: [1] Typhoon Information : [2] Best Track Data : [3] Knowledge about the Typhoon : [4] Typhoon Related Information : [5] Disaster Information : [6] Record of Typhoon Disasters : [7] Realtime Typhoon Report : [8] Typhoon Image Gallery : [9] Academic Sites : [10] Information Needs for Typhoon : [11] Typhoon Information and Education : [12] Other Typhoon Related Sites : [13] Tornado : [14] Top Page :

1. Typhoon Information

Please be well prepared for the typhoon by checking the latest typhoon information. This site provides typhoon information at Typhoon News Weblog, but you should check the official information from Japan Meteorological Agency. Typhoon information from other countries than Japan is also summarized in Typhoon Information (JMA and JTWC)

• Japan Meteorological Agency: Weather Observation and Forecasts

  Japan Meteorological Agency. Latest typhoon information, warnings and advisories, weather forecast, and others.

  http://www.jma.go.jp/

• The List of Weather Forecasting Companies in Japan

  Japan Meteorological Agency. The list of private companies of weather forecasting. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.kishou.go.jp/minkan/minkan.html

• Joint Typhoon Warning Center

  Joint Typhoon Warning Center located at Hawaii, Pearl Harbor. It monitors typhoons and hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean, and provides forecast and satellite images.

  https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html

• Hurricanes, Typhoons and Tropical Cyclones Page by the Naval Research Laboratory

  Naval Research Laboratory. Worldwide tropical information is provided, and hurricane information in the Atlantic Ocean can be obtained with rich observation data.

  http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html

• Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System

  Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).

  http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/atcf_web/

• National Hurricane Center / Tropical Prediction Center

  National Hurricane Center (USA). Hurricane information and tropical weather outlooks around the United States.

  http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

• Real-Time Tropical Cyclone Products - Currently Active Tropical Cyclones

  Various analysis are produced in real-time for currently active tropical cyclones worldwide. Operated jointly by CIRA (Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere) and NOAA/NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service).

  http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/products/tc_realtime/

• CIMSS Tropical Cyclones

  The University of Wisconsin - Madison. Tropical storm information is provided with satellite images and derived products in real time. New version is also available.

  http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/

• Severe Weather Information Centre

  World Meteorological Organization. Realtime link collection to information on tropical cyclones worldwide.

  http://severe.worldweather.org/

2. Best Track Data

Typhoons, or hurricanes, are one of the most significant meteorological phenomena on the earth, so meteorological agencies worldwide has been compiling a record in every few hours on the geographical location, central prssure, and maximum wind of the typhoon. This record is called the "best track," and there are a few WWW sites where best track data are available.

• RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center

  RSMC Tokyo Typhoon Center, Japan Meteorological Agency. Best track datasets for the Western North Pacific are archived in Analysis Archive.

  http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/RSMC_HP.htm

• Tropical Cyclone Best Track Data Site (JTWC)

  The Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Best track datasets for the Southern Hemisphere, the Northern Indian Ocean, the Western North Pacific Ocean are available.

  https://metoc.ndbc.noaa.gov/web/guest/jtwc/best_tracks/

• IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship

  NOAA. Best track data of tropical cyclones worldwide are integrated and provided as the standard dataset.

  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ibtracs/

• Tropical Storms, Worldwide

  Best track datasets of tropical cyclones worldwide are available.

  http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/tropical.html

• Tropical Cyclone Programme (TCP) : RSMCs

  The list of RSMCs (regional specialized meteorological centres) of tropical cyclones provided by WMO (World Meteorological Organization)

  http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/TCP/rsmcs.html

• Tropical Cyclone History

  Bureau of Meteorology, Australia. Best track data of cyclones around Australia are provided.

  http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/cyclone/tc-history.shtml

• Historical Hurricane Tracks Home - NOAA Coastal Service Center

  The database of historical hurricane tracks in the Atlantic basin operated by NOAA. Query by name, ZIP code, etc.

