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"Eclipse on Top of the World"
The March 20, 2015, Total Solar Eclipse

Further reading and resources

NASA Eclipse home page
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html

Fred Espenak's "Mr Eclipse" web site
http://www.mreclipse.com/

Fred Espenak's Eclipse wise web site
http://www.eclipsewise.com/

Jay Anderson's Eclipse weather and maps
http://www.eclipser.ca

 Xavier Jubier's Google Maps
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleEarth.html

Bill Kramer's Eclipse Chasers web site (eclipse calculator- photography guides)
http://www.eclipse-chasers.com

Chris O'Byrne's Eclipse calculator
http://www.ecliptomaniacs.com/resources/calculator.htm

Eye Safety
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/eclipsePhoto.html

Eclipse Photography
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/eclipsePhoto.html

Atmospheric Extinction References


Weather Prospects

You can read, meteorologist Jay Anderson's analysis of both locations (Faroe and Svalbard) for yourself in the link listed here.

Jay Anderson's Eclipse weather site
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~jander/tot2015/tot15intro.htm
 
and other historical climate data on Weatherspark here -

Weatherspark Longyerben Climate Averages for March
http://weatherspark.com/averages/28884/3/Longyearbyen-Spitsbergen-Svalbard-and-Jan-Mayen

Weatherspark Faroe Islands Climate Averages for March
http://weatherspark.com/averages/28836/3/Faroe-Islands-Vagar

MM5 weather prediction model
https://afweather.afwa.af.mil/weather/met/met_home.html


NOAA Air Resources Laboratory
http://ready.arl.noaa.gov/READYcmet.php

Dundee Satellite Receiving Station, Dundee University, UK
http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/


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