This list is under construction. Date of last update is 31 March 2000.

Hurricane and Typhoon Links

Joint Typhoon Warning Center

(A+) US Navy and Air Force meteorological site for Pacific typhoons with current bulletins and storm data and imagery and historical summary records of previous seasonal activity back to 1959

53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

(A) includes history of aerial hurricane reconnaissance and unit, data on current and past season storms, information on weather products, variety of fact sheets, and a homework help page

National Hurricane Center Tropical Prediction Center

(A+) current tropical weather advisories, hurricane technical data including strike probabilities, current tropical weather summaries, historical data by season and explanations of current models

Natural Disasters - Forecasting Hurricane Occurrence, Economic and Life Losses

(A+) examines relationship between life and property loss, suggests that hurricanes exhibit scaling behavior for both factors, and proposes this can be used for prediction of hurricane impacts

USGS Responds to Hurricanes of 1999

(A+) technically oriented news releases dealing with coastal erosion, mapping, ecosystem and wildlife changes, and rainfall impacts of 1999 hurricane season storms

USGS Hurricanes from Previous Years

(A+) reports and technically oriented news releases dealing with coastal erosion, mapping, ecosystem and wildlife changes, and rainfall impacts of storms to the 1996 hurricane season

National Climatic Data Center - Hurricanes

(A+) map of United States landfall locations of hurricanes 1901-1996, special reports on specific hurricanes, including history and resulting damage, and on seasons and other related topics to 1992

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