  http://hurricane.csc.nasa.gov/hurricanes/

• Unisys Weather: Hurricane/Tropical Data

  Unisys. Best track data for the hurricanes worldwide. The original data is courtesy of Colorado State University.

  http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/

• China Typhoon

  Shanghai Typhoon Institute, China Meteorological Administration. Best track data for the Western North Pacific is compiled since 1949.

  http://www.typhoon.gov.cn/en/data/index.php

• Southern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclones: Australian Region, South Pacific and South Indian Oceans

  Collection of tropical cyclone data mainly for the southern hemisphere such as Australia, and also assorted information on severe weather.

  http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/

3. Knowledge about the Typhoon

Many websites provide the brief introduction of the typhoon, and the following lists, by any means not complete, some of those sites.

• About the Typhoon

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.kishou.go.jp/know/typhoon/

• New Typhoon Information - More Information and New Illustrations

  Japan Meteorological Agency. A leaflet describing a new type of typhoon information to be used after April 18, 2007.

  http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/kishou/books/typh_info/

• Japan Meteorological Agency | White Paper 2009

  Japan Meteorological Agency. Special sections on the evolution of typhoon information and the development of technology that supports the evolution on the 50th anniversary of Isewan Typhoon. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/kishou/books/hakusho/2009/

• FAQ : HURRICANES, TYPHOONS, AND TROPICAL CYCLONES

  FAQ about hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones.

  http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html

• Hurricane Basics

  A brochure on hurricane basics by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).

  http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/pdf/hurricanebook.pdf

• EO Library: Hurricanes: The Greatest Storms on Earth

  Introduction to Hurricanes by NASA.

  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Hurricanes/

• Hurricanes: online meteorology guide

  Introduction to Hurricanes by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

  http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml

• Weather Q&A Typhoon

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.tbs.co.jp/morita/qa_taihu.html

• NHK Volunteer Net

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkvnet/bousai/typhoon/

• CTV: Typhoon Information

  Available in Japanese.

  http://plus1.ctv.co.jp/emg/typhoon/index_t.html

• The General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ) | Typhoon Preparedness

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.sonpo.or.jp/sonpo-life/typhoon/

• Institute for Fire Safety & Disaster Preparedness - Basic Knowledge about Wind and Rainfall Disasters

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.bousaihaku.com/cgi-bin/hp/index2.cgi?ac1=B102&Page=hpd2_tmp

• Bits of Knowledge about the Typhoon

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ns8m-hgc/typhoon-main.htm

• Typhoon is as Thin as a CD

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.excite.co.jp/News/bit/00091094538897.html

• Statement on Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change

  Statement on relationship between tropical cyclones and climage change (global warming) from the participants of International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones of WMO (World Meteorological Organization) (as of Dec. 2006). A summary is also available.

  http://www.wmo.ch/web/arep/press_releases/2006/iwtc_statement.pdf

• Welcome to Typhoon Committee

  The Web site of the typhoon committee operated jointly by UNESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) and WMO (World Meteorological Organization). This committee coordinates activities about typhoons and select Asian name of typhoons.

  http://www.typhooncommittee.org/

4. Typhoon Related Information

Here we introduce Websites that provide satellite images or other observation data related to typhoons, the database of typhoon-related information, and the database of meteorological satellite images.

• JAXA/EORC Tropical Cyclone Database

  Earth Observation Research and Application Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The integration of TRMM Tropical Cyclone Database and AMSR/AMSR-E Tropical Cyclone Database both from JAXA/EORC.

  http://sharaku.eorc.jaxa.jp/TYP_DB/index_e.shtml

• Ocean Information | Japan Meteorological Agency

  Japan Meteorological Agency. The intensification of typhoon requires more wator vapor (higher sea surface temperature), so sea surface temperature is particularly important. Special attention should be paid if a typhoon enters an area with nearly 30 degree of sea temperature.

  http://www.data.kishou.go.jp/kaiyou/

• Real-Time NOWPHAS

  Port and Airport Research Institute. Nationwide ocean wave information is provided in real-time.

  http://nowphas.org/

• HURSAT - Hurricane Satellite Data

  NOAA National Climatic Data Center. Created satellite images centered on tropical cyclones for worldwide since 1978.

