Space Plasmas -General Resources

Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Coordinated Data Analysis Web (CDAWeb), SPDF, NASA Goddard
Scientific Committee for Solar-Terrestrial Physics SCOSTEP
Resources in Space Physics through Southwest Research Institute
National Space Science Data Center NSSDC, NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, Maryland
Space Environment Effects Resources, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
International Solar Terrestrial Physics Program (ISTP), Polar, Wind, and Geotail
primary space plasma multi-spacecraft program for the 1990s;
solar physics, magnetospheric physics, solar-terrestrial relations, theory, simulations
Space Environment Center, NOAA, Boulder, Colorado
real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, solar-terrestrial physics, space weather operations, data systems, space plasmas, heliosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere
National Geophysical Data Center NOAA
solar-terrestrial physics, solar and space plasmas, solar-terrestrial glossary,
interactive data resource, solar, ionosphere, geomagnetic variations, space weather
National Science Foundation NSF, Arlington, Virginia
Geosciences/Atmospheric Science/Upper Atmospheric Section - space plasmas
Polar Programs Office - space plasma research in polar regions
Math&Physical Science/Astronomy - solar physics, plasma astrophysics
Space Physics Center, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics IGPP, UCLA
research and resources in all areas of space physics
Space Physics and Aeronomy Research Collaboratory (SPARC)
SPARC provides access to numerous experiment/model data streams and supports both real-time campaigns and retrospective analysis. There is also a public outreach component to the system. The SPARC data viewers can be tailored by users and shared with remote collaborators, using standard web browsers (Netscape/Internet Explorer 4.x and above). Interactive viewers exist for the complete incoherent scatter radar chain, ISTP satellites, digisondes, magnetometers, & numerical model outputs.
NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C.
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U.S. Research Centers with Space Plasma

Space Science Research at APL, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland
planetary magnetospheres, space plasmas, solar physics, heliosphere, solar wind, ionosphere, magnetosphere, radiation belts, space plasma environmental effects, energetic particles and cosmic ray studies, composition studies, auroral physics, solar-terrestrial physics, auroral imaging, energetic neutral atom imaging, cometary physics, geomagnetic tails, distribution functions of ion species, solar flares, coronal mass ejections, geomagnetic field, space weather, RF wave propagation and ionospheric physics, solar system - interstellar boundaries, experiments: spacecraft instrumentation (all aspects), radar systems for ionospheric physics
Center for Space Science and Exploration, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
planetary magnetospheres, energetic particle and cosmic ray studies, aurora, ionosphere, space plasmas, geomagnetic tail, boundary layers, heliosphere, solar wind, ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling, coronal mass ejection, magnetospheric field model testing, cometary physics, substorms, geospace general circulation model, space weather, experiments: spacecraft instrumentation
Sciences and Exploration Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
space physics research, solar, magnetospheric, ionospheric, ground-based research, theory and simulations, models, data analysis tools, spacecraft instrumentation
Photovoltaic & Space Environment Effects Branch, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
space plasma environmental effects, high voltage space power system interactions with ionospheric plasma, arc suppression, plasma source testing, solar array plasma environment testing, sputtering, arcing and current-collection testing, insulating and coatings plasma compatibility testing, electron beam and sputtering of metals and insulators for coatings and electrical contacts, experiments: space flight experiments, plasma interaction facility PIF, thermal and electron beam evaporator and radiofrequency (RF) sputtering lab
The Electric Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, Ohio
electric propulsion systems, resistojets, arcjets, ion thrusters, Hall effect thrusters, pulsed plasma thrusters, space environment simulation chambers, Deep Space 1 mission, experiments: two large space environment chambers (15 foot diam by 65 ft; 25 foot diam by 70 ft with vacuum cabability down to 10-6 torr)
Space Plasma Physics Branch, Space Sciences Lab, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
space plasmas, ionosphere, magnetosphere, aurora, plasma heating and polar plasma outflows, ionosphere-magnetosphere interactions, plasmasphere, plasma acceleration, electrodynamics of dusty plasma, radiation belt, ring current-plasmasphere interaction, plasma modeling, particle kinematics, magnetospheric particle transport, IMAGE mission modeling, magnetic storms and substorms exp: spacecraft experimentation dusty plasma laboratory
