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R. Hays Cummins--Western Program--Miami University

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WEATHER & EARTH SCIENCE RESOURCES

TROPICAL ECOSYSTEM FIELD COURSES

Hays' Marine Ecology Images and Movies Ohio Bird Photo Collection | Tropical Bird Collection | Costa Rica Image Collection | Edge of the Farm Conservation Area | Hays' Tarantula Page | Local Watershed Fish Studies| Wildflowers, Arthropods, ETC in SW Ohio | Earth Science Resources | Astronomy Links | Global Change | Marine Ecology "Creature Study Guide" |

OTHER ACADEMIC COURSES, STUDENT RESEARCH, OTHER STUFF

| Educational Philosophy | Discovery Labs: Moon, Geologic Time, Sun, Taxonomy, Frisbee | Project Dragonfly | Vita |Field Course Postings | Student Research Postings | Nature/Science Autobiography | Environmental Programs at Miami University

TEACHING TOOLS & OTHER STUFF

Daily Necessities: Macintosh Resources |Search Engines | Library Resources|Server Stats| Family Album | View My Schedule | View Guestbook | Western College "Multimedia Potpourri"

Environmental Links:Weather & Earth Science Resources

Main Street Weather (Weather Home Base!!)

Here is a collection of the weather links I visit on a daily basis, some more than others depending upon the weather situation and time of year. I use these sites in my teaching and to fulfill my insatiable appetite for the weather. There are a wide variety of sources ranging from the best weather machines to regional weather, FAX, radar, single frame satellite imagery, computer model forecasts, hurricanes, typhoons, MPEG movies (visible, infrared & water vapor) and buoy data from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico. Just what did weather fanatics do for fun before the invention of the internet?

Main Street Weather (Weather Home Base!!)

"Text Only" Link

of the same weather sites. Download time is much quicker!

Radar and Severe Weather

Get the latest predictions on severe weather

Hurricanes & Tropical Weather

Graphics Intensive. It's all Here!

Hurricane Text Hyperlinks!

For slower links!

Satellite Links

A complete text listing of satellite images and movies.

Just the Maps & Views!

While far from complete, these downloaded views provide for a satisfying overview of North American Weather.

Satellite Downloads and Other Maps

Real-time satellite movies automatically downloaded

Movie Page focusing on the Tropics!

Midwest Weather!

Here is a separate page with Midwest weather highlights.

Numerical Models and Forecasting Page
Weather Underground

From The Weather Underground If anything is going on, check out the Hurricane Page

Click for Cincinnati, Ohio Forecast

EARTH SCIENCE RESOURCES-Geology, Astronomy, Ecology & Oceanography, Arachnology

Visit these links for jump-off points to the worlds of astronomy, earth science, ecology, paleoclimate, paleontology, volcanoes, oceanography, and the long-range forecasts of important global weather phenomena such as El Nino.

Images Randomly Generated for Your Viewing Pleasure!

Nature's Show: A GOES 8 Visible image of Hurricane Marilyn, Sep.15,'95 as she passed over islands in the eastern Caribbean. Marilyn was undergoing explosive intensification at this time. Note the "supercell" thunderstorms rotating around her developing eye. Quicktime movies of Marilyn can be found on the Hurricane Page.

Search the Ecology WWW Database!

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Search This Website--Open Resource

There are over 20,000 web pages on my website! There are so many pages that it can be difficult to even know what is here. Many of these web pages are student research articles, complete with literature sources. Use the Within-Site Search Engine to look for past student research work that may aid you in your research! It is not password protected.

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Academics:

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TROPICAL ECOLOGY Field Courses:

I have taught more than 50 field seasons in the tropics while at Miami University. Participants have included undergraduates, graduate students in zoology, geography, geology and botany, and teachers. Information on the field courses includes course syllabi, registration info and wonderful images from Costa Rica, the Everglades, Florida Keys and the Bahamas. Tropical Marine Ecology is a Miami Plan course and part of the geology thematic sequence Oceanography.

Tropical Ecosystem COURSES

(ecology field courses, Coral reefs, Bahamian Field Station, marine biology, Tropical rainforest ecology, nature photography,lagoons, Corcovado)

IMAGES: Tropical Ecosystems Check out the new 2009 imagery!