What's New

The following pages have been added to the site or revised since July 7, 2008:

Bio

      Vanessa Pearce

Earth

      Blizzards
      Large Blizzards of North America
      Blizzard Safety
      Clouds
      Aerosols and Cloud Formation
      Cloud Formation
      Fog
      Cloud Formation and Convergence
      Cloud Formation and Weather Fronts
      Cloud Formation and Mountains
      Cloud Formation from Surface Heating
      Cloud Heights by Latitude
      Pockets of Open Cells
      Stratocumulus Clouds
      Earth's Radiation Budget
      Hurricanes
      Mesosphere - Layer of Earth's Atmosphere
      Precipitation
      Drizzle
      Precipitation
      Precipitation
      Precipitation
      Ice Storm Image Gallery
      Sea Salt Aerosols
      The Stratosphere
      Sulfate Aerosols from Plankton
      Teleconnections: Changes in Weather Linked Together
      The Thermosphere
      Tornadoes
      Tornado Image Gallery
      Weather Radar
      Tornado Safety
      Thunderstorms
      Thunderstorm Safety
      Supercell Thunderstorms and Squall Lines
      Thunderstorm Image Gallery
      Advisory, Watch, and Warning
      Guide to Advisories, Watches, and Warnings
      Wind
      Type of Wind: Northeaster
      Northeaster in Action
      Winds in the Southeast Pacific
      Atacama Desert - Life
      Extremophiles
      Plant Genomes
      Plant Genomes
      Currents at the Coast
      Condensation
      How the Surface Ocean Moves: Ekman Transport
      Picturing the Gulf Stream Current
      Earth's Ocean
      Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models
      Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling
      Ocean Chemistry
      Surface Ocean Currents
      The Swirling Water of Ocean Eddies
      Motions of the Ocean
      Tides of the Ocean
      Ocean Upwelling
      Ocean Waves
      Rivers
      Sea Level
      Atacama Desert
      Effects of Climate Change Today
      El Niño and Other Climate Events
      Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
      The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
      Global Warming: Scientists Say Earth Is Heating Up
      Tackling the Global Warming Challenge
      The North Atlantic Oscillation
      What Can I Do?
      The Year Without a Summer
      Extreme Environments
      Extreme Environments - Acid, Radiation, and More!
      Extreme Environments - Temperature and Moisture
      What Is a Geologic Fault?

Geography

      The Andes Mountains
      Easter Island
      Latitude and Longitude
      Angles Determine Latitude and Longitude

Headline Universe

      Scientists to Assess Beijing Olympics Air Pollution Control Efforts
      If a Tree Falls in the Forest, and No One Is Around to Hear It, Does Climate Change?
      Study of Glacial Earthquakes Shakes Up Idea of How Ice Streams Move
      Newly Born Twin Stars are Far From Identical
      Water Refineries?
      Newly-Found Rock May Prove Antarctica and North America Were Connected
      The Mystery of Mass Extinction is No Longer Murky
      Scientists Discover Fish that Talk
      Scientists Test System to Forecast Flash Floods along Colorado's Front Range
      Greenland’s Ice Is Melting Faster
      Atlantic Coral Reefs Are No Match for This Lion
      How Many Species Have There Been on Earth?

Index

      Site Map

Mars

      Poles of Mars Image Gallery

Mythology

      Makemake, Rapa Nui God of Fertility and Creator of Humanity
      Myths of Polynesia
      Shango, Yoruba God of Thunder and Lightning
      Tawhiri, Maori God of Wind and Storms
      Tonenili, Navajo God of Water

Newsletters

      Windows to the Universe Newsletter
      Windows to the Universe Newsletter

Olpa

      Eureka! NSF Science Research Portal
      National Science Foundation Podcast Zone

Our Solar System

      Makemake - Dwarf Planet
      Makemake Statistics
      Planetary Orbital Data Table
      Table of Planets
      Solar System Reference Data
      Our Solar System

People

      Postcards from the Field Annapurna
      Brad Clement
      Tonya Riggs
      Postcard from the Field
      Postcard from the Field
      Postcard from the Field
      Postcard from the Field
      Postcard from the Field
      Postcard from the Field
      Postcards from the Field
      Dr. Boris Dewitte
      Dr. Chris Fairall
      Dr. Chris Zappa
      Dr. Cynthia Twohy
      David Painemal
      Dione Rossiter
      Jake Crouch
      Dr. Jeff Snider
      Katie Beem
      Lelia Hawkins
      Dr. Paquita Zuidema
      Dr. Patrick Chuang
      VOCALS Postcards by Date
      VOCALS Postcards by Name
      Rhea George
      Dr. Robert Wood
      Dr. Taehyoung Lee
      Climate Science from the Southeast Pacific: Postcards from the Field
      Wiesje Mooiweer Bryan

Physical Science

      Element (Chemical Element)
      Atomic Nucleus
      Electron
      Neutron
      Proton

Space Weather

      Homing Pigeons and Space Weather
      Pipelines - Basic Information
      Space Weather Effects on Pipelines
      Space Weather at Earth and in Near-Earth Space (Geospace)
      Space Weather: Quiet vs. Active Times
      The Sun and the Solar Atmosphere
      Space Weather throughout the Solar System
      Earth Weather vs. Space Weather
      How Scientists Study Space Weather
      How does Space Weather affect Earth and Human Society?
      Space Weather Mysteries & Unanswered Questions

Sun

      Table of Solar Eclipses

Teacher Resources

      Changing Climate, Changing Water Availability, and Human Health

The Universe

      Gravitational Lensing
      Stars

Vocals

      Research Aircraft Used in the VOCALS Campaign
      Extreme Weather in the Southeast Pacific
      Fisheries in the Southeast Pacific Region
      VOCALS Image Gallery
      The Southeast Pacific Region
      Human Impacts in the Southeast Pacific Region
      Industry in the Southeastern Pacific region
      Instruments in the VOCALS Field Campaign
      Other VOCALS Sites
      Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling in the Southeast Pacific
      People involved in VOCALS
      VOCALS scientific questions
      Results from VOCALS
      Satellites in the VOCALS Field Campaign
      Introduction to VOCALS Science
      Clouds and Precipitation in the Southeast Pacific
      Global Climate Models and the Southeast Pacific
      Southeast Pacific Climate
      Research Ships Used in the VOCALS Campaign
      What is VOCALS?
      Finding Water in the Sky


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