Hot Links

Hot Links for using weather balloons:

Site for middle school shows relation between altitude, pressure and balloon volume
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/air_pressure/balloon.html

Photos of the process of launching a National Weather Service balloon
http://www.wsanford.com/~jgoodwin/dstreme/launch.html

NOAA page re: weather lessons and projects. Links to videos of weather balloon launch.
http://www.education.noaa.gov/tweather.html

Atmospheric Resources

USA today
Weather Reports
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm

Weather Basics
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/basics/wworks0.htm

How the barometer works
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wbaromtr.htm

Understanding Air Pressure
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wbarocx.htm

Interactive Atmosphere Simulator

NASA Glenn Research Center has created a simulator to help you get a feel for how pressure, temperature, and density change in our atmosphere.

Interactive Atmosphere simulator
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/atmosi.html

Eric Muhs: Expedition to the South Pole
AMANDA & ICECUBE
http://www.pasoschools.org/endeavour/General/Antartica.htm

Cosmic Rays
http://www.lbl.gov/abc/cosmic/SKliewer/Index.htm

Fascinating Lecture Videos at SLAC

SLAC Users Organization Mtg, 7/15/98
Note Dr. Turner's "State of the Universe"

SLAC Colloquiem, 2/17/2000
Note: Dr. Kolb's "Quantum Fluctuations"

Max Dresden on Quantum Mechanics
An excellent description and historical perspective.

SLAC Summer Institutes on Particle Physics, Stanford, CA
Topics addressed during summer symposia for grad students and post-docs

Physics in Collision Conference, 6/20/02
Note: Joshua Frieman's "Cosmology"