Want to learn more about the Atmospheric, Oceanic, or Hydrologic Sciences? Whatever your age, or educational background, the Central VA Chapter of the AMS has some resources for you!
 

Teachers/Educators

• Check out the national AMS's Education Program for K-12 Teachers:https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/education-careers/education-program/k-12-teachers/The national AMS provides opportunities for teacher education, links to classroom materials and textbooks, and ideas for K-12 curriculum.

• COMET and MetEd programs are run by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research has great lesson plans and online short courses directed toward K-12 classrooms: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/communities/education/k12.php 

• The ACLIPSE (Advancing Climate Literacy through investment in In-Service and Pre-Service Science Educators)program seeks to enable educators and teachers to teach climate education effectively. http://mare.lawrencehallofscience.org/college-courses/ACLIPSE

 

High-School Students/Undergraduate Students

• MetEd and COMET have put together a list of online introductory Meteorology courses here: https://sites.google.com/a/ucar.edu/introduction-to-meteorology-resources/  all are free, but most require you to create a log-in.

• Scholarship opportunities: 

  • Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship: http://www.noaa.gov/office-education/hollings-scholarship

  • National AMS Scholarships: https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/information-for/students/ams-scholarships-and-fellowships/

•  Books suggestions:

  • Any book by Tim Vasquez (Weather Forecasting Red Book and the Weather Map Handbook are two great examples). 

 

Any-and-every-one:        

• COMET/MetEd:

  • Skywarn Spotter Training

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• • Anticipating Hazardous Weather and Community Risk 

  • Climate Change and Sea Level Rise

  • Climate Change and Extreme Weather

  • Introduction to Meteorological Charting 

  • Met 101: Basic Weather Processes

  • Met 101: Introduction to the Atmosphere 

  • Met 101: Introduction to the World's Oceans 

• National Weather Service

  • JetStream - An Online School for Weather

• University of Oklahoma

  • Gary England's "Tornado Alley" 

• MIT

  • Global Warming Science

• Must have Weather books:

  • https://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/reviews/bk_store.htm

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Weather links

 

• Glen Allen Weather http://glenallenweather.com/
   

• NOAA's National Weather Service links:

  • http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/

  • http://www.weather.gov/akq/NWS - Wakefield: 

  • https://www.weather.gov/akq/winter -  Probabilistic snowfall forecast:

  • http://www.spc.noaa.gov/ Storm Prediction Center: 

  • http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ National Hurricane Center: 

  • http://www.wpc.noaa.gov Weather Prediction Center: 

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• Climate links: 

  • National Centers for Environmental Information: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/

  • Virginia State Climatologist Office: http://climate.virginia.edu/

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• Current Satellite: 

  • College of DuPage: http://weather.cod.edu/satrad

  • College of DuPage Goes-R/Goes-16: http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/exper/