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Atmospheric Science
by Leyla R Cabugos – September 17, 2020
Welcome to the UC Davis Library subject guide for atmospheric science. This guide provides links to key information resources in air quality, meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, and climate dynamics.
Articles and Dissertations
This database covers over 600 journals, as well as books & conference proceedings, on meteorology, climatology, air pollution, astrophysics, atmospheric chemistry & physics, physical oceanography, hydrology, glaciology, and weather forecasting, from 1950s to present.
Coverage: 1974-present
Tags: Air Pollution, Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate Change, Climatology, Glaciology, Hydrology, Meteorology, Oceanography, Physical Oceanography, Science, Weather Analysis
Tags: Air Pollution, Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate Change, Climatology, Glaciology, Hydrology, Meteorology, Oceanography, Physical Oceanography, Science, Weather Analysis
Scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Navigate the full citation network.
NASA is using PubMed Central to preserve and provide access to peer-reviewed papers resulting from NASA-funded research.
Inspec provides engineering research information on physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control, mechanical, production engineering, information technology and more.
Coverage: 1898-present
Tags: Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Forensics, Information Technology, Physics, Science, Technology
Tags: Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Forensics, Information Technology, Physics, Science, Technology
The Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database includes Oceanic Abstracts and Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA). Search specialized references and resources studying the critical issues affecting Earth’s air, land, and water environments.
Coverage: 1950-present
Tags: Aquaculture, Aquatic Organisms, Astrophysics, Atmospheric Dynamics, Climatology, Conservation, Crystallography, Environmental Quality, Extraterrestrial Geology, Fish And Fisheries, Forecasting, Geochemistry, Geochronology, Geology, Geophysics, Glaciology, Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Limnology, Marine Biotechnology, Meteorology, Mineralogy, Natural Hazards, Oceanography, Paleontology, Petrology, Pollution (Air And Water), Remote Sensing, Seismology, Stratigraphy, Upper Atmosphere, Weather
Tags: Aquaculture, Aquatic Organisms, Astrophysics, Atmospheric Dynamics, Climatology, Conservation, Crystallography, Environmental Quality, Extraterrestrial Geology, Fish And Fisheries, Forecasting, Geochemistry, Geochronology, Geology, Geophysics, Glaciology, Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Limnology, Marine Biotechnology, Meteorology, Mineralogy, Natural Hazards, Oceanography, Paleontology, Petrology, Pollution (Air And Water), Remote Sensing, Seismology, Stratigraphy, Upper Atmosphere, Weather
Large interdisciplinary abstract and citation database to academic journal literature, conference proceedings and books with broad coverage across the sciences and social sciences, includes citation tracking tools.
Coverage: full coverage from 1996-present, with selected coverage as far back as 1823
Tags: Art, Biology, Humanities, Multidisciplinary, Science, Social Science
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Tags: Art, Biology, Humanities, Multidisciplinary, Science, Social Science
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"The most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the world", according to the publisher.
Data Management
Will you be starting a project from scratch that will require your attention for months, even years OR are you continuing a project started by somebody else?
The Data Management Program is here to help make both of these situations less painful. We can help you with
- Organization: keep track of your files so that you know what is in them
- Consistent data entry: design data collection forms in such a way that everybody doing the same experiment records the results the same way every time
- Database structure: move from unwieldy spreadsheets to databases
- GIS and maps: consult with our GIS expert on all stages of a project that includes geospatial data, from planning to creating interactive maps.
- Finding data: not all data sharing portals are obvious, and we can help with that.
- Cleaning data: stop doing repetitive copy/paste; check out some of our workshops to find a better way
- Getting credit for data: get your dataset noticed and cited by placing it in the right data repository
Note: many funding agencies require that you provide open access to your data!
For more information, visit our website or contact us at dataserv@ucdavis.edu
E-Books
International Geophysics book series
Latest volumes are online, earlier are in print
SIAM E-books in Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences
SIAM is the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Springer E-Books
Includes more than 60,000 titles in English (and selectively in German) from every scientific discipline and many social sciences. This online interface enables all books to be searchable at the full-text level. New books are added monthly.
Coverage: 2005-2017
Encyclopedias and Reference Resources
The Atmospheric Chemist's Companion
Numerical data for use in the atmospheric sciences
Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments
Meteorological Measurements and Instrumentation
Describes the fundamental scientific principles underlying high quality instrumentation used for environmental measurements. Includes Climate Data Online
Weather and Climate Data
Global Historical Climatology Network
An integrated database of climate summaries from land surface stations across the globe.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Archive of environmental data including atmospheric, coastal, oceanic, and geophysical data
Western Regional Climate Center
Disseminates climate data and information for the western United States and is a repository for historical climate data and information
Western United States Historical Climate Summaries
From the Western Regional Climate Center
General Resources
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Take Notes
Document your search process, so you can easily update and build upon it. This useful template for note taking was developed by Carrol Community College.
Manage Citations
Software to organize and automatically reformat your bibliographies. Compare popular citation management products: EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, and F1000
- Improve the quality and transparency of your research by registering your plan before you implement it. Better yet, over 240 journals will peer review and provisionally accept your study before you begin data collection, so publication doesn’t hinge upon the results.
- Pre-registration templates are also a useful process tool to help you document your research well.
Funding for Open Access Publishing
Access up to $1,000 per article from the UCD Library toward publishing fees in fully open access journals.
Most literature databases provide a description of articles, or other literature resources, that allows you to find them among thousands of sources. However, there is often another step required to access a full text copy. This extra step is facilitated through the UCD E-links button, found on the item record.
Not all articles will be accessible directly from a database, as UCD E-links can only connect you to material licensed or owned by the library. However, we can borrow material from other libraries, if you put in an Interlibrary Loan request.
Watch how to make an Interlibrary Loan request for articles not available in the library collection.