Abstract:
The Department of Atmospheric Sciences (DAS) at the University
of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) would like to announce the
release of the 2nd edition of the Weather World 2010 (WW2010)
Educational CD-ROM. This resource is being constructed to
provide local access to the high-graphics version our entire
collection of Internet-based educational resources developed
through our participation in
... NSF's Collaborative Visualization
Project (CoVis). Most of these resources are currently available
in the Online Guides.
The CD-ROM includes the following features:
INSTRUCTIONAL MODULES - that use multimedia and the flexible
nature of the web to enhance the impact of educational
resources. These modules introduce and explain fundamental
topics in Meteorology (Pressure, Severe Storms, El Niqo,
Forecasting etc.), Remote Sensing (Radars and Satellites) and
how some of these aspects fit into the Hydrologic Cycle.
NOTE: The only resources found online and not on the CD-ROM are
the Tropical Cyclone tracker and 3-D VRML Hurricane. They will
still be accessible online from the CD-ROM.
ARCHIVED WEATHER DATA - and case studies of memorable weather
events like Hurricane Andrew, Storm of the Century and the April
19, 1996 Illinois Tornado Outbreak. Each case contains relevant
weather images, storm histories, photographs and eye-witness
accounts.
STUDENT PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES - (complete with answer keys)
that provide teachers with a meaningful way of integrating the
data and instructional resources into the classroom.
REAL-TIME WEATHER DATA - will also be accessible from selected
pages of the CD-ROM to allow the user to apply what they've
learned to current weather conditions. These pages will link to
relevant weather products accessible through our WW2010 web
server.
EFFICIENT NAVIGATION - that allows users to move between
hundreds of pages with only a few clicks and return easily.
These resources will be accessible from the CD-ROM by using any
standard web browser and the interface will be nearly identical
to their online counterparts. Therefore the same CD-ROM can be
used on a Macintosh or an PC.
ARCHIVED WEATHER DATA - and case studies of memorable weather
events like Hurricane Andrew, Storm of the Century and the April
19, 1996 Illinois Tornado Outbreak. Each case contains relevant
weather images, storm histories, photographs and eye-witness
accounts.
STUDENT PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES - (complete with answer keys)
that provide teachers with a meaningful way of integrating the
data and instructional resources into the classroom.
REAL-TIME WEATHER DATA - will also be accessible from selected
pages of the CD-ROM to allow the user to apply what they've
learned to current weather conditions. These pages will link to
relevant weather products accessible through our WW2010 web
server. 
