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Weatherwise
Weatherwise features fascinating articles and spectacular color photographs that showcase the power, beauty, and excitement of weather. Weatherwise articles present the latest discoveries and hottest issues in meteorology and climatology and focus on the relation of weather to technology, history, culture, art, and society. In each issue, our expert columnists answer reader questions about the weather; discuss current events and people in the news; review new weather-related books and videos; test reader forecast skills with analysis of weather maps; and summarize recent weather events in the ...
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Available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/vwws20/current
Published by: Amateur Weathermen of America
Weatherwise features fascinating articles and spectacular color photographs that showcase the power, beauty, and excitement of weather. Weatherwise articles present the latest discoveries and hottest issues in meteorology and climatology and focus on the relation of weather to technology, history, culture, art, and society. In each issue, our expert columnists answer reader questions about the weather; discuss current events and people in the news; review new weather-related books and videos; test reader forecast skills with analysis of weather maps; and summarize recent weather events in the United States and Canada.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy
Frequency: BimonthlyTags: Weather ; Meteorology ; Climatology ; ~e-Journals ; United States of America ; Canada
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World Weather Information Service: Official Forecasts
his global web site presents OFFICIAL weather observations, weather forecasts and climatological information for selected cities supplied by National Meteorological & Hydrological Services (NMHSs) worldwide. The NMHSs make official weather observations in their respective countries. Links to their official weather service web sites and tourism board/organization are also provided whenever available. Weather icons are shown alongside worded forecasts in this version to facilitate visual inspection.
The media are welcome to make information presented in this web site available to ...
Available online: http://worldweather.wmo.int/en/home.html
Published by: WMO
his global web site presents OFFICIAL weather observations, weather forecasts and climatological information for selected cities supplied by National Meteorological & Hydrological Services (NMHSs) worldwide. The NMHSs make official weather observations in their respective countries. Links to their official weather service web sites and tourism board/organization are also provided whenever available. Weather icons are shown alongside worded forecasts in this version to facilitate visual inspection.
The media are welcome to make information presented in this web site available to the public. When doing so, credit to the respective NMHSs should be given.
By Jun 2014, 133 Members supply official weather forecasts for 1719 cities. 1701 cities from 166 WMO Members also have their climatological data presented in this web site. Suggestions to enrich the contents of this web site are welcome.Language(s): English; Other Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Russian, German, Japanese, Italian, Polish, Portuguese
Format: Digital (Standard Copyright)Tags: Weather forecasting ; Region I - Africa ; Region II - Asia ; Region III - South America ; Region IV - North America, Central America and the Caribbean ; Region V - South-West Pacific ; Region VI - Europe
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Capacity-building Portal
"The UNFCCC Secretariat has launched a Capacity-building Portal, a tool developed to help monitor and review capacity built to better mitigate and adapt to climate change. Users are able to customize search criteria, visualize data through interactive maps, bubbles and multicolored pie charts, line up results in tables and print them.
More specifically, the portal allows for: reviewing the types of capacity-building support provided at the global, regional and country level; tracking specific project activities and programmes; identifying and building on best practices; and iden ...
Available online: http://unfccc.int/capacitybuilding
Published by: UNFCCC
"The UNFCCC Secretariat has launched a Capacity-building Portal, a tool developed to help monitor and review capacity built to better mitigate and adapt to climate change. Users are able to customize search criteria, visualize data through interactive maps, bubbles and multicolored pie charts, line up results in tables and print them.
More specifically, the portal allows for: reviewing the types of capacity-building support provided at the global, regional and country level; tracking specific project activities and programmes; identifying and building on best practices; and identifying potential gaps in capacity-building delivery. Users can also access information on stakeholders involved, funding sources and amounts allocated. Finally, the portal aims to help improve coordination of capacity-building support and determine possible cooperation partners."
Source: climate-l.iisd.orgLanguage(s): English
Format: DigitalTags: Capacity development ; Climate policies ; Region I - Africa ; Region II - Asia ; Region III - South America ; Region IV - North America, Central America and the Caribbean ; Region V - South-West Pacific ; Region VI - Europe
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CCORAL: Caribbean Climate Online Risk and Adaptation Tool
The Caribbean Climate Online Risk and Adaptation Tool (CCORAL) outlines a step-by-step process to identify if an activity, such as a project, programme, strategy, plan, policy or legislation, is influenced by, or vulnerable to, climate change. CCORAL then creates pathways for the identification and implementation of adaptation and mitigation options.
CCORAL provides information both at the regional and country level. However, only the CARICOM countries can currently be selected individually when using CCORAL, although CCCCC emphasizes that it is possible to expand the tool to co ...
