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The WWW is a hypertext-based, distributed information system created by researchers
in Switzerland. Users may create, edit, or browse hypertext documents. The WWW
servers are interconnected to allow a user to travel the Web from any starting point.


Address: Description:


http://cmits02.dow.on.doe.ca Canadian Meteorological Centre — current
GOES visible and infrared images in jpeg format
(Text in English and French)


http://meawx1.nrrc.ncsu.edu North Carolina State University server, includes
latest visible and infrared satellite images, current
regional and national weather maps, climatic
data, tropical storm updates, and other weather-
related information


http://vortex.plymouth.edu Plymouth State College-Plymouth, New
Hampshire Weather Center Server, includes cur-
rent U.S. infrared satellite images and IR satellite
loop (movie), surface analysis and radar/precipi-
tation summary, historical weather events and
other weather-related information


http://rs560.cl.msu.edu/weather Michigan State University server containing cur-
rent weather maps, images (GOES, Meteosat,
and GMS), and movies


http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu University of Hawaii Satellite Oceanography
Laboratory server


http://thunder.atms.purdue.edu The Weather Processor at Purdue University —
server containing GOES visible and IR satellite
images and other weather and climate inform a t i o n


http://unidata.ucar.edu Weather-related datasets, including satellite
images, radar scan images, hourly observations
f rom international weather re p o rting stations, etc.


http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu University of Illinois Daily Planet, including
weather and climate information, hypermedia
instructional modules related to meteorology,
and WWW version of the University of Illinois
Weather Machine, which includes current and
archived GOES images


http://www.esdim.noaa.gov NOAA Environmental Satellite Information
Services Home Page


http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/ The World Wide Web Virtual Library:
DataSources/MetIndex.html Meteorology—produced by the University of
Berlin, this server is categorized by subject.


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