Solar Physics Branch, Space Sciences Laboratory, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
solar physics, solar wind, heliosphere, chromosphere, solar flares, coronal mass ejections, solar dynamo, coronal heating, 3D magnetic fields, waves and helioseismology, surface and interior flows, sunspot cycle prediction, solar wind dynamics, experiments: spacecraft experimentation
Space and Earth Science Programs, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL, Pasadena, California
solar system space plasmas, solar wind, cometary studies, interplanetary shocks, heliosphere, planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres, isotopic composition, sun-earth connections
Deep Space 1 project page, JPL
ion propulsion system; contractors are AEC-Able Eng. Inc., Goleta, CA, Tecstar, City of Industry, CA, Entech, Keller, TX, NASA LRC, CLeveland
National Oceanics and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Space Environment Center, Boulder,CO
real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, solar-terrestrial physics, space weather operations, data systems, space plasmas, heliosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere
Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
laboratory plasma experiments, space weather, auroral phenomena, lightning discharges, real-time prediction of large geomagnetic storms, ionospheric modification, ionospheric modeling, ionospheric and magnetospheric physics, NRL plasma formulary
experiments: laboratory plasma experiments, gyrotron laboratory, high power radiation sources, electron accelerators
Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
solar atmosphere, solar-terrestrial relations, laboratory plasmas, space plasma, space weather, ionosphere, aurora, plasmasphere,magnetosphere, solar physics, solar corona
experiments: laboratory plasma experiments, coronagraph on SOHO spacecraft
Space Vehicles Directorate, Phillips Research Laboratory, Hanscomb AFB, Massachusetts (battlespace environment) ionosphere hazards, background clutter mitigation, space physics modeling, space plasmas, space weather, near-earth space environment
(space electronics & protections) space plasma environmental effects, experiments: spacecraft instrumentation
Space Science and Engineering, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
ionospheric and magnetospheric plasmas, planetary magnetospheres, space physics archives, image gallery, atomic, molecular and plasma physics resources, experiments: suborbital and spacecraft instrumentation; complete facilities for design, fabrication, calibration and construction
Atmospheric Chemistry and Space Physics, SRI International, Menlo Park, California experiments on naturally and artificially disturbed environments, space environmental effects, space plasma modeling, ionosphere, magnetosphere, ion-neutral coupling, experiments: radar systems
Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Div. of Astro. and Space Physics, Washington D.C.
solar physics, cosmic ray physics
Multi-lab consortia - Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics IGPP of the University of California (UCLA,UCSD, UCR, NANL, LLNL)
UCLA Space Science Center SSC is the primary IGPP center for space plasmas.
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U.S. University Research Centers with Space Plasma

Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama Huntsville, Alabama
solar-terrestrial research, space plasmas, computer modeling and simulations, magnetophere, ionosphere, low-energy ion studies, convection, plasmasphere, radiation belt, experiments: spacecraft experimentation with NASA MSFC
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska
solar-terrestrial physics, theory, simulations, experiments, ionospheric and magnetosheric physics, solar physics, space weather, experiments: sounding rocket research and Poker Flats rocket range
Physics Department, Auburn University, Alabama
magnetospheric physics, soliton studies, solar physics, laboratory space plasma studies, solar physics, experiments: linear experiment for space plasmas ALESPI
Space Physics Group, Space Science Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, California
space plasma physics, magnetosphere and ionosphere plasma processes, wave-particle interactions, particle acceleration, aurora, solar wind, magnetotail, plasma waves, experiments: sounding rocket and spacecraft experimentation, electrostatic analyzers, electron spectrographs, electric field probes
Basic Plasma Science Facility (BAPSF), UCLA, Los Angeles, California
simulation of space plasma processes, Alfven and Whister wave studies, currents
Space Physics Center, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics IGPP, UCLA
magnetosheric physics. solar wind coupling and geomagnetic activity, space simulations, space plasma physics, magnetospheric storms and substorms, planetary magnetospheres, solar wind, heliosphere, geomagnetic field, low-frequency waves, wave-particle interactions, plasma waves, MHD modeling, plasma boundaries, collisionless shocks, solar wind-magnetosphere interaction
experiments: spacecraft experimentation, (plasma and env. physics lab) high power auroral stimulation observatory HIPAS
Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS), Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
