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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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fire Weather Forecasts (National Weather Service)
Daily maps of critical to extreme fire weather for the continental U.S.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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 Weather Service
Weather data, warnings, forecasts, current conditions and weather maps on international, national and regional levels.

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 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 Western Region
Weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the western U.S.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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"

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.

Three-States Water Project
Precipitation, temperature, snow and stream flow measurements for Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado, including current conditions, past data and climatologies, forecasts and historical relationships.

Water Quality Information Center at the National Agricultural Library
Links to drought and weather prediction and monitoring tools; drought and weather organizations; and reports, papers, articles, and news services.

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