URL path allows simple queries of past events & climate conditions.
a visualization of global weather conditions
forecast by supercomputers
updated every three hours
ocean surface current estimates
updated every five days
ocean surface temperatures and
anomaly from daily average (1981-2011)
updated daily
ocean waves
updated every three hours
aurora
updated every thirty minutes
| Wind | wind speed at specified height |
| Temp | temperature at specified height |
| RH | relative humidity at specified height |
| WPD | Instantaneous Wind Power Density measure of power available in the wind: ½ρv3, where ρ is air density and v is wind velocity |
| TPW | Total Precipitable Water total amount of water in a column of air stretching from ground to space |
| TCW | Total Cloud Water total amount of water in clouds in a column of air from ground to space |
| 3HPA | 3-hour Precipitation Accumulation amount of precipitation over the next three hours |
| CAPE | Convective Available Potential Energy from Surface indicates the buoyancy of air, a measure of atmospheric instability and predictor of severe weather |
| MSLP | Mean Sea Level Pressure air pressure reduced to sea level |
| MI | Misery Index perceived air temperature as combination of heat index and wind chill |
| SST | Sea Surface Temperature temperature of the ocean surface |
| SSTA | Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly difference in ocean temperature from daily average during years 1981-2011 |
| HTSGW | Significant Wave Height roughly equal to mean wave height as estimated by a “trained observer” |
| COsc | Carbon Monoxide Surface Concentration the fraction of carbon monoxide present in air at the earth’s surface |
| CO2sc | Carbon Dioxide Surface Concentration the fraction of carbon dioxide present in air at the earth’s surface |
| SO2sm | Sulfur Dioxide Surface Mass amount of sulfur dioxide in the air near the earth’s surface |
| DUex | Dust Extinction the aerosol optical thickness (AOT) of light at 550 nm due to dust |
| SO4ex | Sulfate Extinction the aerosol optical thickness (AOT) of light at 550 nm due to sulfate |
| PM1 | Particulate Matter < 1 µm mass of atmospheric particles with a diameter less than 1 micron |
| PM2.5 | Particulate Matter < 2.5 µm mass of atmospheric particles with a diameter less than 2.5 microns |
| PM10 | Particulate Matter < 10 µm mass of atmospheric particles with a diameter less than 10 microns |
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