---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Guide To Internet Services SunFLASH Vol 47 #6 November 1992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an article that was posted to comp.archives. It describes a number of services available via the Internet. -johnj A. Current weather images B. Current weather data C. Meteorological, oceanographic, and geophysical research data D. Other satellite images E. Map data F. Other stuff Alphabetical list of FTP and Telnet sites, with information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman) Newsgroups: comp.archives Subject: Guide To Internet Services Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci. Archive-name: auto/alt.internet.services/FOR-ALL-YOU-PEOPLE-WHO-KEEP-ASKING-SAT-WX-FTP Marshal Perlman <> Florida Institute of Technology <> (407) 768-8000 x 8435 Private Pilot - Airplane Single-Engine Land A. Current weather images ats.orst.edu GOES vis/IR images of North, Central America aurelie.soest.hawaii.edu SST data from AVHRR on NOAA-11, NOAA-12 cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk Meteosat vis/IR images of Europe marlin.jcu.edu.au GMS-4 images of Australia, TOGA/COARE area unidata.ucar.edu Surface maps (US, Europe, China), soundings uriacc.uri.edu NOAA-11 images of the northeast US vmd.cso.uiuc.edu GOES-7 vis/IR images, surface analyses over US B. Current weather data ats.orst.edu Some US city and Oregon weather forecasts hermes.merit.edu US weather forecasts, global reports madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 US weather forecasts, global reports ncardata.ucar.edu Colorado weather forecasts C. Meteorological, oceanographic, and geophysical research data cdiac.esd.ornl.gov Info on climate change topics ncardata.ucar.edu Info on datasets available from NCAR nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov Info on datasets available from NSSDC storm.mmm.ucar.edu STORM-FEST data pioneer.unm.edu Data and software from various CD-ROMs D. Other satellite images ames.arc.nasa.gov Various earth-from-space images pioneer.unm.edu Various images taken from CD-ROMs sanddunes.scd.ucar.edu AVHRR images of USA via telnet snow.nohrsc.nws.gov Snow cover maps of US from GOES sseop.jsc.nasa.gov Pictures taken from the space shuttle E. Map data csn.org Mapping software and datasets hanauma.stanford.edu CIA World Bank database, 0.5 deg elev dataset ncardata.ucar.edu Elevation data pioneer.unm.edu World atlas, census data, others spectrum.xerox.com Various USGS data F. Other stuff csn.org Information on other Internet resources delocn.udel.edu Software for oceanographic computations ncardata.ucar.edu Script to retrieve vmd.cso.uiuc.edu GIFs pioneer.unm.edu Image display software vmd.cso.uiuc.edu Documents on weather-related topics ****Alphabetical list of FTP and Telnet sites, with information**** This section provides expanded listings of the sites in the previous section. Remember to set the transfer type to "binary" when retrieving images! ames.arc.nasa.gov (FTP) Change directory to "SPACE/CDROM". Images from Magellan and Viking missions, other stuff. ats.orst.edu [128.193.120.19] (FTP) GOES IR and VIS images over North and Central America, plus a "floater" image which "could be anything." Also Oregon and US city forecasts. aurelie.soest.hawaii.edu [128.171.151.121] (FTP) Sea-Surface-Temperature data (near-real-time) in the directory "pub/avhrr/images". AVHRR images within the radius of reception of the university's HRPT station, approximately 5 S to 45 N and 125 W to 165 E. The processed images are available usually within 30 min. of NOAA-11 and NOAA-12 passages. Data are compressed binary in netCDF format (get documentation from unidata.ucar.edu FTP site) labelled by satellite name (n11/n12) and time. More info available from hrpt@hokulea.soest.hawaii.edu. cdiac.esd.ornl.gov [128.219.24.36] (FTP) Contains data and information on general and technical aspects of carbon dioxide, methane, and other trace gas emissions; the carbon cycle; and other climate-change topics from CDIAC (the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, address in section 3). The data for CDIAC's "Trends 91: A Compendium of Data on Global Change" is also available here. (Contact CDIAC at cdp@stc10.ctd.ornl.gov to obtain a copy of the book.) csn.org [128.138.213.21] (FTP) Change directory to "COGS". A large, frequently updated file containing detailed information on FTP sites, Bitnet and Usenet discussion groups, and data sources is located in the file "internet.resources.earth.sci". This file contains more information on mapping, GIS, remote sensing, and geology, subjects which are mostly outside the scope of this meteorology- oriented FAQ. Mapping software and datasets are also available in this directory. Contact bthoen@csn.org (Bill Thoen) for more information. cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk (FTP) Change directory to "images". IR and visible images of Europe from Meteosat, twice daily, in 1152 x 900 GIF format (size of Sun root window). The subdirectory "gifs" has smaller 3x daily images of the Nordic areas, the UK, and Europe. delocn.udel.edu (FTP) Change directory to "FORTRAN". Programs to do various oceanographic computations. Inquiries and calls for help can be addressed to walt@delocn.udel.edu. hanauma.stanford.edu [36.51.0.16] (FTP) The CIA World Bank database contains coastlines, rivers and political boundaries. An 0.5 degree elevation dataset is also there. A program for decoding