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Agricultural Weather Service Inc.
Global forecasting and climate data products targeted towards industry, retail and research. Offers forecasts tailored for specific kinds of agricultural commodities, including freeze/frost forecasts for citrus, fruit, vegetable and nursery crops.
Air Resources Laboratory Wildfire/Forest Fire Smoke Forecasting
Forecast products for tracking atmospheric pollutants such as smoke, volcanic ash or chemicals, including past fires in Southeast Asia, Mexico and Florida.
Albuquerque NWS
Drought conditions and hydrological outlook for New Mexico from the Albuquerque National Weather Service office.
An Inconvenient Truth: Take Action
An Inconvenient Truth: Based on the film, this site provides information on actions individuals can take to become "carbon neutral."
ARIA Arizona Regional Image Archive
Digital image and map data for the Sonoran desert region, including the US Southwest and northern Mexico, as well as links between research and instructional programs in the earth science disciplines, particularly as they relate to climate variability and change.
Arizona Agnet Weather and Climate Data
Access to databases including: AZMET Customized Data Generator, which contains weather-related data collected at 25 stations throughout Arizona over the last 10 years; Arizona storm records; and Arizona weather history records.
Arizona AgNIC--Rangeland Management
University of Arizona page covering all aspects of its range management program and offering access to distributed sources of agricultural information, subject area specialists, and other resources. Includes a Climate and Weather section with links to other weather sites and publications.
Arizona Climate Change Advisory Group
Arizona Cooperative Extension
Outreach arm of the University of Arizona. Information about environmental, marketing, food, and community programs. Links to county extension offices, publications, and calendar.
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Arizona Department of Health Services
Arizona Department of Transportation
Arizona Department of Water Resources
The primary water management agency in Arizona. Administers and enforces Arizona’s groundwater code and surface water rights, manages the Colorado River’s water supply, and represents Arizona’s water rights to the federal government. Includes databases of water use and supply records, Indian water rights, xeriscaping, and water conservation pages.
Arizona Drought Data
Rainfall data in tables and bar graphs for cities in Arizona from 1996 to the present
Arizona Drought Monitoring Technical Committee
Arizona Drought Resources - University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Links to publications and drought websites, with an emphasis on agriculture and rural communities.
Arizona Flood Warning and Drought Monitoring Webapage
Through the Multi-Agency Task Force this page provides real-time weather, precipitation and stream flow information in order to monitor and assess the potential risk for flooding in areas within Arizona.
Arizona Governor’s Forest Health Council
Arizona Hospitality Research & Resource Center
Arizona Resource Exchange
A web network for people looking to acquire, exchange, or pass on a wide variety of resources including building materials, household items, computers, etc.
Arizona Riparian Council
Arizona State University
Arizona Town Hall
Arizona Water Institute
A consortium of Arizona's three universities focused on water sustainability through research, technical assistance, education, and technology.
Arizona Water Science Center (USGS)
Archive of water year streamflow at recording sites in Arizona river basins.
Arizona's Upper Verde Watershed
A site presenting and analyzing objective water resource issue information in the Upper Verde watershed.
Atmospheric Sciences Department
Australian Greenhouse Office
Summary of Australian government response to climate change, including emission control, carbon trading, & efficiency standards.
AZMET Arizona Meteorological Network
Source of meteorological data and weather-based information for Arizona, including air and soil temperature, humidity, solar radiation, wind speed and direction, and precipitation. Geared mainly toward agricultural and horticultural users, the site also has data on heat units, chill hours and crop evapotranspiration rates.
AZ-NV Academy of Science
Journal, newsletter and conference proceedings from the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science; includes a call for papers for their annual meeting
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Biogeophysical Dynamics Laboratory
Global climate model created by the Biogeochemical Dynamics Laboratory (BGDL), Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Borderlands Information Center
Part of the Texas Water Development Board's Texas Natural Resources Information System Division. Central clearinghouse and referral center for information concerning the Texas-Mexico border region. Available in English and Spanish.
Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology
Bureau of Reclamation Agrimet System--Pacific Northwest
Data, maps, and other information about agriculture in the Pacific Northwest. The AgriMet network consists of over 50 agricultural weather stations located throughout the Pacific Northwest
Bureau of Reclamation Hydromet System--Pacific Northwest
Near-real-time data from over 300 hydrological and metrological monitoring stations in the Pacific Northwest.
Bureau of Reclamation--Lower Colorado
Lower Colorado River water resources projects including resource management, restoration, and facilities management in Arizona, southern Nevada and southern California.
Bureau of Reclamation--Upper Colorado
Resource management, power generation, restoration and facilities management for areas of Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and west Texas in the Upper Colorado River or Rio Grande watershed.
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California Applications Program (CAP)
Weather information and forecasts tailored to California users. Includes highlights of research projects such as Yosemite National Park Hydroclimate Modeling, impacts of the past two dry winters in California, fire predictions, water quality and quantity impacts, etc.
