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Summary: Mailing lists and other resources

Archive-name: weather/groups
Last-modified: 9 Jan 1994

Recent changes:

  ==within last two weeks==
Added CLIMAT data users mailing list

  ==within last four weeks==
Added volcano mailing list
Added Wxsat mailing list archive for programs and gifs at kestrel.umd.edu

This is a guide to Internet resources for discussion of meteorology,
oceanography, and related disciplines.

 1)  Introduction
 2)  How to get a current copy of this document
 3)  Weather-related mailing lists
 4)  Newsgroups

Each (major) section has a "Subject:" line, so you can search on the
subject title above to find the section quickly.

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Subject:  Introduction

This is a list of resources for people wishing to discuss or learn about
meteorology, climatology, oceanography, and related disciplines.

This article is copyright (c) 1993 by Ilana Stern.  It may be freely
distributed for non-commercial purposes only, provided that this copyright
notice and the instructions on retrieving a current copy are not
removed.  The information in this article is provided as-is, with no
warranties or assurances as to its accuracy.  I prefer that archives
maintain current copies, since this information changes rapidly.  If
you would like to put this article in an archive and want to receive
a new copy automatically at every update, please send me email.

Corrections, additions, and comments should be sent to Ilana Stern at
[email-masked].  Please include in your message where you read
this document.  Note that if I know about it, it's in this document.

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Subject:  How to get a current copy of this document

If you are reading this document after 1 Feb 1994, you are reading an
outdated copy. A current copy can be obtained by anonymous FTP to
rtfm.mit.edu, from the file weather/groups in the directory
/pub/usenet/news.answers.  These files are updated every two weeks,
when a new copy is posted to sci.geo.meteorology, news.answers,
and sci.answers.

If you can't use FTP, send email to [email-masked] with
send /pub/usenet/news.answers/weather/groups
as the only text in the message (leave the subject blank).

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Subject: Weather-related mailing lists

1) CLIMLIST:  conferences, data availability in climatology
2) Weather-users:  discussions of weather servers
3) WX-TALK:  general and specialized weather-related discussions
4) Wxsat:  redistribution of bulletins on weather satellites
5) CALMET:  discussion of computer-aided learning in meteorology
6) Met-stud:  meteorology students' mailing list
7) Volcano mailing list
8) Climat:  discussion of CLIMAT station data

1. CLIMLIST (moderated by John Arnfield)

  CLIMLIST is a moderated electronic mail distribution list for climat-
ologists and those working in closely-related fields.  It is used to
disseminate notices regarding conferences and workshops, data avail-
ability, calls for papers, positions available etc, as well as requests
for information.  An updated directory of email addresses for the
subscribers to the list is distributed every month (usually on the 15th).
  To subscribe, mail to whichever of these addresses works for you:
  [email-masked] / [email-masked] / [email-masked]
with the following information:
  Your name; your email address; your departmental & institutional
affiliation; whether your email address is shared or personal; your area
of interest or responsibility within climatology.

2. Weather-users (administered by [email-masked])

  This list is for discussions of weather servers; sharing of code to
automatically query weather servers; and announcements of availability
(or lack thereof) and changes to weather servers.  Initially, Jeff Masters
([email-masked]) has agreed to send Weather Underground status
notices to this list.
To join or quit the list, email to [email-masked];
the list mail address is [email-masked].

3. WX-TALK and other WX-lists

  WX-TALK, formerly STORM-L, is a mailing list for weather-related topics,
special event notifications, job announcements, and administrative
messages.  This list, and other specialized weather-related lists, are
run from the vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (UIUCVMD) machine at Urbana-Champaign,
Illinois. WX-TALK is for discussions and questions; the others are intended
to distribute information on particular topics, but you should not
post mail to them.
  To join the list, send a message consisting of the single line
SUB WX-TALK Your Name
to whichever of these addresses works for you:
  LISTSERV@UIUCVMD / [email-masked] / [email-masked]
or uiucuxc!vmd!listserv from uucp.
Contributions should then go to WX-TALK@[working address]
  For more information, and a list of the other WX-lists on vmd.cso.uiuc.edu,
use anonymous FTP to retrieve the file WX-TALK.DOC from vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
in the directory "wx".

4. Wxsat (administered by Richard B. Emerson)

  Wxsat resends all NOAA/NESDIS bulletins on polar and geostationary weather
satellites as well as occasional material on Meteosat.  Bulletins with
orbital predictions, spacecraft operation schedules, and related messages
are copied from NOAA.SAT on SCIENCEnet and forwarded to all addresses on
the list.  The list is configured to accept and broadcast mail from
subscribers to the list at large.  Wxsat does not store or distribute imagery
and is not primarily a "chat" list.  Wxsat is oriented towards users with a
daily operational need for TBUS and related bulletins.
  An archive of roughly 60 days' messages are available for retrieval via
email messages to [email-masked].  Send the message "help" in the
text to the archive server for details on how to retrieve the current index
and other files.  There is also an archive for programs and gifs at
ftp://kestrel.umd.edu/pub/wxsat/.
  Subscription requests go to [email-masked].  The service is free
to all Internet users but donations are accepted as this is a volunteer
operation.

5. CALMET (Computer Aided Learning in Meteorology)

  CALMET is a mailing list dedicated to computer-aided learning in
meteorology.  It is associated with the ftp site cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk.
  To join the list, send mail to [email-masked].  Messages
to the list go to [email-masked].

6. Met-stud (administered by Dennis Schulze)

  This mailing list is open to all, but particularly intended as a
communications facility among meteorology students worldwide.  Subjects
of discussion could include scholarships, summer schools, conferences,
and comparisons of the meteorology programs at various universities.
Meteorological problems and questions could also be discussed.
  Subscription requests and other administrative mail should be sent
to [email-masked].  Messages to the mailing list go to
[email-masked].  Although the list is based in Germany,
the language used is English.

7. Volcano mailing list (edited by Jon Fink)

  Send submissions and subscription requests to Jon Fink at
[email-masked], or aijhf@ASUACAD (via Bitnet).

8. Climat

  CLIMAT data are the monthly means produced by the country
in which the station is located.  CLIMAT station data are exchanged
over the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) shortly after the
end of the month.  This mailing list is for users of CLIMAT data to
post error messages and other information.
  To subscribe to the CLIMAT data users list, send an email message to
[email-masked] with any subject line and the command
subscribe climat
in the body of the message.  Other commands are:
unsubscribe climate (to unsubscribe)
help (for help information)
  To post a message to all climat subscribers, send it to
[email-masked].
  Note that this mailing list is *not* a general discussion list about
climate, but is meant for discussion of the CLIMAT data product.

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Subject:  Newsgroups

1. sci.geo.meteorology
  General discussion of meteorology;  current and historic weather
phenomena, hurricanes, ENSO, and so on.

2. sci.geo.fluids
  Discussion of geophysical fluid dynamics.

3. sci.data.formats
  Discussion of data formats used in the sciences, including meteorology.

4. sci.geo.geology
  General discussion of geology;  earthquakes, formations, and so on.

5. comp.infosystems.gis
  Discussion of Geographic Information Systems.

6. sci.nonlinear
  Discussion of chaos, nonlinear systems.

7. sci.environment
  Discussion of global warming, ozone depletion, anthropogenic effects,
social impacts, ecology, and so on.  In practice, barely distinguishable
from talk.environment.

8. sci.image.processing
  Discussion of image processing.

9. talk.environment
  Ranting and raving about global warming, ozone depletion, anthropogenic
effects, social impacts, ecolog