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What are auroras? What makes them happen? What do they look like? Where can you see them? Site includes stunning photos and QuickTime movies of the northern lights, and Realaudio interviews with NASA scientists.
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Auroras: Paintings in the Sky Far north in the night sky, a faint glow appears on the horizon. Green and red flames of light stretch across the sky. A glowing curtain of light forms, waving and swirling above you. As...Pages describing the research activities, and employment opportunities (including PhD) within the Group. Work within the group covers micrometeorolgy, cloud microphysics and chemistry, aerosol science, and radiative transfer.
http://cloudbase.phy.umist.ac.uk/
An online database of upper atmosphere, weather, and model data.
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/
GENSPECT is a line-by-line radiative transfer code to calculate gas absorption and emissivity, emission and transmission for a wide range of atmospheric gases. GENSPECT has an online web interface is available as a MATLAB toolbox.
http://www.genspect.com/
Plans, organizes, and conducts atmospheric and related research programs in collaboration with universities.
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National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) R is a federally funded research and development center. Together with our partners at universities and research centers, we are dedicated to exploring and understanding our atmosphere and its interactions with the Sun, the oceans,...These pages outline the work of this group, which is focussed on the study of the atmosphere between about 3 and 90Km above the surface of the earth.
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Research: Atmospheric Physics Physics group is concerned with composition, transport and dynamics in the atmosphere from the ground to the lower stratosphere. This region of the atmosphere is the subject of current environmental concerns as man-made trace gases...Unified Field Theory explains Auroras Borealis and Australis and suggests an experimental simulation using an iron core container with electric coil wrapping and electron gun.
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Aurora Explanation and Simulation Proposed Australis based on diallel field lines. A laboratory experiment properly combining magnetic and gravitational fields is suggested as validation. Contents: Aurora Borealis and the Earth's Magnetic Field Liquid Nitrogen simulation of Aurora Borealis Aurora Borealis...The online 1976 standard atmosphere calculator computes atmospheric properties like density, temperature, pressure and speed of sound up to 86 kilometers altitude. Graphics and a table generator are included.
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Standard Atmosphere Calculator Your browser does not support frames. For the 1976 Standard Atmosphere Calculator Netscape 3.0, Internet Explorer 3.0 or better are required....Earth's natural electromagnetic radio transmissions.
http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/mcgreevy/
Very large, categorized collection of links related to the interaction of solar wind and the magnetosphere.
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Space Weather Resources Weather studies the environmental dynamics of geospace the active (and sometimes stormy) region above the Earth's lower atmosphere including the ionosphere (which often reflects AM radio waves back to Earth) and the magnetosphere (home of...OSIRIS data, presentations and system status from the atmospheric research group at the Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies.
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OsirisWeb Documentation nxbase nxvrte Level 0 100 Orbit HK plot Attitude plots HK Plots OS Level 0 plots IR Level 0 plots Operations Observation Programme SSC Planning Level 2 Computer Status Anciliary Data ECMWF (Login reqd)...Research site on Schumann Resonance and atmospheric electromagnetic energies as observed in Arizona.
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ELF/ULF/VLF Research in Arizona Arizona has moved to a new and permanent home! Please click the following link. sidereal7.org...Why is the sky blue in language that everyone can understand.
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Why is the Sky Blue Watch sends it subscribers articles such as Why is the SkyBlue? to help them better understand its predictions and notices. The following article is aimed primarily at newcomers to skygazing and astronomy but I hope...Overview of the polar aurora, by a scientist; illustrated, with history and relevant physics.
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Secrets of the Polar Aurora Alaska is known as a good place for seeing the polar aurora, also known as Northern Lights Originally the phenomenon was named Aurora Borealis Latin for northern dawn since in the lower 48 states or...Find out about the Michigan Tech atmospheric sciences graduate degree interdisciplinary research program.
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Atmospheric Sciences at Michigan Tech The field of the atmospheric sciences is inherently interdisciplinary. Today's graduate students require a broad understanding of the physical, chemical and biological processes affecting the atmosphere, combined with a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of...Here you will be introduced to research data and digital camera images of lower atmospheric plasma orbs gathered over a three year period from our isolated research site in Gulf Breeze, Florida.
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OrbStudy Here you will be introduced to scientific research, film and digital camera images of plasma energy orbs discovered in Gulf Breeze, Florida in 2000. Please click here if our home page does not appear....The mission of the Atmospheric Physics Branch (SGP) is to advance the scientific knowledge and understanding of the physical processes that determine the behavior of the atmosphere on earth.
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Atmospheric Physics Branch The branch is organized into four research groups to effectively respond to the research goals of the different NASA Strategic Enterprises. Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics Group Atmospheric Modeling Group Atmospheric Radiation Group High Resolution Infrared...The Atmospheric Physics Group's main research is concentrated on improving our understanding of the physics and chemistry that determine the structure and composition of the middle and upper atmosphere.
http://www.misu.su.se/atmphy.htm
Realtime data and archive of ionospheric parameters above Irkutsk and Norilsk (Russia) - electron and ion temperatures, plasma drift, electron density. Data obtained by Irkutsk Incoherent Scatter Radar and DigiSondes.
http://hawk.iszf.irk.ru
Experimental, modeling, and theoretical studies of climate and dynamics from the cryosphere to the middle atmosphere. Remote sensing of atmospheres of Earth and Mars. Abstracts from seminars and FAQ's on climate change.
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index Atmospheric Physics All of Physics University of Toronto Events Past events SICC 2005 Global Chemistry Climate Summer School News MANTRA 2004 latest news! SPARC Office Seminar Series Journal Club Brewer Seminar Series Atmospheric Physics Monday...New algorithms for solving non-linear large scale atmospheric circulations, numerical experiments, related books by Yong Zhu from New Knowledge Publishing.
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New Knowledge Publishing It published a meteorological book Geostrophic Wave Circulations (second edition, 0-9725430-0-7, 0972543007) written by Yong Zhu. This book in meteorology and atmospheric dynamics discussed the Rossby waves, orographic stationary waves, thermal stationary waves, low frequency...Dynamical connection between the troposphere and stratosphere, including planetary wave-mean flow interaction, statistical tools (PCA/EOF,MCA/SVD,CCA), existence of circulation regimes (multiple equilibria).
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The Community Coordinated Modeling Center Your browser does not support frames. Please see non-frames version....Current riometer instruments in production and choices in selecting an instrument for various research projects.
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La Jolla Sciences Welcome Riometers has been manufactured by La Jolla Sciences since 1973 and many units are now in use all over the world. LJS Riometers are available for both synoptic observations and imaging systems at customer specified...The CERES Ocean Validation Experiment (COVE) provides continuous radiation measurements at the Chesapeake Lighthouse for validation of The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) and other satellite products associated with NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS).
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CERES Ocean Validation Experiment (COVE) Homepage ...Global research results using solar irradiance and atmospheric radiation measurement equipment. Contributions to various space experiments.
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welcome to pmodwrc New Rad 2005 UVnet workshop...Novel method of vortex-acoustic sounding of the atmosphere, including sodar design and acoustic sounding data. Related to hydrodynamics and atmospheric turbulence problems.
http://sodar.obninsk.org/Contente.HTM