California Department of Water Resources
Primary water management entity for the state of California; covers water supply, planning and regulation, conditions on rivers and reservoirs, water education, flood management, historical records, infrastructure information, etc.
California Water Resources Research and Applications Center
NASA, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of Arizona project applying hydroclimate and impacts modeling and remote sensing to Southwestern water resources.
Canadian Wildland Fire Information System
The Canadian Wildland Fire Information System creates daily fire weather and fire behavior maps year-round and hot spot maps throughout the forest fire season, generally between May and September.
Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments
CCCma: Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis
University of Victoria center conducting research in coupled and atmospheric climate modeling, sea-ice modeling, climate variability and predictability, the carbon cycle, and a number of other areas.
CDC Interactive Plotting and Analysis Pages
Offers monthly/seasonal mean composites, linear seasonal/monthly correlations, daily composites, US climate division maps, ENSO climate comparisons and risks, and other related types of climate information.
CDC Mean Monthly Composites
Choose variables, analysis level, time range, plot types and map projections to create a variety of monthly or seasonal climate composites.
CDC US Climate Divisions Plotting Page
Choose variables, type of plot and time span to create plots based on the National Climatic Data Center's climate division dataset; or get time series and correlate atmosphere ocean time series with climate division data.
Center for Applied Spatial Analysis
Center for Climate Strategies
Group based in Harrisburg, PA which helps various clients and their stakeholders to create and manage climate change mitigation plans and policies and the related energy, economic, and environmental policies. Clients include the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the New Mexico Environment Department.
Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University
Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada (CICESE)
Research and education group in Ensenada, Mexico. Information mainly in Spanish with some options for English version of pages.
Centro de Investigación Sobre Sequía (CEISS)
A division of the Instituto de Ecología, A.C. The center's focus is on drought, sustainable use of natural resources, and applications to planning and decision-making. Includes drought research, monitoring, and legal information in Mexico. Information in Spanish.
Centro Transfronterizo de Productos Clima'ticos
In order to provide climate products and information to stakeholders and policy
makers in the United States and Mexico border region, a publication similar to
the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Outlook is being developed by cooperating agencies
in Mexico and the U.S.
Chicago Climate Exchange
Provides information and opportunities for businesses wishing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or trade credits with other businesses with low greenhouse gas emissions
Clark County Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management
Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability - Summary for Policy Makers [PDF, 152 KB]
Statement of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change regarding the sensitivity, adaptive capacity and vulnerability of natural and human systems to climate change.
Climate Change and Rangeland Management
Beyond Boxes and Arrows: A Workshop on Climate Change and Range Management (2006 Conference)
Climate Change Impacts in the Colorado River Basin
Climate Diagnostics Center (NOAA-CIRES)
Data related to predicting important climate variations on time scales ranging from one month to centuries by identifying major patterns of climate variability on decadal and longer time scales, and investigating the role of air-sea interactions in modulating decadal-to-centennial variability; includes the Western Water Assessment, El Niño/La Niña information, U.S. predictions, forecasts and anomalies, maps and other information.
Climate Dynamics Research Projects
Describes research in climate dynamics at the University of Arizona
Climate Institute
Source for "objective, reliable information” about climate change. Includes links for the science of climate change sea level, extreme weather, ecosystems, air quality, ozone, human health, agriculture, green energy, state, local, and international actions, what citizens can do, and to other climate change-related groups. Each of these links also includes information about regional effects/impacts.
Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Seasonal Drought Outlook
Seasonal map and description of U.S. regions undergoing drought and forecasts for these areas for the next several months.
Climate Prediction Center ENSO diagnostic discussion
Spanish version of the ENSO diagnostic discussion.
Climate, Weather, and Fire
Products and information related to climate, weather, and fire applied research activities at the Desert Research Institute/Western Regional Climate Center.
Climatic change and fire regimes
USGS site explaining the use of sedimentary charcoal data and tree ring and fire scar studies in understanding climate-fire relationships and change in the Sierra Nevada.
CLIMVIS Overview
Introduction to an interactive visualization program that allows National Climatic Data Center users to view the climate in over 10,000 locations worldwide using time series graphs of temperature, precipitation, wind speed, etc.
CLIMVIS: Interactive climate graphing page (for U.S. climate divisions)
Criteria selection page for the CLIMVIS program, including climate division within a U.S. state, year to be graphed and output format.
CLIMVIS: NCDC's Climate Visualization System Presentation
Selection page for CLIMVIS climate visualization graphics, including options for National Weather Service summary of the day, global summary of the day, U.S. climate division information, and global historical climate data.
COAPS Center for Ocean-Atmosphere Prediction Studies
Florida State University program that performs research in air-sea interaction, ocean and coupled air-sea modeling, climate predictions on scales of months to decades, statistical studies and predictions of social economic consequences of ocean-sea variations, particularly ENSO-related events.
