Open Textbooks

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Global Climate ChangeA 2 volume set on global climate change published in 2012 is available from the Directory of Open Access Books.
Virtual Course Material
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MIT Open CoursewareMIT's Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences department offers an extensive series of online courses. Courses generally include lecture videos, assignments, exams, and more.
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Practical Meteorology: An Algebra-based Survey of Atmospheric ScienceWritten by Roland Stull, University of British Columbia. Full OER textbook, used in upper-division undergraduate meteorology. Covers thermodynamics, radiation, cloud physics, wind, and weather forecasting.
Open Access Technical Reports
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NASA Technical Reports ServerThe NTRS has been a valuable resource for students, educators, researchers, and the public for access to NASA's current and historical technical literature since it was first released in 1994.
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NOAA National Climate Data CenterNOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is responsible for preserving, monitoring, assessing, and providing public access to the Nation's treasure of climate and historical weather data and information.
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Global Observing Systems Information CetnerThe GOSIC Portal provides convenient, central, one-stop access to data and information identified by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) and their partner programs, such as the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) and regional observing systems, such as the GOOS Regional Alliances (GRA).
Open Access Data Sources
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Cal-AdaptCal-Adapt has been designed to provide access to data and information that has been, and continues to be, produced by the State's scientific and research community. The data available in this site offer a view of how climate change might affect California at the local level. Here you can work with visualization tools, access data, and participate in community sharing to contribute your own knowledge.
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Earthdata Search (Powered by the Common Metadata Repository)Use this to search, filter, and access over 30,000 Earth science datasets that were previously listed in the Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Change Master Directory.
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U.S. National Climatic Data CenterNCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world. NCDC operates the World Data Center for Meteorology which is co-located at NCDC in Asheville, North Carolina, and the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology which is located in Boulder, Colorado.
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World Data SystemThe World Data System acquires, catalogs, and archives scientific data, including information on meteorology.
