology, University of California - Berkeley Museum of Natural History-London Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University SUNY at Stony Brook Ecology & Evolution Home Page Glacial Geomorphology Natural Resources Canada - Paleoenvironmental Perspectives on Climate Change Glacial History, Paleo-geography and -environments of North America USGS Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) All About Glaciers (NOAA/NSIDC) Ice Ages (Illinois State Museum ) - Online Exhibit Glacier Features (Photos and descriptions of the effects and features of glaciation) Chrysopheric Research: Snow, Ice and Permafrost (Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks) The 1996 Jokulhaulp; Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge Canadian Ice Service Ice-Core Evidence of Rapid Climate Shift During the Termination of the Little Ice Age (M.M. Reddy, D.L. Naftz, P.F. Schuster, USGS) Dr. B.E. Self Spring 2009 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Page 5 of 7 GEOG 102: Physical Geography Spring 2009 Syllabus The Crevasse Zone (glacier velocity and surface elevation research on the Juneau Ice Field, Alaska, S. McGee) South America Irian Jaya, Indonesia and New Zealand Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes Volcano World NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Interdisciplinary Science (IDS) Cascades Volcano Observatory USGS World Map of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Impact Craters, and Plate Tectonics USGS This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics, Smithsonian “This Dynamic Planet” (cooperative effort with USGS and US Naval Research Observatory) USGS Volcano Hazard Program Geologic Resources East Africa's Great Rift Valley: A Complex Rift System Hydrology & Water Resources NOAA – Oceans, Great Lakes and Coastal Research Water Resources of the United States Water Data - real-time, historical daily flows & peaks, water quality Index of Watershed Indicators (EPA) National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOAA) - Snow cover maps and data Universities Water Information Network Louisiana Department of Natural Resources – Coastal Zones Dr. B.E. Self Spring 2009 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Page 6 of 7 GEOG 102: Physical Geography Spring 2009 Syllabus Great Lakes Great Lakes Online (University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute) Our Great Lakes (Environment Canada) The Great Lakes: An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book (Environment Canada and U.S. EPA) Great Lakes Information Network Visualizing the Great Lakes Dr. B.E. Self Spring 2009 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Page 7 of 7
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