Coarse-Scale Spatial Data for Wildland Fire and Fuel Management
Offers maps and mapping data integrating biophysical and remotely sensed data for fire management and research
Cocopah Tribe
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center
NOAA center for Colorado River weather, climate, streamflow, and water supply forecasts and information. Information on river warnings and watches, recreational conditions, flood outlooks, seasonal forecasts, as well as hydrographs for Southwest Rivers.
Colorado River Commission of Nevada
Organization that acquires, manages, and protects Nevada's share of resources from the Colorado River.
Colorado River Indian Tribes
Colorado River Water Users Association
Non-profit, non-partisan group aimed at protecting and safeguarding the interests of Colorado River water users; includes information about the member states, recent resolutions, and uses of the river.
Comision Internacional de Limites y Aguas (CILA)
International governmental organization that protects the rights of people living along the US-Mexico border, including water conservation and use. Information in Spanish.
Comision Nacional del Agua (CNA)
Governmental organization in charge of the administration and preservation of Mexico's water resources. Includes links for services, programs, water quality, information about upcoming events, and more. Information mainly in Spanish with some English translation.
Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes (ASU)
The CSPO mission is to enhance the contributions of science and technology to
policies that promote justice, freedom, and overall quality of life.
Cooperative Extension: Climate Change and Forests
Cooperative Extension publications on how climate change is affecting regional forests (enter "climate" under "title contains" category)
Cooperative Observer Station Data Inventory for Arizona (NOAA/NWS)
Data for weather stations in Arizona allowing selection by NCDC ID, the station name, elevation, latitude, longitude, starting year and month, observation types, and ending year and month.
Cooperative Observer Station Data Inventory for New Mexico (NOAA/NWS)
Data for weather stations in New Mexico allowing selection by NCDC ID, the station name, elevation, latitude, longitude, starting year and month, observation types, and ending year and month.
CPC Climate Prediction Center Climate Diagnostics Bulletin
A monthly bulletin that reports on the previous month's status of the ocean-atmosphere climate system in the tropics and extratropics and provides various seasonal outlooks.
CPC ENSO Diagnostic Discussion
The CPC issues the monthly ENSO Diagnostic Discussion to address the current oceanic and atmospheric conditions in the Pacific and the seasonal climate outlook for the following one to three seasons.
CPC Evaporation Web Page
A series of maps showing current month & most recent 12 months average evaporation and anomalies; previous 12 months percentiles; evaporation climatology and 1 & 2 week outlooks.
CPC Palmer Drought Outlooks
Tables of Palmer Drought Severity Index probability for each U.S. climate division for each drought or moisture condition from extreme drought to extremely moist.
CPC's Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) page
An atmospheric and oceanic phenomenon that affects the northern Pacific Ocean and western North America. Describes detection, prediction, relation to El Niño and La Niña, and impacts, including effects on precipitation in the western U.S.
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Decision Center for a Desert City
Desert Research Institute
A nonprofit, statewide division of the University and Community College System of Nevada, DRI conducts basic and applied environmental research on a local, national, and international scale, some of which is climate-related.
Diagnostic Studies of the North American Monsoon System
Information on many aspects of the North American monsoon (NAM), including real-time precipitation monitoring, mean monthly circulation and precipitation over the NAM region, explanations of how the NAM works, and recent related publications.
DODS: Distributed Oceanographic Data System
Free software and framework to simplify scientific data networking via servers that
make local data accessible to remote locations regardless of local storage format.
Drought and Ranching in Arizona
Report on the vulnerability of ranching in Arizona to drought; part of a U.S. Global Change Research Program interactive workshop on the Impact of Climate Change and Land Use in the Southwestern United States.
Drought Blends
Experimental blends of short- and long-term drought indicators from the National Weather Service.
Dynamic Maps of Sea Level Rise
The University of Arizona's Environmental Studies Laboratory provides dynamic maps of projected sea level rise.
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E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database
Searchable database of over 10,800 citations related to fire ecology, including books, chapters within books, journal articles, conferences and conference papers, state and federal documents.
Earth Data Analysis Center ESIP Project (UNM)
A regional assessment of the Upper Rio Grande Basin that is developing data products and information focusing on land economics, regional hydrology, and air quality; based at the University of New Mexico.
El Colegio de Sonora
El Niño and the Western U.S., Alaska and Hawaii (WRCC)
Western Regional Climate Center page dedicated to answering questions and providing information and data about El Niño and La Niña.
El Niño Educational Sites
A list of web links to provide information about El Niño, including several kids' pages.
ENSO Signal (UCAR newsletter on El Niño and La Niña)
Quarterly newsletter published by the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and funded by NOAA; includes news items, publications, web sites, and articles related to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle and its impacts on ecosystems and societies.
Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change
Information on climate effects, emissions, impacts, and actions related to global warming. Also describes funding for programs to reduce greenhouse emissions available to individuals, community groups, small businesses, nonprofits, state and local governments and tribes.
Ephemeral Flow (SAHRA newsletter)
A newsletter about the Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA) project at the University of Arizona.
Estaciones Meteorologicas Automaticas (EMAs)
Interactive map of automated meteorological stations throughout Mexico from Servicio Meteorologico Nacional (SMN), a division of the Comision Nacional del Agua (CNA). Information in Spanish.
Extension Disaster Education Network
The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) is a collaborative effort of Extension Services throughout the country to "improve the delivery of services to citizens affected by disasters" (including drought). This site focuses on providing access to resources on diaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery for purposes of short-and long-term planning.
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Farm Service Agency - Arizona
State of Arizona office of the Farm Service Agency (FSA), whose goals are "stabilizing farm income, helping farmers conserve land and water resources, providing credit to new or disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and helping farm operations recover from the effects of disaster." Available in Spanish.
Farm Service Agency - New Mexico
State of New Mexico office of the Farm Service Agency (FSA), whose goals are "stabilizing farm income, helping farmers conserve land and water resources, providing credit to new or disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and helping farm operations recover from the effects of disaster." Available in Spanish.
Fire History of Bor Forest Island and Surrounding Pinus sylvestris Forests of the Dubches Plain, Siberia
Abstract of a research report regarding the reconstruction of fire history using dendrochronology in the Dubches Plain of Siberia.
Fire Regimes in Sierrian Mixed-Conifer Forests
Information page providing an overview of the uses of tree ring analysis to understand the role of fire in the forest ecology of giant sequoia groves.
Fire Weather Forecasts (National Weather Service)
Daily maps of critical to extreme fire weather for the continental U.S.
Firehouse.com - Wildfire Center
Up to the minute fire news and information.
Firewise
Information about living in the wildland-urban interface, including tips to protect property, a resources library, press releases, and links to other fire-related websites.
Forecast Evaluation Tool
This tool allows for an online examination of the successes and failures of past forecasts by climate division, season, and lead time of the forecast.
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GCPS: The Global Climate Perspectives System (NCDC)
Selection of graphics and gridded global datasets, including modeled temperature and precipitation, in addition to Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) temperature data.
GCRIO US Global Change Research Information Office
The US Global Change Research Information Office provides access to data and information on climate change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global warming related educational resources.
Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS)
U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)-sponsored umbrella site with news, publications and datasets regarding all aspects of policies, agencies and research related to global climate change.
Global Climate Change Lectures - 2006
Podcasts from the University of Arizona's 2006 Global Climate Change lectures
Global Fire Monitoring Center
Part of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, this site monitors fires, fire conditions and recovery efforts around the world, including global, regional and national fire weather and climate forecasts.
Global Institute of Sustainability (ASU)
GIOS was established to advance interdisciplinary research on environmental,
economic, and social sustainability, especially related on urban areas.
Global Warming in the Southwest, Melanie Lenart
Information on global warming and the Southwest from CLIMAS research Dr. Melanie Lenart
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Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction & Research
UK-based assessment of natural and anthropogenic changes in global and regional climate, including information on climate predictions, models and monitoring and the carbon cycle.
Historical Hurricane Tracks (NOAA Coastal Services Center)
Provides an interactive mapping application that allows you to easily search and display 150 years of Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone data. Some of these storms have affected New Mexico.
HyDIS Hydrological Data Information System
Hydrological and climatological maps, data, and research that makes use of state-of-the-art EOS satellite data. Designed to improve the understanding of the spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation in the Southwest U.S.
Hydrologic Information Center
Current flooding and hydrologic conditions, outlooks, and archives/historic river and flood information.
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IAI/University of Miami Summer Institute on Interdisciplinary Science in the Americas
NSF-funded program intended to foster a multi-disciplinary approach to modern scientific research on global change in the Americas, with the ultimate goal of bridging the gap between science and policy. Targets early-career natural and social scientists from the Americas.
Indices of Climate Change for the United States: An NCDC/AMS report
NOAA/National Climatic Data Center site presenting the aggregate of two indices of climate change, the Climate Extremes Index (CEI) and the U.S. Greenhouse Climate Response Index (GCRI), to quantify observed changes in climate within the contiguous United States.
Institute for the Study of Society & Environment (ISSE) (NCAR)
Group that studies environmental change and responses; offers access to its
reports on climate impacts on agriculture, enhancing the productivity and
resilience of natural resources, on-line newsletters and journals, and a
host of other climate and resource information.
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
Instituto Mexicano de Tecnologia del Agua (IMTA)
Public research organization that develops technology and trains people to use this technology to ensure the proper management, conservation, and remediation of water and related natural resources to aid sustainable development. Available in English and Spanish.
