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Upper
Atmosphere

atmospheric layers * dynamics * aviation * stratospheric ozone * ozone hole * CFCs * observation
 

Stratospheric Processes

SPARC - Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate - Newsletters
Online Newsletters on stratospheric research, for example on Stratospheric Cooling and the Tropopause

Planetary waves
Magazine article about planetary waves and the smaller ozone hole 2002

Aviation

IPCC report on aviation
Extensive report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change about the knowledge about aviation in 1999. (After a break in because of Sept. 11th 2001 and the Iraq war trends are now going back to the estimated developments.)

Contrails - Science, Activities
An extended overview of articles and research activities on condensation trails and high clouds

Dynamics

Stratosphere's composition, structure and dynamics
A text based lecture about details of stratospheric dynamics: Brewer Dobson circulation, atmospheric waves, stratophere-troposphere-exchange

Stratospheric Ozone

Vizualiasation of the polar vortex
Short overview (rather old) with good illustrations

Ozone Hole

Twenty questions and answers about the ozone layer / sci. assessment on ozone depletion (UNEP, WMO, NOAA)
Wide overview on the ozone hole and ozone depletion

Polar stratospheric clouds
Review about the formation mechanisms of polar stratospheric clouds

Vizualisation of ozone depletion
Old work from IBM with nice illustrations

Chlorofluorocarbons CFC

Volcanoes and climate

Observing the atmosphere - techniques

TOMS - Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
Introduction and data

Example of a research plane
Overview of technical data, measurements and equipment of a research plane

LIDAR instruments
Explanation of different techniques with photos, provided by NOAA

Remote sensing with satellites
Overview of different techniques and research missions

Remote sensing glossary
Overview of terms used in remote sensing

Links compiled and uploaded by Liezl Escabusa and Elmar Uherek