Atmospheric Physics
Links
Auroras: Paintings in the Sky
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/index.html
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.
The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Conducts basic theoretical and experimental research in planetary, atmospheric, magnetospheric, and solar physics.
UMIST Atmospheric Physics Research Group
http://cloudbase.phy.umist.ac.uk/
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.
NCAR CEDAR
An online database of upper atmosphere, weather, and model data.
General Spectral Toolbox
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.
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Plans, organizes, and conducts atmospheric and related research programs in collaboration with universities.
Liquid Nitrogen Simulation of Aurora Borealis
http://www.allanstime.com/UnifiedFieldTheory/Aurora/
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.
1976 Standard Atmosphere Calculator
http://www.digitaldutch.com/atmoscalc/index.htm
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.
McGreevy ground-based VLF recordings
http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/mcgreevy/
Earth's natural electromagnetic radio transmissions.
Space Weather Resources
Very large, categorized collection of links related to the interaction of solar wind and the magnetosphere.
Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imaging System
OSIRIS data, presentations and system status from the atmospheric research group at the Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies.
Schumann Resonance and Atmospherics on VLF
http://members.tripod.com/si-dreal/elfulf_research_in_arizona.htm
Research site on Schumann Resonance and atmospheric electromagnetic energies as observed in Arizona.
Why is the Sky Blue?
http://www.sky-watch.com/articles/skyblue.html
Why is the sky blue in language that everyone can understand.
Secrets of the Polar Aurora
http://www.phy6.org/outreach/edu/aurora.htm
Overview of the polar aurora, by a scientist; illustrated, with history and relevant physics.
Atmospheric Sciences at Michigan Tech
Find out about the Michigan Tech atmospheric sciences graduate degree interdisciplinary research program.
NASA Ames Research Center
http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgp.html
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.
ORDA database: remote ionosphere diagnostics
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.
University of Toronto Atmospheric Physics
http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca
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.