The NCAR
Digital Media Catalog
is now available on the World
Wide Web. More than a thousand of NCAR's best slides, prints,
and film and video footage of solar and weather phenomena and
related topics can be previewed in full color at
http://www.ucar.edu/DMC/DMCHome.html. Videos include El
Nino, which provides animated sequences of the Southern
Oscillation. The 45-minute Stock Weather Footage Reel
#1 contains a variety of footage ranging from severe
weather conditions to the delicate formation of a snowflake.
The six-minute video, Introducing the National Center for
Atmospheric Research, gives an overview of NCAR and
atmospheric research in general. For educators, there are
slide sets on clouds, thunderstorms, and the sun with
suggestions for classroom use. For price information and a
free catalog, contact NCAR's Visual Communications program,
P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000 (303-497-8606 or 8612;
fax: 303-497-8610; lcarbone@ncar.ucar.edu or
razo@ncar.ucar.edu).