  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/hursat/

• NASA GES DISC Hurricane Portal

  NASA Goddard Earth Sciences, Data and Information Service Center. The site provides past browsing and searching of hurricane data and images, and scientific description.

  http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/hurricane/

• NESDIS Tropical Cyclone Products

  NOAA (USA). Satellite pictures and colored images of active storms.

  http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/

• NCDC: Hurricanes

  National Climate Data Center of NOAA. Past hurricane maps, reports for hurricane seasons, and special reports for important hurricanes.

  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/hurricanes.html

• QuikSCAT Storm Page

  Tropical-storm-centered wind data by NOAA (USA) Marine Observing Systems Team. It provides wind speed and direction data in 25km resolution derived from QuikSCAT data.

  http://manati.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/qscat_storm.pl

• Tropical Storm Risk (TSR)

  The consortium with members such as University College London and insurance companies. Assessing the risk of tropical storms by their prediction. Worldwide tropical storm information is also provided.

  http://forecast.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/shadow/index_.html

• TRMM HURRICANES & TYPHOONS

  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The collection of tropical cyclone data observed by the TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) satellite.

  http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/publications_dir/multi_resource_tropical.html

• Remote Sensing Systems / Storm Watch / Active Storms

  Remote Sensing Systems company. Mainly focusing on microwave satellite imagery with the excellent data archive.

  http://www.ssmi.com/hurricane/active_storms.html

• Operational Significant Event Imagery

  The collection of imagery of significant environmental events which are visible in remotely-sensed data.

  http://www.osei.noaa.gov/

• EO Natural Hazards: Natural Hazards Storm Page

  A collection of latest satellite images and descriptions on severe storms like hurricanes.

  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?topic=storm

• NOAA Environmental Visualization Program

  NOAA Satellites and Information. Latest images of the typhoons also appear on the site.

  http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/

• Japan Meteorological Agency | Weather Charts Everyday

  Japan Meteorological Agency. The archive of weather charts since 2002 (PDF) (description in Japanese).

  http://www.data.kishou.go.jp/yohou/kaisetu/hibiten/

• Weather Charts for Professionals

  Hokkaido Broadcasting Company. Current and forecast weather charts issued by Japan Meteorological Agency (description in Japanese).

  http://www.hbc.co.jp/pro-weather/

• Satellite Imagery Archive at Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo

  The site provides the huge-scale archive of meteorological satellite NOAA, GMS-5 (Himawari) and earth environment satellite TERRA/MODIS.

  http://www.tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SIAIIS/

• Kochi University Meteorological Information Page

  The site provides Himawari meteorological satellite images and other processed images. Past images can also be retrieved.

  http://weather.is.kochi-u.ac.jp/

• the mag for kishojin : database

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.weathermap.co.jp/kishojin/data/

• Typhoon21

  Available in Japanese.

  http://typhoon21.world.coocan.jp/

5. Disaster Information

The following are sites related to disaster information related to the typhoon.

• Disaster Information Center, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

  The portal site of disaster information provided by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. This site includes links to river information, rainfall information and so on. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.bosaijoho.go.jp/

• Disaster Management Information

  Aggregation of disaster information by the Disaster Management Section in Cabinet Office. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.bousai.go.jp/

• WIS Portal - GISC Tokyo

  Portal web site, operated by GISC (Global Information System Centre) of WMO Information System (WIS), offered by Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

  http://www.wis-jma.go.jp/cms/

• Disaster Information

  Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA). Summary of disasters in the past. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.fdma.go.jp/

• Current Disaster Volunteer Information

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.bousai.go.jp/vol/

• Google News

  Run by Google. Aggregate latest news continuously from more than 4500 news sites all over the world, and this is one of the fastest source of disaster information around the world.

