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