UV Links Page

Welcome to our Ultraviolet (UV) Links page.

We hope this newly formatted listing helps you more easily find the weather information you are looking for.

If you would like to recommend a site for inclusion, please let us know and we'll consider it.

If you find that a site doesn't work properly or that a link has become outdated, please let us know that as well. We'll update it promptly.

Until then, happy "surfing"!

Mike & Barbara (How the Weatherworks educators)

NOAA

Ozone shield - gopher://esdim1.esdim.noaa.gov/00/NOAA_systems/education/our-ozone-shield
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion - gopher://esdim1.esdim.noaa.gov/00/NOAA_systems/education/stratospheric_ozone_depletion
Tropospheric Ozone - gopher://esdim1.esdim.noaa.gov/00/NOAA_systems/education/tropospheric_ozone
Easy-to-read sesearch summaries about ozone and the troposphere.

NWS/EPA UV Forecast (link 1 is map; link 2 is text message):
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/uv_index/uvi_map.gif
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/uv_index/bulletin.txt
This is the official National Weather Service/EPA UV forecast map. A new map for tomorrow is posted about midday.

NWS UV Information
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/uv_index/uv_information.html
Includes information about what the UV Index is, how it varies, how it is calculated, and how UV forecasts are validated.

Ozone Hole
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/tovsto/archive/anim/
Historical still images and animations (listing) of the Southern Hemisphere ozone hole from polar orbiting satellites.

Solar Computer House
http://www.solcomhouse.com/OzoneHole.htm
Ozone Hole Background information, a discussion of Dobson units, and historical ozone hole imagery; refer to other parts of the site to learn about solar houses, find an interesting solar quaotation from Socrates, and much more.

UV Forecast Information
http://www.safesun.com/uv_map.html
UV Index Forecast maps for the world, the US, and Australia.

UV Meter - Product Information
http://www.safesun.com/
Information about the hand-held educational version of the Safesun UV Meter. Comes with cloud cards set and teacher's guide (separate elementary, middle, and high school activities). Order direct from How the Weatherworks web store.

This page was updated on May 17, 2000

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