In addition to great information on the web, don't
forget your local library! Ask your librarian about book titles listed in
our aurora
bibliography. They are especially useful books if you are working on a
report or research paper.
- Auroral
Activity Extrapolated from NOAA POES
satellite passes.
- Aurora
slides and prints from the Geophysical
Institute for educational or commercial use.
- Today's
Space Weather from the Space
Environment Center in Boulder,
Colorado.
- SOHO -- Solar
and Heliospheric Observatory A spaceborne solar observatory
that helps researchers make aurora predictions.
- Solar
Terrestrial Dispatch maps of the
auroral oval and radio propagation predictions.
- South
Pole station all-sky imager information
and quick-look images
- GI's Aurora
Alert discussion forum.
- The
Aurora Page from Michigan Technological
University.
- Interesting
facts and educational material about
the sun, the aurora, and space weather from IPS in
Australia.
- Auroral Large
Imaging System (ALIS): recent images
from Sweden.
- Nordlysstasjonen
observatory in Adventdalen, Svalbard, including current data from
an all-sky camera, magnetometer, and other
instruments.
- Solar Terrestrial Dispatch:
Forecasts, Space Weather Course, Popular software, Image Gallery, and more.
Aurora
Bibliography
There are many good books on the aurora and space
science for people of all ages. There are also many magazine articles
that you may be able to locate through your local library. Check your
local library or bookstore for these:
For Young Readers...
- Savage, Candace. Aurora: The Mysterious
Northern Lights. Sierra Club Books, 1994. ISBN
0-87156-419-X.
- Sinnott, Roger W. "A Jam-Jar Magnetometer as
Aurora Detector," Sky & Telescope, V. 78, N. 4, pp.
426-432, 1989.
- Souza, D.M. Northern Lights. Carolrhoda
Books, 1994. ISBN 0-87614-799-6 (library binding), 0-87614-629-9
(paper).
- Walsh Shepherd, Donna. Auroras: Light shows
in the Night Sky. Franklin Watts, 1995. ISBN 0-531-20181-3
(library binding), ISBN 0-531-17766-0 (paper).
Books For General Audiences...
- Akasofu, S.-I. Aurora Borealis: The Amazing
Northern Lights. Alaska Geographic, V.6, N.2, 1979 (1994
reprint). ISBN 0-88240-124-6.
- Brekke, Asgeir and Alv Egeland. The
Northern Light: from Mythology to Space Research.
Springer-Verlag, 1983.
- Davis, Neil. The Aurora Watcher's
Handbook. University
of Alaska Press, 1992. ISBN
0-912006-59-5 (cloth), 0-912006-60-9 (paper).
- Eather, Robert H. Majestic Lights: The
Aurora in Science, History and the Arts. American Geophysical
Union, 1980.
- Falck-Ytter, H. The Aurora: The Northern
Lights in Mythology, History, and Science. Anthroposophic
Press, 1985. ISBN 0-88010-123-7.
Magazine Articles For General
Audiences...
- Akasofu, Syun-Ichi. "The Aurora," American
Scientist, V. 69 N. 5, pp. 492-499, 1981.
- Akasofu, Syun-Ichi. "The Dynamic Aurora,"
Scientific American, V. 260, N. 5, pp. 90-97,
1989.
- Brown, Bruce. "Shedding Light on the Aurora,"
National Wildlife, V. 23, N. 2, pp. 50-53,
1985.
- MacRobert, Alan. "The Aurora," Sky &
Telescope, V. 71, N. 1, pp. 30-32, 1986.
- Ponte, Lowell. "Nature's Incredible Night
Show," Reader's Digest, V. 135, N. 12, pp. 86-91,
1989.
- Sampson, Russ. "Fire in the Sky,"
Astronomy, V. 20, N. 3, pp. 39-43, 89-91, 1992.
- Sullivan, Walter. "Curtains of Light, Horsemen
of Night," Audubon, V. 89, N. 1, pp. 40-51,
1987.
- Torr, Marsha. "A New Image of the Atmosphere,"
New Scientist, V. 103, N. 1418, pp. 42-45,
1984.
For Serious Studies...
- Akasofu, S.-I., and Sydney Chapman.
Solar-Terrestrial Physics. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1972.
ISBN 0-19-851262-7.
- Bone, Neil. The Aurora: Sun-Earth
Interactions. Ellis Horwood Ltd., 1991. ISBN 0-13-051392-X
(library ed.), 0-13-052796-3 (student ed.).
- Hargreaves, J. K. The Solar-Terrestrial
Environment: An Introduction to Geospace. Cambridge University
Press, 1992. ISBN 0-52132-748-2 (hardcover), 0-52142-737-1
(paper).
- Hunsucker, R. D. Radio Techniques for
Probing the Terrestrial Ionosphere. Springer-Verlag, 1991.
ISBN 0-387-53406-7.
- Meng, Ching-I., Michael J. Rycroft, and Louis
A. Frank, ed. Auroral Physics. Cambridge U. Press, 1991.
ISBN 0-521-38049-9.
- Tascione, Thomas F. Introduction to the
Space Environment. Krieger Publishing Co., 1994. ISBN
0-89464-044-5 (paper).
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