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Climate Change classes 1
UQ 3 May 07 Cars and ozone
UQ 2 Mar 07 Urban air
Climate change 2007 IPCC special
UQ 1 Nov Dec 06 Particles in air
Special: Oct. 2006 Communication
Nr 10 Sept. 2006 Africa's emissions
Nr 9 July 06 Air traffic
Special: June 06 Climate summit
Nr 8 April 2006 Ozone & N2 cycle
Nr 7 March 2006 Climate modeling
Nr 6 Feb. 2006 acid rain
Nr 5 Jan. 2006 oceanic sulfur
Special: Nov 05 Ozzy Ozone
Nr 4 Oct. 2005 light/satellites
R: The view from space
C: Observing light
A: Activities
L: Links
I: Information for teachers
Special: Sept 05 Cyclones
Nr 3 Sept. 2005 methane/energy
Special: July 05 Greenhouse Earth
Nr 2 June 2005 forest/aerosols
No 1 May 2005 vegetation/CO2
     
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Light, waves and measurements - observation of the atmosphere

Satellite based measurements / techniques

 EDUSPACE - ESA school platform
Europe seen from space, satellite observation, image processing ... the page explains how the Earth is observed from space

 Earth from space
Database of photos and information seeing the Earth from space (NASA)

 Interaction of radiation and matter
What are electromagnetic waves and what do they do with molecules? (ESPERE)

 Investigation of the upper atmosphere
What technologies are available? A short introduction into aircraft and balloon measurements, LIDAR, RADAR and satellite techniques (ESPERE)

Light, atmosphere and climate

 Radiation, atmosphere and greenhouse
What happens when light passes through the atmosphere? A short introduction to the radiation system of the Earth on an easily understandable level. Discussion of solar radiation, infrared back-radiation of the Earth and energy exchange (ESPERE).

 Albedo and Reflection
An introduction to the albedo and light which is either absorbed or sent back from our planet as well as to its role in our climate system (ESPERE).

 Colours, prism and rainbow
One of the most beautiful natural examples for splitting up white light into colours is the rainbow. This page explains how the colours are formed in raindrops. (ESPERE)

 

 

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