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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Meteorology. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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Meteorology Project articles
Quality
Featured article FA 4
A 1
Good article GA 7
B 76
Start 226
Stub 320
Current 5
Needed 1
Unassessed 0
Importance
Top 21
High 77
Mid 225
Low 311
Total: 639

This table was updated on December 12, 2006.


[edit] Title

WikiProject on Meteorology and Weather Events

[edit] Scope

The purpose of the Meteorology and Weather Events project is a large-scale initiative that simplifies and standardizes pages for all weather events, improves the information available for past events and works to provide better information for all future events. In addition, the project also improves and simplifies pages for general meteorology.

Weather events include tropical cyclones (covered in a separate project), tornadoes, floods, wind storms, winter storms, droughts, extreme heat/cold and lightning events. Historical events involving or caused by these phenomena may also be included.

Meteorology includes atmospheric and oceanic phenomena, weather observation stations and networks, weather instrumentation and equipment, biographical articles on notable meteorologists, weather research projects, weather prediction and modeling, and phenomena related to every-day weather.

Related topics in climatology, geology and space science may also fall under the scope of this vast project.

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None

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[edit] Similar WikiProjects

None directly similar

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[edit] Participants

  • CrazyC83 21:38, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Icelandic Hurricane 01:05, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
  • bob rulz 23:53, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Hurricanehink 12:40, 20 March 2006 (UTC) (I'll do it when I can)
  • EWS23 23:20, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
  • WindRunner 01:19, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Evolauxia 00:16, 26 March 2006 (UTC) ~ As a meteorologist, I have a background in atmospheric sciences, as well as access to journals, conferences, and experts
  • Loren 04:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Runningonbrains 19:26, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
  • RaccoonFox - Amature Meteorologist, helped out at CBET-TV and CKLW AM 800 in Windsor, Ontario. I study Canadian tornadoes, and will contribute to those when i can.
  • Dr Denim - Atmospheric Science/Math Undergrad Student interested in Tropical Meteorology
  • Dcwinds - Meteorological Technician, I've been a weather observer for 16 years, upper air (balloons) for the past 8.
  • Coredesat 07:54, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Aeon 22:49, 29 June 2006 (UTC) Meteorological Techincian in the US Navy for the last 6 years. Experience includes Radiosonde Launch, METAR/Synoptic Observation incoding, ASOS, Chart Analysis, Bathyothermigraph Lauch, Weather forecast briefing to pilots and ship commanders, and Hurricane Tracking.
  • Alastor Moody 23:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
  • RyguyMN 19:25, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Mordax 07:25, 22 July 2006 (UTC) Air Force Weather Forecaster and Observer, provided flight weather briefings, forecast weather for UK, Iceland, and Azores. Will provide any help (within reason) regarding additions of military weather forecasting in relation to the topic.
  • Wthrman13 01:14, 4 September 2006 (UTC) Meteorology Ph.D. student at the University of Oklahoma, specializing in storm-scale NWP and data assimilation, particularly of severe convection.
  • Vladimir Fuka 18:59, 6 September 2006 (UTC) Meteorology student at Charles University in Prague, hoping to become a Ph.D. student this month, studying mainly high resolution air-flow modelling
  • Hello32020 21:15, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Deditos 10:55, 19 September 2006 (UTC). I have a PhD in Meteorology, but not a great deal of time.
  • Davidals--Davidals 17:49, 8 October 2006 (UTC) I have been working to research and create articles when approriate for various tornadoes and tornado outbreaks. My focus has been the East Coast of the US, and due to the contrast between some sizable outbreaks, which are poorly documented (in contrast to Plains outbreaks) it's been rough going. Nonetheless, even at "start" class, this is about the only easily accessible spot documenting major E. Coast outbreaks. I'll try to get them above "start" class as time permits.
  • Thegreatdr 18:48, 10 October 2006 (UTC) Forecaster at the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center in Camp Springs, Maryland.
  • Crimsone - Not an expert (barely even an amateur by my estimate), but interested, willing, and somehow I seem to have been drawn in already anyway.
  • Pugzi A lecturer and author in aviation meteorology and aircraft performance in Oxford, England. Enthusiastic and willing to help.
  • Jamie|C 13:32, 26 October 2006 (UTC) < already been in tropical cyclone project for almost a year.
  • RattleMan 08:38, 4 November 2006 (UTC) Likewise as JamieC, I've been in the TC project for over a year.
  • I'll help with nor'easters and tornado outbreaks (I created {{infobox tornado}} after all ;P) – Chacor 11:50, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Hard Raspy Sci 18:30, 22 November 2006 (UTC) -- As one of the starters of Meteorology and starter of many Met./atmos. articles on wikipedia, I prefer to work with the group, I have worked on articles with many persons including those on this list. Outside of this I have been absent of wikipedia editing in 2006, due to a weather association startup I am working on.
  • Gopher backer Adding stuff on Minnesota and Midwest climate & events
  • Raymond Arritt Reporting for duty.


To show you are a member, add the {{User Meteorology}} userbox to your userpage:

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[edit] Goals

1) Standardize all pages for weather events, somewhat modeled after the tropical cyclone pages.

2) Improve the pages for weather features and make more real-world examples.

3) Learn more for historical weather events, and provide more information for current weather systems.

Each individual event type also forms a subproject. Ultimately this could be a parent of each different project.

