Geography/IES 120:
Global Physical Environments
Links and Resources
Course Resources
Password-Protected
Course Materials (Forum, Handouts,
and Grades) (NetID required)
Companion
Website for Geosystems Sample
quizzes, review questions, etc.
Purchase Online Version of Geosystems
GIS & Remote Sensing
Map Projections - USGS
Remote Sensing - NASA Lots of
cool remote-sensing images
Remote Sensing - Global Land Cover
Facility Good source for remote sensing data
and land-cover change images
Climate
Global
Climate Animations - University of Oregon
Paleoclimatology - NOAA Educational
information and resources relevant to past climates
Climate Extremes and
Impacts - NOAA List of US Weather disasters costing over $1
billion
Climate Extremes and
Impacts - U of Colorado Good gateway site
Climate Change
Intergovernmental
Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC):
Fourth Assessment Report (2007)-Summary
for Policy Makers
Third Assessment Report (2001)-Summary
for Policy Makers
All
of Third Assessment Report (2001)
National
Research
Council Report on Climate Change Science
Ozone
NOAA Short summary
of CFC’s, their effect on ozone, and Montreal Protocol
UN Environmental Programme 2002
Assessment Report on Ozone from UN Environmental Programme (and other
publications)
Earthquakes
USGS earthquake website