  http://news.google.com/

• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  The free encyclopedia online. You can learn knowledge here, but it also covers latest information of disasters around the world.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/

• ReliefWeb

  ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and serves for the information needs of the humanitarian relief community.

  http://www.reliefweb.int/

• Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)

  Realtime information of disasters (earthquakes and tsunamis, tropical cyclones, floods and volcanoes) in the world is provided. The impact of disasters is also evaluated automatically.

  http://www.gdacs.org/

• Storm Watch

  Tropical storm watch by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency).

  http://www.fema.gov/storm/trop.shtm

• EM-DAT Emergency Disasters Data Base

  The database of disasters maintained by Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). It contains information about 12800 disasters in the world from 1900 to present.

  http://www.em-dat.net/

• Asian Disaster Reduction Center

  Worldwide disaster information database is provided. GLIDEnumber, which was proposed to be a standardized numbering system for disasters, can be used at GLIDEnumber interface.

  http://www.adrc.or.jp/

• National Activity for Reducing Disasters

  Cabinet Office, Government of Japan. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.bousai.go.jp/km/

• Committee on Inheritance of Lessons Learned from Disasters

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.bousai.go.jp/jishin/chubou/kyoukun/

• Disaster and Risk Management e-College

  Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.e-college.fdma.go.jp/

• Disaster Legend Information Database

  Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.saigaidensho.soumu.go.jp/

• Hazard Map Portal Site

  Geographical Survey Institute, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Links to hazard maps accessible on the Internet published by local governments in Japan. Available in Japanese.

  http://www1.gsi.go.jp/geowww/disapotal/

• Regional Disaster Reduction Planning Database

  Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA). The browsing and downloading of regional disaster reduction planning is possible, but interface is a little difficult to manipulate. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.fdma.go.jp/chiikibousai/

• disaster-i.net

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.disaster-i.net/

• NIED-DTD Typhoon Disaster Database System

  National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention. Available in Japanese.

  http://ccwd05.bosai.go.jp/DTD/

• Hurricane and Extreme Storm Impact Studies

  U.S. Geological Survey. Studies of coastal impact of hurricanes and extreme storms.

  http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/

• Basic Lecture on Disaster Reduction - Where and How Disasters Happened?

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.bosai.go.jp/library/saigai/firstpage/

• Disaster and Accident Statistics (Japan) | Path Finder | National Diet Library

  National Diet Library. Available in Japanese.

  http://rnavi.ndl.go.jp/research_guide/entry/theme-honbun-102203.php

• Disaster and Accident Statistics (World) | Path Finder | National Diet Library

  National Diet Library. Available in Japanese.

  http://rnavi.ndl.go.jp/research_guide/entry/theme-honbun-102729.php

6. Record of Typhoon Disasters

Those sites summarize the historical record of typhoon disasters or the personal experience of typhoons.

• Summary of Natural Phenomena that Brought about Disasters such as Typhoons, Heavy Rains, Earthquakes, Volcano Eruptions

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/kishou/know/saigai_link.html

• MAINICHI PhotoBank - THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS

  Available in Japanese.

  https://photobank.mainichi.co.jp/php/KK_search.php

• The Strike of Muroto Typhoon

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.tanken.com/muroto.html

• Book Card : Disaster and Defense

  Aozora Bunko. An essay by Terada Torahiko. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000042/card2509.html

• 50 Years Have Passed Since Kathleen and Ione Typhoons

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.kurikoma.or.jp/~imamuraa/iti/taihuu/index2.html

• Seikan Renrakusen Toyamaru

  Description on the shipwreck of Toyamaru by Toyamaru Typhoon (195415). Available in Japanese.

  http://www.terra.dti.ne.jp/~akimasa/html/itidaiki/typhoon.htm

• Shipwreck of Seikan Renrakusen Toyamaru

  Description on the shipwreck of Toyamaru by Toyamaru Typhoon (195415) in JST Failure Knowledge Database. Available in Japanese.