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
An intergovernmental organization supported by 18 countries in the Americas. Research programs and funding initiatives encompass climate variability; comparative studies in ecosystems, biodiversity, land use and water resources; changes in the composition of atmosphere, oceans and fresh water; and integrated assessments of human dimensions and applications.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Group established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change; its assessments are based mainly on published and peer reviewed scientific technical literature.
Interim National Drought Council (NDC)
Created in September 2000, NDC works to implement, integrate, and coordinate programs that reduce drought impacts.
International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC)
International governmental organization that ensures the application of boundary and water treaties between the US and Mexico and settles differences in the treaties. Includes reservoir and stream data, water quality reports, descriptions of treaties, links to additional data, and more. Information in English.
International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Collaboration between the NOAA Office of Global Programs; this research and training program offers summaries of global climate events and their impacts, seasonal climate outlooks and forecast evaluation, prediction modeling and other climate-related products.
Intertribal Council of Arizona
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Jetstream - On-line Weather School
How's and why's of the atmosphere and weather, plus weather safety information.
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Land Use History of North America
Broad-ranging USGS program dedicated to providing a historical context for understanding ongoing changes in land cover and land use; includes several regional and paleo studies.
Land Use History of North America (LUHNA)
Examines historical vegetation and land use patterns and anthropogenic changes to them through reports on topics such as agricultural change and population growth, urban sprawl and soil resources, species shifts, and other regional land use studies.
Landscape and Fire Ecology Studies at Bandelier National Monument and the Jemez Mountains
Description of a project to reconstruct environmental histories of the Jemez and Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico.
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Maricopa Association of Governments
Maricopa County Environmental Services
Matrix CGI Consulting
Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
Mesoscale Ecological Responses to Climatic Variability in the American Southwest
Report using tree ring data to reconstruct climate variability over centuries in the U.S. southwest; part of a U.S. Global Change Research Program interactive workshop on the Impact of Climate Change and Land Use in the Southwestern United States.
Mexican Weather Roundup
Recently observed weather conditions in Mexico, divided by region. Information in English.
Mexico Rio Grande Water Deliveries
Data sheet from the International Boundary and Water Commission that shows Mexico's deficits in Rio Grande water deliveries. Updated weekly, with data available since November 15, 2004. Information in English.
Monitor AgroClimatico
General weather, climate, and geographic information for agriculture and cattle ranching. Text mainly in Spanish with maps and analyses in English and Spanish.
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NASA Global Change Master Directory
Descriptions of Earth science data sets and services relevant to global change research, encompassing agriculture, the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and oceans, snow and ice, geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, and human dimensions of global change.
NASA Remote Sensing Applications Center (Southwest RESAC)
National Agricultural Decision Support System
Decision support tools for agricultural producers for determining risks associated with drought and flood.
National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
This arm of NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) supplies National Weather Service field offices, government agencies, emergency managers, private sector meteorologists, and meteorological organizations and societies throughout the world with a wide variety of national and international weather products; the starting point for nearly all weather and climate forecasts in the U.S.
National Climatic Data Center
Billing itself as "the world's largest archive of weather data," this NOAA store offers online subscriptions to a variety of global, national, state and local weather reports and forecasts, CD-ROMs and files of climate data, maps and charts, and myriad other weather and climate products.
National Climatic Data Center - State-by-State Climate Division Map Listing
Climate division maps of all 50 states (no text).
National Climatic Data Center Drought Termination and Amelioration
Features a calculator for determining how much precipitation is needed to end drought for every NOAA climate division in the U.S.
National Climatic Data Center Drought Termination and Amelioration Ending Current Drought
Maps depicting the precipitation, associated probabilities and percent of normal precipitation needed to end or ameliorate drought as it currently exists across the country. Twelve of the images depict the amount of precipitation needed for drought termination and amelioration over time scales from 1 to 6 months. Twelve images depict the associated probabilities of receiving the necessary amount of precipitation. The final 12 images depict the percent of normal precipitation which is required to end or ameliorate drought.
National Drought Mitigation Center
Group that develops and implements model drought policies and management/mitigation measures to reduce drought impacts and promote economic and environmental sustainability in the West.; on hiatus since Spring 1999.
National Drought Mitigation Center
National Drought Mitigation Center Drought Monitor
A synthesis of multiple indices, outlooks and news accounts from federal, regional and state agencies that represents a consensus of federal and academic scientists in determining drought and its impacts.
National Drought Policy Commission
Synthesizes the activities carried out by this interagency commission, comprised of members from federal, state, tribal, and local governments, in order to mitigate the cross-cutting impacts of drought in the United States.
National Fire Plan
A joint effort between the USDA Forest Service and the Department of the Interior that focuses on areas where communities encroach fire-prone land. Provides technical, financial, and resource guidance and support for wildland fire management.
