Despite the storm's common name as the "Blizzard of 1996", one of the few observing sites to record true blizzard conditions was Trenton-Mercer Airport near Trenton, New Jersey.

Included with membership is: Use of the clubs observing sites.

The instrumental designs developed in these programs are used in replacing old technology at GMD's surface observing sites.

While traveling widely to observe geological and archeoloical sites he lectured and conducted experimental field research using chemical analysis to study rocks and fossils.

The user facility has been operating climate observing sites around the world for nearly two decades.

The Weather Service now has more than 300 HO83 thermometers in observing sites around the country and plans to install a total of 1,000.

The thermometer at issue is an electronic sensor, called the HO83, that the Weather Service is counting on to replace the traditional mercury and glass thermometers in 1,000 observing sites around the country.

John E. Bortle created the scale and published it in the February 2001 edition of Sky & Telescope magazine to help amateur astronomers compare the darkness of observing sites.

The institute's magazine, Archeology, published six times a year, gives information about excavations, but is more suited to people wishing to observe sites than take part in digs.

These projects use advanced unmanned submersible equipment to observe underwater sites, and attempt to go to deeper water than in the past.