The Planet Earth

The Planet Earth

• Solar System Websites
• Solar System -- Specialized Websites
• The Sun
• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Earth as a Planet
• Earth Cross-links
• Earth's Magnetosphere
• Aurora
• Artilces about the Magnetosphere
• Magnetosphere Cross-links
• The Moon
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Pluto
• Minor Objects:
  Asteroids & Comets
• Meteors, Meteorites, & Impacts
• Interplanetary Space / Space Physics

Some Related Pages

• The Sun
• Space Missions
• Related Sciences
• Articles & News
• Observing the Sky
• Time & Navigation
• Astronomy Pictures
• Astronomy with Math
• Understanding Orbits
• Extra-Solar Planets
  
• Life in the Universe

Earth Pages on Solar System Websites:

• Earth @ SEDS Nine Planets
• Earth @ Views of the Solar System
• Earth Page @ NSSDC
• Earth @ Padua Observatory
• Exploring the Planets - Earth @ NASM
• Spaced Out - Earth Australian Broadcasting Corp.
• The New York Times - The Earth data and recent news articles.
• JPL Solar System Dynamics: Earth- Geodetic and Geophysical Data



• Exploring the Environment NASA sponsored educational pages.
• Modules. Includes:
• Middle School Earth Science Explorer
• ASTR 103: The Earth and Moon course notes @ George Mason University
• Prof. John N. Louie University of Nevada, Reno: Geol 100- Earthquakes and Earth Structure
• Includes showing evidence for how we know what Earth's interior is like.
• Overview of the Earth from the core to the upper atmosphere Geo 121 PRINCIPLES OF GLOBAL DYNAMICS, An Introduction to Geodynamics, Univ. of NC @ Chapel Hill
• NASA Remote Sensing Public Access Center - NASA Observatorium:
• NASA Observatorium Earth Science
• NASA Observatorium Education-Reference Resources Index
• NASA Earth Observatory
  An educational website about current earth science studies, particularly from space.
• The National Air & Space Museum
• Earth System Science Online USRA
• Earth Science Picture of the Day
• Planet Diary by Prentice Hall (for school)
• EarthRISE Online library of NASA Space Shuttle pictures of Earth.
• EarthKam NASA sponsored site at UCSD.
  Educational Earth images from the shuttle and space station.
• Visualizing Earth UCSD
  Geoscience and space images of Earth.
• Geography from Space Quizes @ the Nat'l Air & Space Museum.
• TerraServer Homepage Microsoft world atlas page with zoomable aerial photographs.
• The Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection U. Texas, Austin
• Hall of Planet Earth American Museum of Natural History (New York).
• Discovery Channel Online - Planet Earth Guide
• Savage Earth PBS-WNET TV program, July 1998.
  About earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.
• BBC - Horizon - The Day The Earth Nearly Died December 5, 2002
• BBC Horizon - Snowball Earth TV documentary, February 22, 2001.
• The Earth's Radiation Energy Balance Univ. of Wisconsin SSEC public outreach.
• Terra NASA GSFC.
  Has some nice short earth science articles.
• Why Isn't Earth Hot as an Oven?
• U.S. Geological Survey home page
• Earthshots - Satellite Images of Environmental Change USGS
• How Thick Is the Earth's Crust? USGS
• Geomorphology from Space
• Global Hydrology and Climate Center (NASA MSFC). Includes current satellite imagery.
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• NOAA- NESDIS- National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Home Page
• Ocean Remote Sensing NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory
• Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Columbia University
• NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (New York City)
• Science of the Earth System @ NASA Earth Science Enterprise (Formerly Mission to Planet Earth Program)
• Florida State University Explores! K-12 Education site about studying Weather Satellite data.
• Basic Skills
• Earth's Atmospheric Composition
• The Great Globe Gallery
• Research Channel Online videos.
• Planetary Explorations: Perspectives on Earth
  James W. Head III, Brown University. February 22, 2000.
• Earth on Edge PBS documentary by Bill Moyers.
• The Earth System Science Community
• How to Build a Habitable Planet, Geological Sciences 265 - 1998 Univ. of Michigan
• U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994 Many short reports about the state of research in many Earth and Space Science fields.
• Dinosaurs 1997 course @ Columbia University
• Lecture 7 - Earth's First 3.7 Billion Years
• Neptune's Web Naval Meteorological and Oceanography Command
• The Bridge - resources for marine science
• Planet Diary
  A reference link website by Addison Wesley.

Earth Cross-links

• Earth on the Astronomy Space Missions Page
  Includes remote sensing topics, weather satellites, and science on the space shuttle and space station.
• On the Additional Sciences page:
• Geology
• Weather & Atmospheric Science
• Earth Pictures on the Astronomy Pictures Page.
• Marine Environment Bookmarks
• Planetary Science, Earth Science, Geology course notes and classes.
• Also check the more general links in the sections,
• Solar System Overview Websites
• Solar System -- Specialized Websites

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Studying the Earth's Magnetosphere / Space Physics

