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The following pages have been added to the site or revised since August 4, 2008:
Earth
Clouds
Aerosols and Cloud Formation
Cloud Formation
Fog
Cloud Formation and Convergence
Cloud Formation and Weather Fronts
Cloud Formation and Mountains
Cloud Formation from Surface Heating
Pockets of Open Cells
Stratocumulus Clouds
Stratus Clouds
Earth's Radiation Budget
Precipitation
Drizzle
Precipitation
Sea Salt Aerosols
Sulfate Aerosols from Plankton
Teleconnections: Changes in Weather Linked Together
Winds in the Southeast Pacific
Atacama Desert - Life
Extremophiles
Plant Genomes
Plant Genomes
Currents at the Coast
How the Surface Ocean Moves: Ekman Transport
Picturing the Gulf Stream Current
Earth's Ocean
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models
Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling
Ocean Chemistry
Surface Ocean Currents
The Swirling Water of Ocean Eddies
Motions of the Ocean
Tides of the Ocean
Ocean Upwelling
Ocean Waves
Rivers
Atacama Desert
El Niño and Other Climate Events
Climate Games and Activities
The Very, Very Simple Climate Model
Notes about the Very, Very Simple Climate Model
Modeling the Future of Climate Change
Earth's Climate and Global Change
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Forcings and Feedback Loops
Tackling the Global Warming Challenge
The North Atlantic Oscillation
**What Are Systems?**
Extreme Environments
Extreme Environments - Acid, Radiation, and More!
Extreme Environments - Temperature and Moisture
What Is a Geologic Fault?
Games
Fun & Games
Geography
The Andes Mountains
Easter Island
Headline Universe
Outflow from World's Largest River – The Amazon – Powers Atlantic Ocean Carbon “Sink”
Scientists to Assess Beijing Olympics Air Pollution Control Efforts
From Sugar to Gasoline
Cold and Ice, and Heat, Episodically Gripped Tropical Regions 300 Million Years Ago
Water Refineries?
Newly-Found Rock May Prove Antarctica and North America Were Connected
Scientists Discover Fish that Talk
Scientists Test System to Forecast Flash Floods along Colorado's Front Range
Atlantic Coral Reefs Are No Match for This Lion
News from the National Science Foundation
Scientists Discover the Oldest Known Rock on Earth
Newsletters
Windows to the Universe Newsletter
Windows to the Universe Newsletter
Olpa
National Science Foundation Podcast Zone
Videos from the National Science Foundation
Our Solar System
Haumea Statistics
People
Vagn Walfrid Ekman
Postcards from the Field Annapurna
Brad Clement
Postcard from the Field
Postcard from the Field
Postcard from the Field
Tonya Riggs
Postcard from the Field
Postcard from the Field
Postcard from the Field
Postcards from the Poles: Solving Polar Fossil Mysteries
Dr. Sally E. Walker
Postcards from the Field
Dr. Boris Dewitte
Brigitte Baeuerle
Dr. Chris Fairall
Dr. Chris Zappa
Dr. Cynthia Twohy
David Painemal
Dione Rossiter
Postcard from the Field
Jacqueline Lim
Jake Crouch
Dr. Jeff Snider
Katie Beem
Lelia Hawkins
Dr. Paquita Zuidema
Dr. Patrick Chuang
Rhea George
Dr. Robert Wood
Dr. Taehyoung Lee
VOCALS Postcards by Date
VOCALS Postcards by Name
Climate Science from the Southeast Pacific: Postcards from the Field
Wiesje Mooiweer Bryan
Physical Science
Starting Points for Science
Tools for Math and Science
Atomic Physics & Particle Physics
Mechanics
Thermal Physics
Space Weather
Space Weather: Quiet vs. Active Times
The Sun and the Solar Atmosphere
Space Weather throughout the Solar System
Earth Weather vs. Space Weather
How Scientists Study Space Weather
Space Weather Mysteries & Unanswered Questions
Instruments & Techniques for Space Weather Measurements
Metrics & Indices that Describe Space Weather
Modeling Space Weather
The Sun Today
Spaceweather
Space Weather
Teacher Resources
Teacher Resources - Activities
Ducks in the Flow: Resources about Surface Ocean Currents for the Upper Elementary Classroom
The Universe
Magnitude - a measure of brightness
Vocals
Research Aircraft Used in the VOCALS Campaign
Climate Science from the Southeast Pacific - Educators' Page
Extreme Weather in the Southeast Pacific
Fisheries in the Southeast Pacific Region
VOCALS Image Gallery
The Southeast Pacific Region
Human Impacts in the Southeast Pacific Region
Industry in the Southeastern Pacific region
Instruments in the VOCALS Field Campaign
Kids' Fun and Games - Climate Science from the Southeast Pacific
Other VOCALS Sites
Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling in the Southeast Pacific
People involved in VOCALS
VOCALS scientific questions
Results from VOCALS
Satellites in the VOCALS Field Campaign
Introduction to VOCALS Science
Clouds and Precipitation in the Southeast Pacific
Global Climate Models and the Southeast Pacific
Southeast Pacific Climate
Research Ships Used in the VOCALS Campaign
What is VOCALS?
Finding Water in the Sky
The Motions of the Ocean Word Search
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