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 James Dyer
Associate Professor of Geography


Useful Links
Spring Wildflowers from Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Map of Dominant Soil Orders in the U.S.
Physiographic Map of the U.S.
Climate maps from NCDC
Pollen Viewer - WDC for Paleoclimatology
Global Land Environments During the Last 130,000 Years
Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study
Vegetation Classification: Background from USGS - NPS Vegetation Mapping Program
A Physiognomic Classification of Vegetation by A.W. Kuchler, 1949.
Kuchler's vegetation types legend
Trees and Shrubs of Southeastern Ohio
What tree is it?
Ohio's Trees
Silvics of North America
Patch Analyst
FRAGSTATS Documentation
Land Use History of North America

U.S. Census Bureau Site
Ohio County Map
Market Segments Variable List
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Data
EPA Basins (Better Assessment Science Integrating point and Nonpoint Sources) Site
Ohio Metadata Server
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER files (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system): Cartographic Boundary Files
USGS National Map Seamless Data Distribution System
USGS Geographic Data
Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (EPA site that includes links to several spatial products)
USDA's Geospatial Data Gateway ("one-stop source" for natural resources data)
SSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic Database)- digital versions of USDA soil survey maps for selected areas in the U.S.
STATSGO (State Soil Geographic Database) - state maps made by generalizing the detailed USDA soil survey data
Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Ohio Geological Survey's Digital Base Maps
Ohio Department of Natural Resources - GIMS (Geographic Information Management Systems)
Athens County Geographic Information System Site
GIS Data Depot - Free GIS Data
Color Landform Atlas of the United States
National Geographic Maps and Geography (including link to Map Machine from National Geographic / ESRI)
TopoZone - Topographic Maps
TerraServer.com
Google Earth
 WebWIMP - The Web-based, Water-Budget, Interactive, Modeling Program
Real-Time Gage Height and Discharge Calculations for the Hocking River at Athens, from the USGS
Weather summary (including precipitation) for the current month
Weather Observations on the Web

Weather Images

Clouds (sample images):
The Weather Doctor's Basic Cloud Atlas
Cloudman's Mini Cloud Atlas
Der Karlsruher Wolkenatlas
Gordo's Cloud Gallery Index
Movie Clips of Tornados and Hurricanes:
Tornado and Hurricane  (and more Hurricane) Video Clips
More:  Hurricane Bertha (1996), Hurricane Andrew (1992), Hurricane Felix (2001), Hurricane Erin (2001)

Biogeography:
Explore the World's Biomes (and Biogeographic Methods) -- assembled by Lori Daniels at the Univeristy of British Columbia Department of Geography
Twelve Soil Orders, from University of Idaho Soil Science Division
Biome Facts and Photos from Susan Woodward at Radford University

Plate Tectonics, Geomorphology:
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
Real-time Forecast of Earthquake Hazard in the Next 24 Hours (for California)
"Asia's Deadly Waves" -- New York Times site focusing on the December 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean
USGS Volcano Hazards Program
Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Project
Interactive Geology & Topography Map from USGS
Geology by Light Plane -- Geomorphology photographs
Glacial Surge: Hubbard Glacier in Alaska

Landform Exercises:
Fluvial (from the Cerritos College Department of Earth Science On-Line Tutorial Center):
Drainage Pattern and Stream Order
Identification of Fluvial Landforms
Glacial:
Glacial Landforms (Cerritos College Department of Earth Science On-Line Tutorial Center)
Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacial Landforms from the Virtual Geography Department.  Try the exercises!
Coastal:
Identification of Typical Coastal Landforms (Cerritos College Department of Earth Science On-Line Tutorial Center)

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