• Electric Universe by CIPCO. There are sections at different grade levels, from 4th grade to high school.
• Earth's Atmosphere Windows to the Universe
  Includes topics such as satellites, effects from the Sun and radio communications.
• The Ionosphere
• The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere
  by Dr. David P. Stern. Thank you for writing me.
• The Great Magnet, The Earth or The Great Magnet, The Earth
  by Dr. David P. Stern. Thank you for writing me.
• Educational tour of the Magnetosphere @ NASA MSFC
• What is the Magnetosphere?
• The Lion Roars: Natural Wave Emissions in Space Plasmas
• The Earth's Magnetism by David Fiedrich, student course project @ Making Our World GS 265 (1996), Univ. of Michigan
• NOVA | Magnetic Storm PBS Documentary
  Evidence for Earth's magnetic field reversals in the past, and a possible reversal in the near future. Also evidence for the complete loss of a magnetic field on Mars. November 18, 2003.
• Earth's Inconstant Magnetic Field NASA news story December 29, 2003.
• When North Goes South - Three-Dimensional Simulation of Geomagnetic Field Reversal Gary Glatzmaier. Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), Carnegie Mellon University.
• Primer on the Solar Space Environment @ NOAA
• Beginner's Radio Propagation Primer AE4RV A.R.T.S. Club Technet
  About how the sun influences our ionosphere and how radio signals can bounce off the ionosphere so that they can be received around the planet. Cool presentation with flash.
• Interesting Facts and Educational Material @ IPS Radio & Space (in Australia)
• UCLA IGPP/SSC Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics @ UCLA
• UCLA/IGPP SSC Tutorial Articles
• The Solar Wind Coupling and Geomagnetic Activity Group
• Geomagnetism Frequently Asked Questions, Geophysical and Environmental Data and Information NOAA
• Solar Terrestrial Activity Report
• Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie (MPAe) (Germany)
• Space Weather John Freeman, Rice University
  The Sun's stream of charged particles effects on the Earth
• Planet Earth: A Great Magnet (aurora & Earth's magnetosphere)
• Aurora Particles and Imagery stories @ Applied Physics Lab of Johns Hopkins Univ.
• Auroral Photos @ UC Berkeley/FAST satellite page
• Current UVI Image of Earth's Aurora (view of aurora from space) @ POLAR UVI Home Page
• High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) Home Page
• Includes About the Ionosphere
• Radio and Space Plasma Physics Group @ Leicester University (UK)
• Ionospheric Physics with related information
• Physics of the Ionosphere University of Washington Radar Remote Sensing (upper atmosphere research)
• Jicamarca Radio Observatory in Peru, operated by Cornell.
• Pulse of the Planet radio programs
• Whistlers
• Natural Radio - Chorus
• Natural Radio - Auroral Chorus
• Stanford University VLF Group Science Background
• INSPIRE Project VLF student projects. Includes some background about VLF. NASA GSFC.
• Also see the Space Physics Page.
• Also see Radio propagation links on my radio pages.

Focus on Aurora

• Aurora, Royal Greenwich Observatory
• Secrets of the Polar Aurora
  by David P. Stern, from talk presented in Anchorage, Alaska, 11 August 2002. Thank you for writing me.
• Space and Astronomy @ Athena, Earth and Space Science for K-12:
• Overview of the Aurora
• Northern Lights Introduction
• Legends and Folklore of the Northern Lights
• Earth and Sun
• Auroras: Paintings in the Sky @ The Exploratorium
• Natural Radio - Auroral Chorus
• Thomas Kempa's Aurora Page
• Univ. of Alaska @ Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute
• Asahi Beer Educational Classroom - Aurora
  Also in Japanese and Spanish.
• Alaska Science Forum: Aurora Articles
• Aeronomy and Auroral Physics at the GI
• The Aurora: Information and Images
• Exploring the Aurora (for younger readers)
• Alaska Science Explained by Neal Brown. Aurora and Rocketry.
• Auroras Oulu Space Physics Textbook
• High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP)
• The Aurora Page
• The Northern Lights (Norway)
• All about Northern Lights Aurora in the Netherlands. (In English and Dutch.)
• Planet Earth: A Great Magnet (aurora & Earth's magnetosphere)
• Aurora Particles and Imagery stories @ Applied Physics Lab of Johns Hopkins Univ.
• Auroral Photos @ UC Berkeley/FAST satellite page
• Current UVI Image of Earth's Aurora (view of aurora from space) @ POLAR UVI Home Page
• N1BUG Web Real Time Aurora Monitor
• The Aurora Borealis and the Telegraph by Patti Norton. New URL.
• Also see Observing Aurora on the Observing Page.

Articles about the Magnetosphere:

• Earth weaves its own invisible cloak - Polar fountains fill magnetosphere with ions December 9, 1997. NASA MSFC.
• Global auroral imaging as a remote diagnostic of geospace by G.A. Germany, P.G. Richards, G.K. Parks, M. Brittnacher, J.F. Spann. June 25, 1997. AIAA presentation paper.
• Strides Made in Understanding Space Weather at Earth by M.J. Buonsanto and T.J. Fuller-Rowell, January 7, 1997, Eos, Vol.78 #1, American Geophysical Union.
• A Beginner's Guide to the Earth's Magnetosphere by Stanley W. H. Cowley, American Geophysical Union
• Also see the Articles Page

Magnetosphere Cross-links

• Interplanetary Space section.
• The Sun
• Space Physics Missions.
• Physics on the Related Sciences Page.