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Saturday, July 04th 2009
Climate and Weather
NEISA (UNH: New England Integrated Sciences and Assessment)
Compilations of historic weather data for many NE stations (1912-2006)
http://neisa.unh.edu/Climate/index.html
Jeepers Peepers (Maine Phenology)
http://www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/doceducation/jeepers/index.htm
National Atmospheric Deposition Program
Precip amounts, pH, and anion/cation chem for seveal ME stations
http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu/nadpdata/state.asp?state=ME
National Mercury Deposition Network Program
Mercury amts in precip for several ME stations
http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu/mdn/
National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml
National Climate Data Center (NOAA)
Historic weather records for many US stations
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/stationlocator.html
National Weather Service Forcasts (NOAA)
Weather forecasts, storm warnings, Daily min/max temps & precip for past week.
http://www.weather.gov/
Atmosphere
Maine DEP Ozone monitoring
Ozone data for several stations in Maine
http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/ozone/currentdata.html
AIRNOW
http://www.airnow.gov
EPA Air Explorer
More technical than AIR NOW, more kinds of data
http://www.epa.gov/airexplorer
Maine DEP Air pollution data
Somewhat easy to use
http://http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/air_quality/aq_step01.php
Freshwater, streams, lakes, groundwater
PEARL
http://www.pearl.maine.edu
USGS Streamflow Monitoring
http://water.usgs.gov/me/nwis/rt
Downeast Salmon Federation
http://www.mainesalmonrivers.org/
USGS National water data
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
Maine groundwater monitoring
http://groundwaterwatch.usgs.gov/StateMaps/ME.html
USGS Lake ice-out data
http://me.water.usgs.gov/iceout.html
Coastal and Marine data
NOAA/ Natl Ocean Service (NOS)
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov
Gulf of Maine Ocean Observation System (bouy data)
Buoy data include water temp, salinity, wind speed & direction, wave ht...etc.
http://www.gomoos.org
National Data Buoy Center
Includes marine monitoring buoys worldwide
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
The Maine Beach Profiling Project
Volunteer monitoring for bacteria at coastal swim beaches
http://www.geology.um.maine.edu/beach/
National Estuarine Research Reserve System data center
http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/
Maine Healthy Beaches (Swimming beach monitoring)
Monitor
http:// www.MaineHealthyBeaches.org
JPL Ocean salinity, temp, density
Global maps of ocean based on actual data and interpolation
http://ourocean.jpl.nasa.gov:8080/AQUARIUS/index.jsp?imageType=S&source=Atlas&longtitude=-37.5&latitude=35.5&overlayed=on&selectedSource=Atlas&refresh=of&selectedImageType=S&plotname=%2Fimages%2Fgenerating.gif&requestor=JSP&delete_p=false&switchType=
Forests and Wildlife
Audubon Christmas Bird Count
http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/index.html
Cornell: Project Feeder Watch
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/
USGS Breeding Bird Survey
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/bbs.html
USDA Forest Inventory Analysis
http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/fia/spatial/index_ss.html
Environmental monitoring, all types
Index of Maine Monitoring Programs
http://www.memapindex.org
Energy Information Administration
Gov't stats on energy use & production, national & state by state
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
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