Selected Internet Resources

www.bom.gov.au/info/cyclone/
Bureau of Meteorology, Australia established in 1906, provides overall national strategic planning, management and coordination of the Bureau’s integrated observations, telecommunications and computing infrastructure and its weather, climate and hydrological services. Cyclone information such as forecasting, warning, preparedness and safety procedures etc can be found on the site.

www.imd.ernet.in/main.htm
India Meteorological Department, apart from providing daily and weekly advisories, hosts information such as weather charts, satellite images, rainfall maps, climate normals and services provided by the department. Information on earthquakes and seismology is also listed.

www.nhc.noaa.gov
National Hurricane Center hosted by NOAA is a comprehensive website on hurricanes and storms. It includes information on cyclone awareness, satellite images, advisories, forecasting models, hurricane history, library, publications etc.

www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/
Philippines Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration PAGASA website launched its new site on March 21 2003. It serves as a common repository of weather information such as weather maps and satellite images, cyclone tracks, and information on flood forecasting, climatology and disaster reduction.

www.wmo.ch/web/www/TCP/trop-cyc.html
The Tropical Cyclone Program (TCP) is part of WMO's World Weather Watch Applications Department tasked to establish national and regionally coordinated systems to ensure that the loss of life and damage caused by tropical cyclones are reduced to a minimum. The programme is affected on both national and regional levels through cooperative action. It provides latest advisories and active storm warnings, storm names up to year 2005, storm facts, operational plans, information on activities and events, publication etc.

www.wmo.ch/web/www/TCP/ESCAP-Trop-cyc-panel.html
www.wmo.ch/web/www/TCP/ESCAP-Typhoon-Com.html
The United Nations ESCAP Tropical Cyclone Panel and Typhoon Committee hosted on the WMO's site provide information on the activities of the two organizations in the region. It also publishes some of its major accomplishments, documents and reports.

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/
UNISYS Weather/Hurricane Data hosted by the Unisys (a worldwide information technology services and solutions company) includes hurricane archives back to 1886 and tracks of each individual storm. It also includes tracks for eastern Pacific and western Pacific hurricanes and typhoons, Atlantic aviation forecasts showing pressure and wind fields, and current satellite imagery for the Atlantic and Pacific.

www.thecunycenter.org/index.html
The Cuny Center, a non-profit research and educational institute, conducts research and develops practical solutions to address the needs of societies affected by disasters and complex emergencies. It publishes numerous books, manuals and papers regarding various aspects of humanitarian assistance. Several papers on the Iraq crisis and lessons learnt from the past can be downloaded from this website.

http://disaster-info.net/SUMA/
The Pan American Health Organization's Program on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief, SUMA, (Humanitarian Supply Management System) website has been given a complete facelift. The new website is more dynamic and interactive, and allows for better and quicker service such as an e-discussion groups and online subscription to the newsletters. Information on current emergency operations will soon be available at the website.