Physical Geography Links

United States Weather

• National Weather Service excellent satellite images
• Winds - amazing graphics of global winds in real time!
• Leeward Side of Mountains - Clouds rolling over the lee side of a hill
• Laboratory Demonstrations of Planetary-Style Fluid Dynamics
  
  

Landforms

• Earth Splits apart - Divergent Plates (YouTube)
• Attrition of mud sediment in SF Bay (YouTube)
  

Maps & GIS

• Free maps - http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
• Atlas maps - Perry Castañeda Library Map Collection
• GeoSpatial Revolutions - great intro. to modern GIS (2010)
  
  

Miscellaneous

• Sundial vs. clock time calculations
  
  

Films, etc.

• Earth from Space - linked to Sierra College Library - Kanopy streaming
• George Steinmetz Photographer (unique aerial)
• Great Rivers of Yunnan
  
  

Sierra College

• Sierra College Learning Resources

 

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