National Interagency Coordination Center
Information on current and historical fire occurrence for the U.S. Includes fire outlook maps, fire news, fire management reference and report materials, and links to fire danger outlooks nationwide.
National Interagency Fire Center
Seven federal agencies combine to provide current wildland fire information, fire coordination services, national wildland fire outlooks and assessments, fire statistics and maps.
National Park Service
National Park Service Public Use Statistics Office
National Phenology Network [PDF, 416 KB]
Seeks to collect data on the timing of seasonal cycles of plants and animals.
National Seasonal Assessment Workshops
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data, research, and news concerning the state of the cryosphere.
National Snow and Ice Data Center Photo Database
Photographic database with over 3,000 glacier photos.
National Water and Climate Center (USDA-NRCS)
Spatial snow, water, climate, and hydrologic network of information and technology.
National Weather Service
Weather data, warnings, forecasts, current conditions and weather maps on international, national and regional levels.
National Weather Service Albuquerque, New Mexico
Current weather, forecasts, and climate records for northern and central New Mexico.
National Weather Service El Paso, Texas
Current weather, forecasts, and climate records for south central and southwest New Mexico and far west Texas.
National Weather Service Flagstaff, Arizona
Current weather, forecasts, and climate records for northern Arizona.
National Weather Service Las Vegas, Nevada
Current weather, forecasts, and climate records for southern Nevada, northwestern Arizona, southeastern California and southwestern Utah.
National Weather Service Phoenix, Arizona
Current weather, forecasts, and climate records for central and southwestern Arizona.
National Weather Service Tucson Experimental Graphical Forecasts for Southeast Arizona
Select forecast parameters such as temperature, dew point, humidity and sky cover to receive a digital forecast for the selected point at 2.5 km grid resolution.
National Weather Service Tucson Precipitation Frequency
Recurrence intervals of rain events for weather observation stations in Arizona.
National Weather Service Tucson Prototype Digital Forecasts for Southeastern Arizona
Obtain forecasts for any location in southeastern Arizona by clicking on a map of the region; provides prototype weather information based on the NWS gridded forecast (IFPS) database.
National Weather Service Tucson, Arizona
Current weather, forecasts, and climate records for southeastern Arizona.
National Weather Service Western Region
Weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the western U.S.
Navajo Nation
NCAR: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Research and outreach on atmospheric and related science problems of the earth system, including climate change, changes in atmospheric composition, Earth-Sun interactions, weather formation and forecasting, and the impacts of these components on human societies.
NCAR-RISA Collaboration
Description of National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment (RISA) Program collaborations.
NCDC Climate Resources
Datasets of surface, marine and upper air information updated hourly or daily and summarized; publications, reports, maps and other data sources available.
NCDC National Climatic Data Center Climatic Data Online
Listing of on-line data sources, including most popular data and products, international hazard support capabilities, and digital datasets.
NEDI National Environmental Data Index
One-stop access to government environmental data holdings and information descriptions from a variety of agencies, including USDA, Department of Interior, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and many others.
New England Integrated Assessment
New Mexico Climate Center (Office of the New Mexico State Climatologist)
Climate information from the state climatologist of New Mexico (New Mexico State University), including data collected from the NWS cooperative observer program and an automated weather data network. Climate data is available for specific geographical areas and time frames.
New Mexico Climate Change Advisory Group
The New Mexico Climate Change Advisory Group reviews and provides recommendations to the Governor's office regarding climate change policy
New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service
Outreach arm of New Mexico State University's College of Agriculture and Home Economics in Las Cruces. Information about agricultural, gardening, food and nutrition, and community programs. Links to county extension offices and publications.
New Mexico Drought Monitor
Monthly hydrological and meteorological drought status maps for New Mexico produced by the New Mexico State Drought Monitoring Committee.
New Mexico Drought Task Force
The website for the New Mexico Governor's Drought Task Force provides information on climate change, drought plans, conditions, and forecasts, and the functions of the task force.
New Mexico Drought Working Group
New Mexico Farm*A*Syst
The New Mexico Farm*A*Syst system is a voluntary and confidential groundwater protection program for rural New Mexicans. It provides fact sheets and worksheets that allow users to determine potential risks to groundwater on their property.
New Mexico Governor's Drought Task Force
Drought plan for New Mexico that assesses where the state is vulnerable to drought impacts, what can be done to minimize the impact of a drought before it occurs, and planned responses for dealing with drought.
New Mexico Office of the State Engineer
New Mexico Rural Water Association
New Mexico State Forestry
Information about fire plans, forest and watershed health plans, fire management, forest management, news releases, and more. A division of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department.
NGDC National Geophysical Data Center
Access to more than 300 digital and analog databases of geophysical information, covering bathymetry/topography, geomagnetism, habitat, hazards, ocean geosciences, paleoclimate, snow and ice, solar and space weather, etc.
NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC)
NOAA site focused on assessing and forecasting the impacts of short-term climate variability and weather-related extreme events. Includes assessments of drought and other climate threats, and outlooks, monitoring and data.
NOAA Climate Prediction Center Global Precipitation Monitoring
Graphs of accumulated and observed precipitation for the most recent 30, 90 and 365 days for selected cities.
NOAA Climate Services Division
NOAA Colorado Basin River Forecast Center
NOAA El Niño Page
Offers explanations of the El Niño phenomenon, complete listings of NOAA El Niño sites for forecasts, observations, research and education, as well as links to La Niña information.
NOAA Hydrologic Information Center Drought Page
Links to drought statements issued by regional National Weather Service offices, maps providing drought information, and web sites providing real-time and background information on drought in the U.S.
NOAA Hydrologic Information Center Soil Information
Links to the Palmer Drought Severity Index, Crop Moisture Index, Soil Moisture Monitoring, Prediction and Outlook, and the Keetch-Byram Drought Index.
NOAA Hydrologic Information Center--Current Hydrologic Conditions
Information on current flooding, historic flood and hydrological records, river stages and forecasts, drought, soil moisture, snow conditions, and water supply and meteorological outlooks.
NOAA La Niña page
Offers explanations of the La Niña phenomenon, listings of La Niña sites for forecasts, observations, impacts, research and education, and the results of a recent La Niña summit.
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Information about the organization and structure of NOAA, research initiatives and results, current and historical weather and climate events and trends, and a wealth of links to NOAA entities.
NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
Project descriptions, data, journal articles, and links to other sites related to the study of climate of the distant past (prior to human-measured records). Major subject areas include fire, tree rings, ice cores, pollen, boreholes, modeling, coral, and lake sediments.
NOAA paleo-drought information
Spanish version of "North American Drought: A Paleo-Perspective" from the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program.
NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA)
Information about NOAA's innovative program to support science that integrates biophysical and social science investigations with applications to climate sensitive concerns of regional decision makers.
NOAA Server
Access to NOAA data and information; search by keyword, time range and geographical coverage, or select from fourteen different databases according to specific criteria.
NOAA/PMEL/TAO Frequently Asked Questions about Climate, El Niño and La Niña
List of answers to questions regarding what El Niño and La Niña are, why they occur, their impacts and frequency, current global forecasts and advisories, and a host of other related topics and links.
NOAA-CIRES Western Water Assessment
An interdisciplinary research project linking climate, water resources, and society with stakeholders; focused on the Interior West region, which encompasses the upper or upper-middle portions of the South Platte, Arkansas, Colorado, and Rio Grande drainages.
NOAA's Drought Information Center
Roundup of the various NOAA Web sites and information on drought and climate conditions, including the U.S. Drought Monitor, Seasonal Drought Outlook, Threats Assessment, etc.
NOAA's La Niña Information
Basic information regarding what La Niña is, when, why and how it occurs, its impacts, and links to other sites with La Niña information.
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Satellite images of surface ‘greenness’ from the US Forest Service Wildland Fire Assessment System.
North American Drought Monitor (NADM)
Maps and text discussion of drought conditions across North America from NCDC. Maps available in English, Spanish, and French; text discussions available in English and Spanish.
North American Drought: A Paleo Perspective
Summary of the use of paleoclimatic data, such as tree rings and lake sediment, to provide information about past droughts and about the natural variability of drought over periods of 10's to 1000's of years.
Northeast Regional Climate Center
Northern Arizona University
NRCS Arizona Office
Arizona page of the Natural Resources Conservation Service; includes Arizona plants lists, conservation assistance and incentive programs available in Arizona, Arizona conservation partners and other information.
NRCS National Water and Climate Center
Spatial snow, water, climate, and hydrologic network of information and technology.
NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service
A wide array of information on conserving, maintaining, and improving natural resources and the environment; includes programs on water conservation and supply forecasting, snow surveys, and watershed protection, surveys, and planning.
NWS Internet Weather Source
Most recently observed conditions for locations throughout Mexico. Information in English.
NWS Phoenix - The Climate Vault
Offers both current and historical climate data for Phoenix, Arizona as well as other cities throughout the Southwestern U.S., including archived satellite and radar imagery, sun(moon)rise and sun(moon)set data, and climate means and extremes.
NWS Tucson - The Climate Page
A comprehensive source for Tucson climate information with daily climate reports, record highs, and monthly normals and extremes available.
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Office of Arid Lands Studies
Office of the State Climatologist for Arizona
Monthly statewide temperature and precipitation graphs and maps; tables and graphs of climate norms and historical data (Arizona State University).
Oregon Climate Service: Pacific Northwest climate information
Source of detailed Oregon climate information ranging from climate maps, weather maps, and climate data to observations, forecasts and satellite data.