  http://shippai.jst.go.jp/fkd/Detail?fn=0&id=CA0000609

• Typhoon Disasters

  Recollection of the observation of Kanogawa Typhoon (195822). Available in Japanese.

  http://www.otenki.co.jp/wes/justtime/typhoon/typhoon.html

• Recovery from the Disaster Caused by Kanogawa Typhoon

  Recovery from the disaster by Kanogawa Typhoon (195822). Available in Japanese.

  http://mhorie.cool.ne.jp/kasen/hukkou/

• 1959 Isewan Typhoon

  Cabinet office. Detailed record of disasters by Isewan Typhoon (195915). Available in Japanese.

  http://www.bousai.go.jp/jishin/chubou/kyoukun/rep/1959--isewanTYPHOON/

• 50th Anniversary Exhibition of Isewan Typhoon

  Library of National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED). Photographs, movies, and documents of Isewan Typhoon (195915), whose 50th anniversary of landfall is 2009. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.bosai.go.jp/library/exhibition/exhibition_isewan/

• Committee of 50th Anniversary of Isewan Typhoon

  The committee,jointly established by Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Mie Prefecture and Nagoya City, exihibits photographs, movies, and documents of Isewan Typhoon (195915). Available in Japanese.

  http://www.quake-learning.pref.aichi.jp/isewan50/

• Rainfall and Disasters of Isewan Typhoon

  Chunichi Shimbun. Interviews of Isewan Typhoon (195915) victims. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/feature/isewan/

• Isewan Typhoon 50th Anniversary

  Mainichi Shimbun. Interviews of Isewan Typhoon (195915) victims. Available in Japanese.

  http://mainichi.jp/chubu/isewan/

• Rainfall and Disasters of Isewan Typhoon

  Gifu Prefecture. Record of disasters by Isewan Typhoon (195915). Available in Japanese.

  http://www.pref.gifu.lg.jp/pref/s11117/saigai_siryo/1959isewan/isewan.htm

• Photograph Collection of Disasters

  Photograph collection of disasters on Isewan Typhoon (195915) by Kiso river office. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.kisokaryu.jp/photo_db/html/

• Aichi Internet Station - Aichi Prefectore

  Prefecture news movie on Isewan Typhoon (195915) digitized by Aichi Prefectore. Movies on recovery from the typhoon are also available for Showa Year 35 and after. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.doga.pref.aichi.jp/ch4/mov/s34/index.html

• Aichi Internet Station - Aichi Prefectore

  Prefecture news movie on Isewan Typhoon (195915) digitized by Aichi Prefectore. Movies on recovery from the typhoon are also available for Showa Year 35 and after. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.doga.pref.aichi.jp/ch4/mov/s34/index.html

• Isewan Typhoon Landfall - Searching Official Documents "BUNZO"

  Official documents of Isewan Typhoon (195915) in National Archives of Japan. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.bunzo.jp/archives/entry/000936.html

• Hurricane Katrina Reports

  Japan Water Forum. English reports on lessons from Isewan Typhoon (195915), and Japanese reports on Hurricane Katrina.

  http://www.waterforum.jp/jpn/katrina/report.html

• Memories on the sea

  The record of massive shipwreck off Mariana by Typhoon 196529. The death toll reached 208, which is the largest shipwreck of fishing boats in Japan. Available in Japanese.

  http://diary.jp.aol.com/applet/jxkjqasfpku/msgcate14/archive

• Bank of Tamagawa River Broke Down

  Breaking down of the bank of Tamagawa River by Typhoon 197416. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.city.komae.tokyo.jp/index.cfm/28,336,138,60,html

• Traces of disasters in Tokushima after Typhoon 197617

  Typhoon 197617 brought an overwhelming amount of rainfall with the national record of 1174mm a day. This rainfall can be viewed in the animation (September, 1976) on the AMeDAS Precipitation page. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.topics.or.jp/nie/2000nie/0918tokushima.html