[edit] Sub-Projects

The project is divided into several subproject sections:

  1. Forecasting and warnings
  2. Hurricanes/tropical cyclones (This currently operates as a separate project)
  3. Non-tropical storms
  4. Tornadoes and related events
  5. Floods
  6. Droughts and fire events
  7. Extremes in temperature
  8. Winter storms
  9. Weather data and instrumentation
  10. General meteorology (essentially anything which does not fall into above categories)

Currently, all but the tropical cyclone project fall into the scope of the general meteorology project. Our aim for the future is to have some or all of these become descendant, separate Wikiprojects, just as the tropical cyclone project currently is.

[edit] Format for articles

  • Lede section (with infobox if applicable)
  • Main body
    • For a weather event, this should include a summary of events leading up to, during, and after the event. It should also emphasize its impact and significance in the time that it occurred.
    • For a type of weather, phenomenon, or theory, this should include a history of its observation, a discription of the phenomenon, and its significance.
    • For weather instrumentation or equipment, this should include a brief history of its invention, along with its applications and uses.
    • For a biographical article, this should include a brief overview of the person's life, with an in-depth look at their contributions to meteorology.
  • See also
    • This should include links (within wikipedia) to related phenomena, events, people, or other articles pertinent to the subject.
  • References
  • External Links


Note on units: All quantities should be expressed in both imperial units and metric units, regardless of the affected area. The primary measurements used in this project are imperial units, although primary-metric can be used in events that only affect regions that use only the metric system (i.e. Canada, Mexico, most of Europe). For example, to show winds of 50 mph, it should be listed as "50 mph (80 km/h)" in most circumstances. Rounding should be done to reasonable levels.

Note on galleries: It is not desirable to have an image gallery in a main article. However, linking to a gallery on Wikimedia commons using {{commons}} is very helpful. To upload a file to the Commons, click here (you must create/have a commons account to do this). For instructions on creating a commons gallery, see here.

Tornado outbreak format

[edit] Templates

See also Category:Meteorology templates

[edit] Infoboxes

  • {{Infobox tornado outbreak}} provides a template for brief information at the top of the page for tornado outbreaks, including the date
  • {{Infobox tornado single}} provides the same information for events involving a single tornado
  • {{Infobox winter storm}} provides information such as peak intensity and storm types for winter storms
  • {{Infobox Cloud}}
  • {{Infobox Weather}} provides a standard template for monthly and yearly temperature (°F & °C) and precipitation (in & cm) averages for a specified location such as cities. Has a provision for referencing the source data and the date acquired as well.

(Infoboxes for other events are planned)

[edit] Stub templates

This template should be added to the end of stub articles which fall under the category of general meteorology or climatology.
This template should be added to the end of stub articles which are biographies of a meteorologist or a climatologist. -Runningonbrains 01:28, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
This template should be added only to the end of stub articles which describe a specific historical weather event.


[edit] Data templates

  • {{Tornado Chart}} for tornado events to show the number of tornadoes produced and their intensity

[edit] Current weather templates

  • {{StormWatch}} for ongoing storm events. Should be used for major blizzard/winter storms with watches and warnings, major flood events or for a Severe Thunderstorm or Tornado Watch when conditions are very dangerous (usually, but not always, a PDS watch).
  • {{Ongoing weather}} in place of the "current event" tag for ongoing meteorology events.

[edit] Talk page templates

  • One of the following templates should be included at the top of each of the talk pages of articles covered by this wikiproject:
    • {{Tornado}} for tornadoes and related events
    • {{Hurricane}} for hurricanes or tropical cyclones
    • {{Storm}} for non-tropical cyclones and other storms
    • {{Extremes}} for extreme temperatures
    • {{Flood}} for flood events
    • {{Drought}} for droughts and fire events
    • {{Winterstorm}} for winter storms including blizzards and ice storms
    • {{Weather-data}} for weather data and instrumentation
    • {{Meteorology}} for other articles covered by this Wikiproject which do not fall into the above categories

[edit] Core Articles

Article Need Rationale Links Quality Comments
Meteorology Top WP:CORE. Our top-level article ??? B Ick!
Climatology High WP:CORE. Our top-level article ??? Start Icky ick!
Atmospheric sciences Top WP:CORE. Our top-level article ??? Stub Argh, I've fainted!
Weather Top WP:CORE. Our top-level article ??? B Ick!
Climate Top WP:CORE. Our top-level article ??? Start Come on! People!
Climate change Top WP:CORE. Our top-level article ??? B Ick!
Atmospheric sciences Top WP:CORE. Our top-level article ??? Stub Heart Attack!!
Earth's atmosphere Top WP:CORE. Our top-level article ??? B Ick!
Precipitation (meteorology) Top WP:CORE. Our top-level article ??? B Ick!
Global warming Top WP:CORE. Our top-level article ??? Featured article FA OMG! Don't touch it!
Weather forecasting High WP:CORE. Our top-level article ??? Start Ick!
Atmospheric physics High WP:CORE. Our top-level article ??? Stub Ick!
Surface weather analysis High WP:CORE. Our top-level article ??? Good article GA Ok, careful, be good to it!

[edit] Existing links

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[edit] General topics

[edit] Hurricanes/tropical cyclones

  • See related WikiProject above

[edit] Non-tropical cyclones

[edit] Tornadoes and related events

[edit] Floods

[edit] Droughts

[edit] Extreme heat/cold

[edit] Winter storms

[edit] Other weather events

[edit] New articles related to meteorology

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