Resources
General Books and Articles on Climate
Allmon, W. D., T. A. Smrecak, and R. M. Ross, 2010, Climate Change—Past Present & Future: A Very Short Guide , Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, 200 pp.
Committee on the Importance of Deep-Time Geologic Records for Understanding Climate Change Impacts, 2011, Understanding Earth’s Deep Past Lessons for Our Climate Future , National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
Karl, T. R., J. M. Melillo, and T. C. Peterson (eds.), 2009, Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, NY, 188 pp.. [PDF]
Kottek, M., J. Grieser, C. Beck, B. Rudolf, and F. Rubel, 2006, World map of Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated , Meterologische Zeitschrift, 15: 259 - 263.
Melillo, J. M., T. C. Richmond, and G. W. Yohe (eds.), 2014, Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment , US Global Change Research Program, 841 pp..
Retallack, Gregory J., 2007, Cenozoic paleoclimate on land in North America, Journal of Geology , 115: 271 - 294. [PDF]
Rosenzweig, C., A. Iglesius, X. B. Yang, P. R. Epstein, & E. Chivian, 2001, Climate change and extreme weather events—implications for food production, plant diseases, and pests , Global Change and Human Health, 2(2): 90 - 104 and NASA Publications Paper 24. [PDF]
Ruddiman, W. F., 2014, Earth’s Climate: Past and Future , 3rd edition, W. H. Freeman, New York, 445 pp.
General Websites on Climate
Climate , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Climate has Changed Throughout Earth’s History , National Park Service.
Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) . (A rich collection of resources for educators).
Envisioning Climate Change Using a Global Climate Model , by B. Youngman, M. Chandler, L. Sohl, M. Hafen, T. Ledley, S. Ackerman, and S. Kluge, SERC Earth Exploration Toolkit.
Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet , National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (Information about global climate change, including spectacular satellite images.)
Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network , Global Monitoring Division, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory. (Data and visualizations.)
Global Weather , Jetstream—Online School for Weather, National Weather Service.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) .
JetStream—Online School for Weather , National Weather Service, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
National Climate Assessment . (Reports summarizing impacts of climate change.)
National Weather Service , National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
NOAA’s El Nino Portal , National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
North America During the Last 150,000 Years , compiled by J. Adams.
Paleomap Project . (Maps and information about Earth’s tectonic and climate history.)
Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment , National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
US Map of Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification .
Weather Base . (Weather and climate data by country, state, and city.)
Weatherunderground Maps . (A variety of types of weather maps, including surface, temperature, moisture, wind, cloud cover, precipitation.)
State- or Region-specific Climate Resources
Changes in Streamflow Timing in the Western United States in Recent Decades , by Michael Dettinger, US Geological Survey Factsheet 2005-3018, March 2005, 4 pp.. [PDF]
Climate Change and Idaho , Environmental Protection Agency EPA 236-F-98-007f, September 1998, 4 pp.. [PDF]
Climate Change & The Data: Climate Change in Montana .
Climate Change Impacts: The Great Plains , Climate Nexus. [PDF]
Climate of Idaho , Western Regional Climate Center.
Climates of the States, Climatography of the United States 60, US Climate Normals , NOAA Satellite and Information Service
Our Changing Climate: Great Plains , National Climate Assessment.
Our Changing Climate: Northwest , National Climate Assessment. (Includes Idaho.)
The Paleontology Portal . (North American fossil record and geologic and climate histories, by state.)
Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment. Part 4. Climate of the U.S. Great Plains , by K. E. Kunkel, L. E. Stevens, S. E. Stevens, L. Sun, E. Janssen, D. Wuebbles, M. C. Kruk, D. P. Thomas, M. Shulski, N. Umphlett, K. Hubbard, K. Robbins, L. Romolo, A. Akyuz, T. Pathak, T. Bergantino, and J. G. Dobson, 2013, NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-4, 82 pp.
Weatherbase . (Monthly averages and forecasts for cities for each state.)
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