• Bank of Nagara River Broke Down by Typhoon No. 17

  The breaking down of the bank of Nagara River by Typhoon 197617. Available in Japanese.

  http://chubu.yomiuri.co.jp/conhp/fog020328py.html

• Flooding

  The breaking down of the bank of Nagara River by Typhoon 197617. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.mirai.ne.jp/~esnishie/area/waju/suigai/suigai.html

• Typhoon

  Ishigaki Local Meteorological Office. Record of disasters at Okinawa by Typhoon 197705. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.okinawa-jma.go.jp/ishigaki/saigai/typhoon.htm

• Tears of Apples

  Poems written by children on the damage of apple farms by Typhoon 199119. Available in Japanese.

  http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/tiakio/yaziuma/essay11.html

• A Miracle Calf "Genky Kun"

  Mimasaka Women University. A story of a miracle calf being flowed by the flooding and later found survived during Typhoon 199810. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.mimasaka.ac.jp/intro/bulletin/2001/fukuda/fukuda.html

• Genki Kun and Typhoon N. 10

  Present of Genky-kun, a calf survived the disaster of Typhoon 199810. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.northvillage.ne.jp/other/genky.html

• Record of the Disaster on October 17, 1998

  The disaster at Tsuyama City (Mimasaka District) by Typhoon 199810 recorded by volunteers using photographs and movies. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.nomra.com/saigai/tindex.html

• Typhoon Disasters and Typhoon Information

  Fukuoka Regional Meteorological Office. Record of disasters by Typhoon 199918 and how to use typhoon information. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.fukuoka-jma.go.jp/fukuoka/yoho/taihuu/taifuu.htm

• August 2000, Typhoon No. 8 that hit Minami Daitou Islan

  Minami Daitou Island Local Meteorological Office. Record of meteorological data and disasters by Typhoon 200008. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.okinawa-jma.go.jp/daitou/climet/T200008.html

• Disasters by the typhoon

  Miyako Local Meteorological Office. Record of disasters at Miyako Island by Typhoon 200205. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.okinawa-jma.go.jp/miyako/taihu.htm

• JA Sanbugunshi

  JA Sanbugunshi. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.ja-sambugunshi.or.jp/einou/sanchi_9.html

• Typhoon 0314

  Miyako Local Meteorological Office. Record of meteorological observations and disasters at Miyako Island by Typhoon 200314. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.okinawa-jma.go.jp/miyako/ty0314.htm

• Typhoon 23

  The document of a family whose house, located in Toyooka city, was completely destroyed by the flood due to Typhoon 200423. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.geocities.jp/dmknw501/

7. Realtime Typhoon Report

Those sites give a "lively" report on the strike of typhoons, especially given by those people living in the area of frequent typhoon attacks. Please also refer to Typhoon Front and Eyes on the Typhoon, which are related sites of this site.

• Typhoon is Coming!

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.miyazatom.com/taifu/taifutop.html

• NPO AgriCommunication

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.agrico.org/

• Ogasawara Channel

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.ogasawara-channel.com/contents/weather.htm

8. Typhoon Image Gallery

Sites collecting and providing typhoon or hurricane images.

• NASA - NASA's Hurricane Resource Page

  Hurricane-related information provided by NASA is aggregated as one of NASA's missions.

  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/main/

• The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth

  The collection of photographs taken by astronauts. The huge collection of images include beautiful photographs of typhoons and hurricanes.

  http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/

• NOAA Photo Library

  Photo Library provided by NOAA. This includes many photos of hurricanes.

  http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/

• Eye Spies

  From Weatherwise magazine, many beautiful photographs of typhoons and hurricanes taken from Space Shuttles.

  http://www.weatherwise.org/01ja.byrne.html

• EDC Image Gallery - Featuring Earth as Art 2

  The photograph of Hurricane Elena taken from the Space Shuttle.

  http://edcw2ks15.cr.usgs.gov:8090/imagegallery/silverstream/pages/pgImageDetail.html?ImageID=54

• Clouds From Space

  The photograph of clouds taken from the Space Shuttle, inclulding typhoons and hurricanes.

  http://www.solarviews.com/eng/cloud1.htm

• Image Catalog

  NASA. The main theme is the visualization of remote sensing data, including the visualization of hurricanes.

  http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/

• NASA Hurricane Photos

  NASA. The image gallery of hurricanes collected as part of the CAMEX-4 project.

  http://www1.msfc.nasa.gov/newsroom/camex/camphotos.html

9. Academic Sites

Sites providing more academic information about typhoons.