the CIA data can be found as "mfil" on pi1.arc.umn.edu [137.66.130.11] (Info from ken@msc.edu) hermes.merit.edu [35.1.48.150] (Telnet) Type um-weather at the "Which Host?" prompt and use menus. (Connects to madlab.sprl.umich.edu) madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 [141.212.196.79] (Telnet) Include the "3000" when connecting to the machine. This is a menu driven system which has a large variety of information, including US and Canadian weather forecasts, ski conditions, earthquake reports, severe weather reports, and current weather conditions for some international cities. marlin.jcu.edu.au [137.219.16.14] (FTP) Change directory to "JCUMetSat". GMS-4 images updated regularly for various Australian states, Australia as a whole, the globe, the TOGA/COARE area, and events of interest such as cyclones. The images are in a format designed for the package JCUMetSat on Amiga computers, but can be converted to GIF format using the ALCHEMY software (shareware) available at this site. (More information on the format and images can be obtained from Professor C.J. Kikkert, eecjk@marlin.jcu.edu.au.) ncardata.ucar.edu [128.117.8.111] (FTP) Information on datasets available from NCAR (the National Center for Atmospheric Research), and a few small datasets. If you would like to order data after browsing this information, email to datahelp@ncar.ucar.edu. Small datasets can be provided by FTP; we also write various kinds of tapes. See the README file. A shell archive containing scripts to retrieve GIFs from vmd.cso.uiuc.edu, get_gifs, is located in the "weather" subdirectory. This subdirectory also contains Colorado weather and ski reports. A few special datasets are located in the FTP area, and are free. They are described in the file "pricing". These include a 1 deg resolution elevation dataset, a continental outline dataset, and a list of all WMO stations with latitude, longitude, and elevation. nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (FTP or Telnet) Telnet: The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) On-Line Data and Information Service (NODIS) is a menu-driven interactive system which provides information on services and data supported by NSSDC. Login as NSSDC. Some topics: Nimbus-7 GRID TOMS Data, Geophysical Models, Standards and Technology Information System. FTP: some information and actual data is also available via anonymous FTP. pioneer.unm.edu [129.24.9.217] (FTP) Change directory to "pub/info" and retrieve beginner-info, cd-list, newcd-list, and cd-schedule to get started. This machine is part of the Space and Planetary Image Facility (SPIF), sponsored by the Computer and Information Resource Technology group at UNM; it currently has 3 CD readers and expects to add more. You can use this machine to FTP data and software from a variety of CD-ROMs, including both research data and images. There is no charge for this service. Contact help@pioneer.unm.edu for more information. sanddunes.scd.ucar.edu (Telnet) AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) images from 1989 through 7 Jan 1992 cover CO, WY, KS, NE, and NM, as well as parts of AZ, UT, OK, and TX. Since 7 Jan 1992, coverage includes these plus CA, OR, NV, WA, and MT, to 1000 km off Pacific coast. Total coverage of US for 1989-present will be available soon. West coast data from 1980-1985 will be available some time this year. Images are 1024 lines x 1024 elements before 7 Jan 1992, 2560 lines x 1024 elements after. Images are 1 km resolution and 8-bit format. Contact Tim Kelley by email kelley@sanddunes.scd.ucar.edu or telephone 303/497-1221 for login, password, and manual. Service is free to Internet users and is funded by NASA. snow.nohrsc.nws.gov [192.46.108.1] (FTP) Change directory to "snow". Various snow-related images in GIF form. US snow cover map updated weekly. JPEG of current AVHRR images. Contact tim@snow.nohrsc.nws.gov (Tim Szeliga) for more info. spectrum.xerox.com [192.70.225.78] (FTP) Various USGS data in subdirectories under the directory "pub/map". sseop.jsc.nasa.gov [146.154.11.34] (FTP) Many pictures taken from the space shuttle. Files are in a 512x512 format as red, green, and blue bitmaps. Image files are binary format, and have .DAT as an extension. storm.mmm.ucar.edu [128.117.88.53] (FTP) Hourly and 5-minute composite surface observations, and composite rawinsonde soundings, from STORM-FEST, in the directories "/fest/hrly_sfc", "fest/5min_sfc", and "/fest/sounding", respectively. There is one file per day. The data are in ASCII. This data is a preliminary release. This FTP system will eventually be replaced by a different data access system, although the data will still be available via the new system. (Info from Mark Bradford, bradfrd2@ncar.ucar.edu) unidata.ucar.edu [128.117.140.3] (FTP) Change directory to "images". Weather radar summary map GIFS, surface maps for various places, a few soundings on skew-t log-p diagrams, GOES Hugo images (in subdirectory "images/hugo"). Surface maps include Europe and China. uriacc.uri.edu [131.128.1.1] (FTP) Change directory to "davet.195". Images of the northeast US in GIF format from the afternoon passes of NOAA-11. (Provided by Dave Tetreault, DAVET@uriacc.uri.edu.) vmd.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.98] (FTP) Change directory to "wx". GOES-7 visible and IR images over the US and Mexico, and surface analyses over the US, are available in GIF format. 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