Due to the presence of dissolved gases such as carbon dioxide, rainfall is naturally acidic. The release of other gases and chemicals such as sulfur dioxide during the combustion of coal and oil can cause rainfall to...

The book, Sorbjan, Z (1996):Hands-on Meteorology, published by the American Meteorological Society, is an excellent source of ideas for teachers to use in the classroom. However, no book can be complete, so this web site...

A large collection of solar images and information. Includes an illustration and explanation of the refraction of light to form rainbows and other atmospheric illusions.

Housed at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (SSEC) at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, the atmospheric emitted radiance interferometer (AERI) "measures downwelling infrared radiation...

This collection, created and maintained by Harald Edens, contains photographs of many different atmospheric optical phenomena. Those phenomena include ice crystal halos, light scattering, and atmospheric refraction,...