• Annual Tropical Cyclone Reports

  Annual Tropical Cyclone Report published by Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) about hurricanes and typhoons. Full of professional information and valuable as the record of the history.

  https://metoc.ndbc.noaa.gov/web/guest/jtwc/annual-tropical-cyclone-reports/

• Tropical Meteorology Project

  Colorado State University. Tropical storm forecast and other information.

  http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/

• Seasonal prediction of tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific and South China Sea

  City University of Hong Kong. Forecast of tropical cyclone activity and its verification.

  http://weather.cityu.edu.hk/tc_forecast/

• Maximum Potential Hurricane Intensity

  Real time hurricane potential intensity maps based on the theory of Professor Kerry Emanuel at MIT.

  http://grads.iges.org/pix/hurpot.html

• Tropical Cyclones Portal

  NASA Global Change Master Directory provides a portal for scientific data about tropical cyclones.

  http://gcmd.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/Home.do?Portal=hurricanes&MetadataType=0

10. Information Needs for Typhoon

Sites below describe user's information needs for typhoon information.

• More than 50% users check typhoon information on the Net

  Available in Japanese.

  http://japan.internet.com/research/20010905/1.html

• Instantaneousness of Web Information

  Available in Japanese.

  http://japan.internet.com/atlas/20010903/1.html

• In October, more than 80% checked typhoon information on the Internet

  Available in Japanese.

  http://japan.internet.com/research/20041022/1.html

• Where do you get the typhoon information?

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.rbbtoday.com/enquete/10053.html

• Weather Information, Quite a few users are checking professional sites

  Available in Japanese.

  http://japan.internet.com/research/20060329/1.html

• Weather Forecast, Check on TV or PC? The most popular site is "Yahoo! Weather Information"

  Available in Japanese.

  http://japan.internet.com/research/20060828/1.html

• The result of a survey about people's needs for the research of climate change

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.jamstec.go.jp/frsgc/jp/tenkai/

• Zeitgeist Archive

  The ranking of popular keywords at Google Japan. "Typhoon information" appears as one of most popular keywords in summer. 2004 Zeitgeist.

  http://www.google.co.jp/press/zeitgeist/archive.html

• Yahoo! Japan - What's new 2004 search word ranking

  The ranking of popular keywords in 2004 at Yahoo! Japan. "Typhoon information" does not appear in the list. It was third in 2003.

  http://picks.dir.yahoo.co.jp/new/review2004/general.html#keyword

• Yearly Ranking for News Keywords - infoseek

  The yearly ranking of popular news keywords at infoseek. "Typhoon information" ranked 6th. 2003.

• 2004 Keyword Ranking - goo Ranking Special

  The yearly ranking of popular keywords at goo. Available in Japanese.

  http://special.goo.ne.jp/ranking/2004/

• Wired News: Thanks for the Pageviews, Ivan

  The year 2004 is an "unusual" year not only for typhoons but also for hurricanes. Weather.com achieved 70 million pageviews per day on the attack of Hurricane Ivan. Japan Meteorological Agency also recorded 25.7 million pageviews (in Japanese).

  http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,65000,00.html

11. Typhoon Information and Education

These sites describes best practices to use typhoon information for educational purposes.

