Hurricane Links

Hurricane Links and Information.
Send email to Betsy.Youngman@pcds.org

Hurricane basics by age group

Middle School – adult
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Hurricanes/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/?section=e

Elementary School
http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0308/hurricane/

Hurricane predictions
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml

Top Hurricane Stories
http://www.noaa.gov/
http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/?from=wxcenter_news

Atmosphere
http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/

Weather and Climate Basics
http://eo.ucar.edu/basics/index.html

Photos and more information on Katrina
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0830_050830_katrina_damage.html

Digital Globe – amazing before and after imagery
http://www.digitalglobe.com/

Links from NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_2005.html

Links from ESRI
http://www.esri.com/news/pressroom/hurricanemaps.html#hurmap

Bouy data that recorded the waves and wind

http://wavcis.csi.lsu.edu/
http://wavcis.csi.lsu.edu/station.asp?units=eng&table=WCIS05

Extreme waves article
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0804_050804_extremewave.html