Available online: http://ccoral.caribbeanclimate.bz/
Published by: CCCCC
The Caribbean Climate Online Risk and Adaptation Tool (CCORAL) outlines a step-by-step process to identify if an activity, such as a project, programme, strategy, plan, policy or legislation, is influenced by, or vulnerable to, climate change. CCORAL then creates pathways for the identification and implementation of adaptation and mitigation options.
CCORAL provides information both at the regional and country level. However, only the CARICOM countries can currently be selected individually when using CCORAL, although CCCCC emphasizes that it is possible to expand the tool to cover non-CARICOM Caribbean countries such as Cuba and the Dominican Republic.Language(s): English
Format: DigitalTags: Climate ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Caribbean ; Antigua and Barbuda ; Bahamas ; Belize ; Barbados ; Dominica ; Guyana ; Haiti ; Jamaica ; Saint Kitts and Nevis ; Saint Lucia ; Suriname ; Trinidad and Tobago ; Grenada ; Montserrat ; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Climate Action Tracker
This "Climate Action Tracker" is an independent science-based assessment, which tracks the emission commitments and actions of countries. The website provides an up-to-date assessment of individual national pledges to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Available online: http://climateactiontracker.org/
Published by: Ecofys
This "Climate Action Tracker" is an independent science-based assessment, which tracks the emission commitments and actions of countries. The website provides an up-to-date assessment of individual national pledges to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Language(s): English
Format: DigitalTags: Climate ; Climate policies ; Greenhouse gas reducing ; Australia ; Belarus ; Canada ; Croatia ; European Union ; Iceland ; Japan ; Kazakhstan ; New Zealand ; Norway ; Russian Federation ; Switzerland ; Ukraine ; United States of America ; Brazil ; Chile ; China ; Costa Rica ; India ; Indonesia ; Israel ; Maldives ; Mexico ; Republic of Moldova ; Papua New Guinea ; Singapore ; South Africa ; Republic of Korea
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Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - USDA, 1971-[...]The Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin (WWCB) is jointly prepared by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The WWCB provides a vital source of information on weather, climate and agricultural developments worldwide, along with detailed charts and tables of agrometeorological information that are appropriate for the season.
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Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research - Biennial Report
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) - IAI, 1997-[...]
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Historical Hurricane Tracks
The Historical Hurricane Tracks website includes tropical cyclone data and information on coastal county hurricane strike data through 2011 while also providing links to detailed reports on the life history and effects of U.S. tropical cyclones since 1958.
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Climate Change Adaptation Bulletin
UNDP, 2011-[...]The bulletin provides the latest information on UNDP's support to countries on Climate Change Adaptation at the national, sub-national and community-level. It includes updates on a range of topics including the status of ongoing projects, new project approvals, performance indicators, project impacts and results, policy and mainstreaming work, and noteworthy announcements.
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Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)
GDACS is a cooperation framework between the United Nations, the European Commission and disaster managers worldwide to improve alerts, information exchange and coordination in the first phase after major sudden-onset disasters.
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Countries & National Platforms
Countries and national platforms are key partners to implementing disaster risk reduction strategies at a country level to help build resilient communities.
Visit the countries [...] to learn about their disaster reduction activities.
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International Joint Commission
The International Joint Commission prevents and resolves disputes between the United States of America and Canada under the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty and pursues the common good of both countries as an independent and objective advisor to the two governments.
In particular, the Commission rules upon applications for approval of projects affecting boundary or transboundary waters and may regulate the operation of these projects; it assists the two countries in the protection of the transboundary environment, including the implementation of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreemen ...
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Mariners weather log
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1998-[...]The Mariners Weather Log (MWL), a publication of the National Weather Service (NWS), contains articles, news and information about marine weather events and phenomena, storms at sea, weather forecasting, the NWS Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Program, Port Meteorological Officers (PMOs), cooperating ships officers, and their vessels.
The MWL provides meteorological information to the maritime community, and contains a comprehensive chronicle on marine weather. Through the MWL, the VOS program recognizes ships officers for their efforts as voluntary weather observers, and allows ...
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Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras = Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research
INVEMAR, 2002-[...]La revista científica BOLETÍN DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS, premiada por Colciencias como la mejor publicación en su género en Colombia en 1997, y clasificada dentro de Publindex (Colciencias) como revista indexada en categoría A2, considera para su publicación trabajos inéditos sobre cualquier tópico de investigación en el mar o en ambientes acuáticos de la zona costera, realizados en las áreas tropicales y subtropicales de América.
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