• Regional Deployment of the Observation System and the Development of Communities

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.cec.or.jp/books/H13/E-square/02/2_04_teiten/04.html

• NS Project : Weather and Meteorology

  Educational documents for elementary school to study and think about the typhoon. Available in Japanese.

  http://jnk4.org/nsproject/curriculum/weather.html

• NASA - Hurricane Education

  Links to educational tools on hurricanes maintained by NASA.

  http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_educ_links.html

• Digital Library for Earth System Education

  The National Science Digital Library (USA). The database of useful sites for the education of the earth system.

  http://www.dlese.org/

• The GLOBE Program

  Worldwide (mainly US) program of school-based hands-on eduction and scientific observations of earth environment.

  http://www.globe.gov/

12. Other Typhoon Related Sites

Other interesting sites related to typhoons are summarized below.

• Hurricane Hunters - 53rd WRS

  Hurricane Hunters. They fly airplanes right into the eye of the hurricane. The site provides many interesting photos including the eye of the hurricane.

  http://www.hurricanehunters.com/

• NASA - Hurricane Aircraft -- Technological Marvels that Fly through Storms

  Aircraft to study and track hurricanes used by NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and NOAA.

  http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_aircraft.html

• Hurricane Hunters Track Wilma

  A report on Hurricane Hunters going into the eye of Hurricane Wilma.

  http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69310,00.html

• NASA - Electric Hurricanes

  Lightning is generally not often observed in the hurricanes, but a lot of it was observed inside strong hurricanes in the hurricane season of 2005.

  http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/09jan_electrichurricanes.htm

• Weather Derivatives

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.hoken-de.com/column/wetherart1.htm

• Insurance companies feel safe even against the repeated attacks of typhoons

  Available in Japanese.

  http://nikkeibp.jp/wcs/leaf/CID/onair/jp/biz/332205

• Hurricane Futures Market

  University of Miami. An experimental project of a prediction market on the landfalling place of hurricanes.

  http://hurricanefutures.miami.edu/

• Too Many People in Nature's Way

  The disaster of Hurricane "Katrina" revealed the insufficient disaster reduction measures in the USA. The disaster-prone areas have better designed measures even if they are not so rich.

  http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68756,00.html

• Controlling the Typhoon

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.ntv.co.jp/FERC/research/19970921/f1222.html

• Contrail : Aviation and Meteorology

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.aerosim.co.jp/aero/page1.htm

• Typhoon is Approaching ... What will you do?

  Available in Japanese.

  http://www.ruralnet.or.jp/gn/200508/kant.htm

• Typhoons and Wars against Yuan Dynasty

  "Kamikaze (God's Wind)" is named after typhoons that destoryed the troops of Yuan Dynasty, leading to the victory of Japan in the 12th Century. But this story needs to be examined from a scientific point of view. Available in Japanese.

  http://env.sc.niigata-u.ac.jp/~uda/udat/mongol/bunei.html

• Spiral illusion II

  A few illusion images with the name of "typhoon." They really looks like rotating.

  http://www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/uzu2e.html

• Defending Japan from Powerful Typhoons

  Fujisan Radar, built on top of the Mt. Fuji, was the first target of a successful TV program "NHK Project X." Available in Japanese

  http://www.nhk.or.jp/projectx/1radar/

• NOAA Paleotempestology Resource Center

  NOAA Climatic Data Center. Paleoclimate research on past hurricanes.

  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/hurricane/

• Book Card: Typhoon

  Aozora Bunko. An essay "Typhoon" (in Japanese) by a famous poet, YOSANO Akiko. This essay suggests that a word "typhoon" was a "new word" in the age of World War I.

  http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000885/card809.html

• The Worst Natural Disaster on Record

  Kajima Corporation. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.kajima.co.jp/news/digest/sep_2003/tokushu/toku01.htm

13. Tornado

Interesting sites related to tornadoes.

• Tornadoes Database

  Japan Meteorological Agency. Available in Japanese.

  http://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/data/bosai/tornado/

• The Storm Chaser

  Blog by a Japanese storm chaser keeping track of regional-scale meteorology.

  http://tornado.blog.shinobi.jp/