Our Changing Planet
Annual description and plans of the U.S. Global Change Program explaining the state of the art in U.S. global climate change research and related issues.
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Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security
Independent non-profit institute researching international security, environmental change, and sustainable development; collaborating with other organizations and individuals; and working on developing solutions with policymakers, activists and the general public. Several water and climate change projects and publications.
Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Group
An integrated assessment of the impacts of climate variability and climate change on the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Research theme pages with overviews, reports and publications include integrated assessment, human dimensions, climate dynamics, hydrology and water resources, salmon, forests and coasts.
Pacific RISA
PACS PanAmerican Climate Studies
A component of the U.S. Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System (GOALS) program aimed at extending the scope and improving the skill of operational seasonal-to-interannual climate prediction over the Americas. Research projects on a variety of topics pertaining to understanding variations of the atmosphere-land-ocean system and their effects on the climate of the Americas.
Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI)
Weekly values of PDSI by climate division from the US Forest Service Wildland Fire Assessment System.
Pan American Health Organization
A Regional Office of the World Health Organization providing health-related news, current medical breakthroughs, data, and information resources for the Americas.
Pasture and Rangeland Conditions
National maps showing the percentage of state pasture and rangeland conditions as ‘good’ or ‘poor’.
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
A non-profit, non-partisan organization with information on solutions to global warming
Phoenix NWS
Drought information, links, and monitoring from the Phoenix National Weather Service office.
Pima Association of Governments
Pima County Department of Environmental Quality
Pinal County Air Quality Department
Precipitation/Drought Overlay
Weekly national precipitation data overlaid with US Drought Monitor boundaries.
PRISM Project: Digital climate maps plus reports and papers
Access to digital maps for the Unites States as a whole, for U.S. regions and for some States. Maps are created using point data, digital elevation models, and other spatial data sets to estimate climate on a variety of time scales and generate gridded maps.
Program for Climate, Ecosystem and Fire Applications
Products and information related to climate, weather, fire and natural resources, including fire forecasts and maps, vegetation and fuel information, and reports and analysis of past fire seasons.
Project on Modeling and Projecting Colorado Plateau Vegetation Changes
Abstract and citation information for "Regional Dynamic Vegetation Model for the Colorado Plateau: A Species- Specific Approach"
Pyrogeography Research Laboratory
University of Arizona laboratory using remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) to conduct fire fuels mapping and modeling projects, chiefly in the Southwestern U.S.
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Rainlog
An interactive precipitation monitoring network that allows users to enter rainfall amounts recorded from home rain gauges.
Research Opportunities for Climate and Society Interactions in the North American Monsoon Region
Information and an electronic version of the proceedings based on the workshop, Applications and Human Dimensions of Monsoon Research, held in Tucson, AZ, June 2001.
Reservoir Levels
Reservoir level summaries for Western states from the National Resource Conservation Center.
Rio Grande Basin Initiative
The Rio Grande Basin Initiative promotes "Efficient Irrigation for Water Conservation in the Rio Grande Basin," providing information on 9 major task areas, including urban water conservation, irrigation education and training, institutional incentives for water use, saline and wastewater management and reuse, and environment, ecology, and water protection.
Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin Coalition
Multi-national, multi-cultural organization concerned with restoration and sustainability of the environment, economies, and social well-being of communities in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin. Includes links to publications, maps, facts about the basin, and links to other US and Mexican organizations. Available in English and Spanish.
Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research, Inc.
Non-profit conducting tree ring research for use in fire history, paleoclimatology, and forest ecology and management; also has information about Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek opportunities.
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SAHRA News Updates
Research by the UA's center fo Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas
SAHRA Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas
NSF Science and Technology Center housed at the University of Arizona is dedicated to scientific research, education, and public outreach aimed at helping communities in semi-arid regions manage their water resources in a sustainable manner.
Salt River Project
Salt River Project Daily Water Reports
Access to water supply and streamflow data for watersheds administered by Salt River Project.
San Carlos Apache Tribe
Santa Rita Experimental Range Repeat Photography
An archive of photographs taken repeatedly over the years from 117 sites throughout the Santa Rita Experimental Range in southeastern Arizona.
Science Policy Assessment and Research on Climate (CU-Boulder)
SPARC conducts research, education, and outreach to improve the ability of
climate science policies to support climate-related decision making.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Climate Research Division
Information regarding their research on the development of coupled global ocean and atmosphere models, assessing the role of cloud radiation feedbacks in climate change, and modeling and predicting seasonal climate variability.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Experimental Climate Prediction Center
Experimental global to regional predictions of the atmosphere, ocean, and land, at daily to interannual time scales, in collaboration with international partners.
Seattle Climate Action Plan
A global warming mitigation plan assembled by the city government, businesses, and non-profit organizations. The plan serves as a model for other U.S. cities to develop global warming mitigation actions