Atmospheric Physics

Atmospheric Physics at MISU - 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

Riometers for Measuring High Latitude Ionospheric Absorption - Current riometer instruments in production and choices in selecting an instrument for various research projects.
http://www.lajollasciences.com

Geostrophic Wave Circulations - New algorithms for solving non-linear large scale atmospheric circulations, numerical experiments, related books by Yong Zhu from New Knowledge Publishing.
http://wave.prohosting.com/nkpub/index.html

Orb Study - 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.
http://orbstudy.com

Kulgun.net- Atmospheric Optics - Explanations of atmospheric optical phenomena occurring in photos in Kulgun, Australia and South Pole station in Antarctica.
http://optics.kulgun.net/

Natural Radio Listening: Streaming Audio - Provides information on natural radio signals in the very low frequency range, how to observe dynamic spectrum, and where to find online sources of streaming audio available on the internet.
http://www.ab9il.net/vlf/vlf1.html

Schumann Resonance and Atmospherics on VLF - Research site on Schumann Resonance and atmospheric electromagnetic energies as observed in Arizona.
http://members.tripod.com/si-dreal/elfulf_research_in_arizona.htm

Why is the Sky Blue? - Why is the sky blue in language that everyone can understand.
http://www.sky-watch.com/articles/skyblue.html

1976 Standard Atmosphere Calculator - 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.
http://www.digitaldutch.com/atmoscalc/index.htm

McGreevy ground-based VLF recordings - Earth's natural electromagnetic radio transmissions.
http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/mcgreevy/

Auroras: Paintings in the Sky - What are auroras? What makes them happen? What do they look like? Where can you see them? Photos and QuickTime movies of the northern lights, and Realaudio interviews with NASA scientists.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/index.html

Spectral Calculator - Provides line-by-line simulation of high resolution infrared atmospheric gas spectra. Supporting this are the blackbody calculator, atmosphere constituent browser and the sun position calculator.
http://www.spectralcalc.com

University of Manchester: Centre for Atmospheric Science - Describes the research activities being undertaken and the facilities available within the center.
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/cas/

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.
http://www.genspect.com/

Atmospheric Optics - Photo visual spectacles produced by light playing on water drops, dust and ice crystals in the atmosphere. Explanations applying atmospheric physics, images and downloadable freeware to simulate them.
http://www.atoptics.co.uk

Space Weather Resources - Very large, categorized collection of links related to the interaction of solar wind and the magnetosphere.
http://space.rice.edu/ISTP/

NCAR CEDAR - An online database of upper atmosphere, weather, and model data.
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/

Secrets of the Polar Aurora - Overview of the polar aurora, by a scientist; illustrated, with history and relevant physics.
http://www.phy6.org/outreach/edu/aurora.htm

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.
http://hawk.iszf.irk.ru

SID Monitoring Station-France - Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances (SID) resulting from solar flares being measured from a France station. Real time data and station descriptions.
http://sidstation.lionelloudet.homedns.org

University of Aberystwyth: Radio and Space Physics Group - Outline the interests of RASP, which is focussed on the study of the atmosphere between about 3 and 90Km above the surface of the earth.
http://www.aber.ac.uk/propag/

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado - Conducts basic theoretical and experimental research in planetary, atmospheric, magnetospheric, and solar physics.
http://lasp.colorado.edu/

NASA Ames Research Center - 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.
http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgp.html

University of Manchester Centre for Atmospheric Science - 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://www.cas.manchester.ac.uk/

Atmospheric Sciences at Michigan Tech - Find out about the Michigan Tech atmospheric sciences graduate degree interdisciplinary research program.
http://www.atmos-sci.mtu.edu/

Liquid Nitrogen Simulation of Aurora Borealis - 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.
http://www.allanstime.com/UnifiedFieldTheory/Aurora/

Observatory and World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC), Switzerland - Global research results using solar irradiance and atmospheric radiation measurement equipment. Contributions to various space experiments.
http://www.pmodwrc.ch/

Andrew Russell - Personal page describing Dr. Russell's work on thunderstorm development through projects like CSIP and COPS, and Southern Hemispheric atmospheric circulation signals in Antarctic ice cores.
http://www.andrewrussell.co.uk

University of Toronto Atmospheric Physics - 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.
http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca

Stratospheric Circulation and its Impact on the Troposphere - 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). [PDF]
http://correio.cc.fc.ul.pt/~jsilv/Thesis.v9-f.pdf

National Center for Atmospheric Research - Plans, organizes, and conducts atmospheric and related research programs in collaboration with universities.
http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/

The Community Coordinated Modeling Center - Provides the space weather research community with model runs on request, visualization and analysis tools, validation and metrics information, and experimental real-time model runs and coupled model runs.
http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

NASA CERES Ocean Validation Experiment - 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).
http://cove.larc.nasa.gov

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.
http://osirus.usask.ca/

UV Radiation, Ozone and Aerosols - Personal blog of Dr. Manuel Anton in which he discusses news, conferences and articles about ultraviolet radiation and ozone.
http://mananton.blogspot.com

Diana William Bou Karam - Personal page of Dr Karam where she describes her research into the effect of dust in the atmosphere. A long term mesoscale observation-modeling approach is used to analyze the radiative impact.
http://drdiana.free.fr