Western State College of Colorado

Geology

Databases and Government Agency Web Sites

• GeoScienceWorld (on campus users only) - "A comprehensive Internet resource for research and communications in the geosciences," including full-text articles from over 35 journals and over 2.6 million citations and abstracts from the GeoRef database, the most comprehensive database in the geosciences.

• Science.gov - a U.S. government science portal

• American Museum of Natural History Scientific Publications

• United States Geological Survey
  • National Geologic Map Database - resource for maps and related data about geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology.

• National Oceanic & Atomopheric Administration (NOAA).
  
• National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
  • National Geophysical Data Center - a resource for glaciology, marine geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, solar terrestrial physics, and solid earth geophysics; includes the Snow and Ice Data Center.
    
• Smithsonian: Geology

Climate

• Colorado Climate Summaries (Western Regional Climate Center) - Select a weather station for climate data, including temperature and precipitation. Historic data available.

  • Climate for Gunnison and Crested Butte

• Common Sense Climate Index (NASA) - "An index of climate change based on practical climate indicators such as heating degree days and the frequency of intense precipitation." Select a weather station and view charts on annual temperature variations.

  • Hansen, J., Mki. Sato, J. Glascoe, and R. Ruedy 1998. A common sense climate index: Is climate changing noticeably?. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 95, 4113-4120. - Definition of the Common Sense Climate Index.

• National Climatic Data Center (NOAA) - "The world's largest archive of climate data, past and present."

• National Weather Service (NOAA) - "Provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts."

• Colorado Climate Center (Colorado State University) - assists the state in "monitoring climate over time scales of weeks to years."

Mineralogy

• Mineralogy Database (David Barthelmy, petroleum geology consultant) - over 4,400 "individual mineral species descriptions with links and a comprehensive image library."

Volcanos

• How Volcanoes Work (San Diego State University)

• VolcanoWorld (University of North Dakota)

• Volcano Hazards Program (U.S. Geological Survey) - link to specific volcano obsevatories and learn about historical eruptions.

Water

• Colorado Water Knowledge (Colorado State University)

• Colorado Water Resources Research Institute (Colorado State University)

• Surf Your Watershed (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

• Water Resources of the United States (U.S. Geological Survey)

• Western Waters (Greater Western Library Alliance) - "chronicles water usage and conservation for the Western United States"

• Online Documents Covering Water and Agriculture (U.S. National Agricultural Library)

• Water Information Center (National Academies) - "more than 100 peer reviewed reports from the National Academies that offer independent, objective advice on many water-related issues in the United States and abroad"

Updated July 2006
Send Comments to Jeremy Nelson, jnelson@western.edu