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Weather and Climate Philately


Below is an index to checklists of postal and numismatic items in various weather and climate categories. Each page features postal items such as stamps, souvenir sheets, postal stationery, postmarks, cancels, meters, and also cinderellas and cachets from covers when appropriate, as well as numismatic items (banknotes and coins). Our goal is to build an online catalogue for Meteo-Philately (and satellite on stamp Un-Manned Satellite Philately), available to and shared with anyone who is interested. To date, since these Web checklists were started in 2002, there are over 160 pages and over 15,000 images in our areas of interest. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.


Weather Programs and Organizations
WMO logoWorld Meteorological Day (WMD)
(annually: 23 March)
IMO-WMO centenary logoInternational Meteorological Centenary
(100th anniv. IMO-WMO: 1873-1973)
WWW logoWorld Weather Watch (WWW) and
Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW)
50th WMO logo50th Anniversary of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
(1950-2000)
WMO logoWorld Meteorological Organization (WMO)
(Does not include WMO-specific
(WMD, IMO-WMO Centenary, WWW, GAW, and 50th Anniversary WMO)
items in the links directly above.)
GARP logoGlobal Atmospheric Research Program (GARP), GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE), and
Global Weather Experiment (GWE)

(also World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE))
weather observatoryNational weather services, centers, observatories, and their anniversaries
(as well as national climate programs and institutes, meteorological schools and training facilities, private meteorological services or organizations, and meteorological societies)
Weather-Related Programs
IPY logoInternational Polar Year (IPY)
(1st: 1882-1883; 2nd: 1932-1933;
3rd: see IGY; 4th: 2007-2008)
IGY logoInternational Geophysical Year (IGY)
(1957-1958)
IQSY logoInternational Quiet Sun Year (IQSY)
(1964-1965)
IHY logoInternational Heliophysical Year (IHY)
(2007-2009)
IHD logoInternational Hydrological Decade (IHD)
(1965-1974)
ISDR logoInternational Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR)
(1990s)
PUOS logoPeaceful Uses of Outer Space (PUOS)
MTPE logoMission To Planet Earth (MTPE)
SCAR logoScientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Weather Instruments and Measurements
thermometerThermometers, temperatures and temperature units
barometerBarometers, atmospheric pressure and pressure units
anemometerwindsockAnemometers, windsocks, wind vanes, and wind measurements
weather balloonWeather balloons and radiosondes
(and pilot balloons, tracking theodolites, tracking antennas and equipment, and Eole, Argos and other un-manned stratospheric balloons)
rainsnowPrecipitation (rain and snow) gauges
(and evaporation pans, water-depth gauges, and snow-depth measurements)
sunshineSunshine recorders/heliographs, actinometers, and pyranometers
(and signaling heliographs)
radarGround-based remote sensing in meteorology
(radar, lidar, sodar, etc.)
Stevenson screenStevenson screens
(weather instrument shelters)
weather mapWeather maps
(surface and upper-level weather maps, station models, weather symbols, and streamlines)
autostationocean buoyAutomatic weather observing stations
(land autostations, and ocean buoys)
wx-shipOcean weather ships
Weather Elements
ozone moleculeOzone (O3)
(and World Ozone Day, annually: 16 September;
and Montréal Protocol, 1987)
cloudsClouds and skies
(only items with clear intent to show clouds)
tornadoTornadoes, waterspouts, and dustdevils
hurricaneHurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones
(and tropical cyclone relief overprints)
haillightningWeather modification
(rain enhancement, and hail and lightning suppression)
atmospheric water cycleAtmospheric water cycle
Climatology
phenologyPhenology
KöppenClimatologists and Contributors to Climatology
classificationClimatic Regions and Climate-Related Maps
PPRG logoPreserve the Polar Regions and Glaciers (PPRG)
meetingClimate-Related International Conferences
droughtDrought and Desertification
floodFlood-Related
Meteorologists, Climatologists, Atmospheric Scientists, and other Contributors to Meteorology and Climatology
BjerkesChronological and alphabetical indexes


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Copyright © 2002-2009, Colorado State University. All rights reserved.
This Website created and maintained by Don Hillger and Garry Toth.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the following to the information on this Website: Harry Reynolds, Raino Heino, Bob Kochtubajda, Peter Elias (windsocks; Airports on Stamps), Amy McCullough (hurricanes), Dave Meier (IGY), Gary Denis (tornadoes), Valeria Menichini (meteorologists), Robert Greenwald (IGY), John Youle (IGY, IPY, and SCAR), David Stone (Newton), George Fox (Theophrastus), Charles Glenn (tornadoes), Blanton Clement, Jr. (WMO), Charles Schollenberger (IGY), Peter Douglas (IPY and PPRG), Panagiotis Giannopoulos (Thales, WMD, WMO, and ozone; Climate Change), Drazen Poje (images and numerous Michel numbers), Markus Wydera (Balloons in Philately), Maury Pautz (tornados), and Christian Hidalgo (PPRG).
Images of some of the IPY stamps and coins were taken from Pobjoy Mint press releases.
Updated: 2009-11-10