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Lighting and Atmospheric Electricity

This site focuses on the causes and effects of lightning as well as analyzing a wide variety of atmospheric measurements related to thunderstorms.

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http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/

Atmospheric Pressure

The fundamental SI unit of pressure is the Pascal (Pa), but it is a small unit so kPa is the most common direct pressure unit for atmospheric pressure. 1 mm Hg is an old unit of pressure ...

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pman.html#atm

Visible Earth

A catalogue of satellite images of our home planet detailing everything from atmospheric data to city lights or natural disasters.

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http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

Crushing Coke Can

A nice demonstration using a simple Coke can of atmospheric pressure.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/pcoke.html#coke

University of Oxford Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics

Homepage for the department with information on current research.

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http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/main/dept/index.html

University of Illinois Department of Atmospheric Sciences

Weather information for the state of Illinois with links to similar sites in other states

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http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/

Light & Optics - Online meteorology guide

An excellent guide to atmospheric optics: meteorological effects such as rainbows, halos and red sunsets, explained using basic physics.

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http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/home.rxml

Crushing Steel Drum

A nice demonstration using a simple steel drum of atmospheric pressure.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/pdrum.html#drum

Satellites (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Details of the different satellites which collect data for NOAA, real-time satellite pictures (USA) and archived satellite images of weather extremes.

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http://www.noaa.gov/satellites.html

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

UCAR is a non-profit corporation formed to enhance the computing and observational capabilities of the founder universities, and to focus on scientific problems that are beyond the scale of a single ...

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http://www.ucar.edu/ucar/edout.html

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