 |  Interesting Links to Other (External) Web Sites |
| |
These cool links are not housed on the Illinois State Water Survey web site, nor are they directly related to any project or activity at the Water Survey. The Illinois State Water Survey
does not endorse these links or web sites, but hopes you will find them interesting and entertaining.
Midwest Haze Cam - Chicago (IEPA) -
Updated every 15 minutes, the live cam shows haze, air quality, and visibility in downtown Chicago, IL. Besides the visual aspect of the camera itself, measurements of ozone and fine particles in the air are provided. Also check out the IEPA Midwest Haze Cam Gallery, with live cams of nine Midwest cities/areas.
Air Quality Index (IEPA) -
The IEPA Air Quality Index page ranks air quality on a scale of 0 to 500 - 0 being Good and 500 being Hazardous.
Today’s National Air Quality Forecast (airnow.gov) -
Today's Forecast Guidance Maps are a joint NOAA-EPA air quality tool developed for state and local forecasters.
Flooding in the Midwest, June 2008 (USGS - Featured Topic) -
Press releases, Imagery, and Multimedia along with real time water monitoring of the affected states (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, & Wisconsin).
Flooding Soaks Seven States (USGS - Featured Topic) -
Among many other things, video footage from a cell phone and video camera of a house colliding with a bridge during a March 2008 flood on the White River in Calico Rock, Arkansas...
Weather news on Science Daily (Science Daily) -
ScienceDaily is one of the Internet's leading online magazines and Web portals devoted to science, technology, and medicine. This page handles their news items along with a large amount of other material.
Real-time water monitoring (USGS WaterWatch) -
The "Flood and high flow" map shows the location of streamgages where the water level is currently at or above flood stage (depicted as a black triangle) or at high flow (depicted as blue circles) ...
Heavy Snow in U.S. Midwest (NASA's Earth Observatory) -
A severe winter storm hammered the Midwestern United States on December 1, 2006. According to news reports, the storm iced roads, canceled flights, broke tree branches, left more than two million homes and businesses without electricity, and temporarily shut down part of Interstate 40 in central Oklahoma.
Contrails Over the Midwest (NASA's Earth Observatory) -
When the hot, humid air from a jet engine mixes with colder, drier air in the surrounding environment, condensation trails, or "contrails", streak the sky. If the air through which the airplane is flying is already close to being saturated with water vapor, the condensation trail will last longer than it will if the air is dry.
Also see our Highlights page!
|