space plasma theory, numerical simulation, collisionless shocks, magnetic reconnection, plasma waves and instabilities, dusty plasmas, solar wind
Center for Integrated Plasma Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
(dusty plasma group) dusty plasma charging, lunar dust, noctilucent clouds, chondrule formation in lightning discharges, transport coefficient experiments
(space plasma wave particle group) wave-particle interactions, HF ionospheric modification, ionospheric turbulence, plasma waves in the solar wind and near planetary shocks, low-dimensional models of solar-wind driven magnetotail-ionosphere system
Columbia Plasma Physics Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY
lab space plasma studies, collisionless plasma instabilities, transport, dipole field plasmas, MHD equilibria and dynamo plasma theory, kinetics, nonlinear dynamics, experiments: collisionless Terrella experiment CTX
Space Physics, Plasmas, and Atmospheric Studies, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
space plasma theory, simulation and experiments, sounding rocket, spacecraft and radar experiments, ionospheric and magnetospheric plasmas, instabilities, transport, experiments: sounding rocket experiments AMNERIS, LTR, CAPER, spacecraft experiments, radar ARECIBO
Space Physics at Dartmouth College, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
MHD and kinetic plasma simulations, near-earth space environment, MHD turbulence, fusion confinement and stability, nonlinear computation of magnetofluids, space plasma theory magnetic reconnection, magnetospheric modeling, space plasma boundaries and shock studies, auroral acceleration experiments: rocket instrumentation; ground-based remote ionospheric measurements
Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
(experimental) waves and instabilities in dusty plasmas, dust-ion acoustic waves, electrostatic dust-ion cyclotron wave, dust acoustic waves, electrostatic screening, dust grain charging, growth, levitation, sputtering, astrophysical dusty plasmas, strongly-coupled dusty plasmas, dust clouds in plasmas, dust growth, dust detection by Mie scattering, computer simulation of dusty plasmas
(theory group) MHD, reconnection, turbulence theory, singularity formation, free-electron laser theory, dusty plasma theory
(space physics) particles and electric fields, particles and imaging, plasma waves, ionosphere, magnetosphere, heliosphere, planetary magnetospheres, cometetary physics, wave-particle interactions, auroral physics, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, solar wind-magnetosphere interactions, substorms, space weather (astronomy) plasma astrophysics, turbulence in interstellar medium education,
experiments: rocket and spacecraft instrumentation (experimental) Q-machines IQ-1,IQ-2,IQ-3, triple plasma device
Space Physics Group and Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
space plasma theory and modeling, wave-particle interactions, lightning simulation, plasma astrophysics, space plasma experimentation, composition, mass, and charge state studies in space plasmas, solar wind and heliospheric studies, high energy plasma and cosmic ray studies, suprathermal and energetic ions from solar, planetary and interplanetary environments, particle acceleration, interplanetary shocks, radiation belts, ion pick-up, computer simulations of magnetospheric interactions, experiments: spacecraft experimentation
Center for Space Research, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
space plasmas, planetary magnetospheres, solar wind and heliosphere studies, plasma astrophysics, experiments: spacecraft instrumentation
Center for Theoretical Geo/Cosmo Plasma Physics, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
plasma turbulence, self-organized criticality, complexity, wave-particle interactions
Plasma Science & Fusion Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA
space plasma, plasma astrophysics
Space Physics Research Laboratory, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
polar wind, plasmasphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere, planetary magnetospheres, particle simulations, MHD simulations of space plasmas, space electron beam studies, auroral physics, experiments: spacecraft instrumentation
Center for Space Environment Modeling, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
multiscale hydrodynamic and MHD models for space, laboratory plasmas and highly rarefied gases, simulation of near-equilibrium and non-equilibrium transport in compressible gases and multi-component plasmas, hybrid kinetic and MHD solution techniques, multiscale modeling of heliospheric plasmas with adaptive mesh, software: various 2D and 3D MHD research models
Space Physics, Dept of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota space weather, magnetospheric physics, cosmic ray physics, lightning research, experiments: spacecraft experimentation, sounding rocket 'Lightning Bolt'
Cosmo-Chemistry, Prof. Manuel, Dept of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Rolla
isotope mass spectroscopy for origin of elements in the solar-system;
discusses the Sun as a plasma mass diffuser
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
ionosphere, magnetosphere, heliosphere, space plasmas, solar-terrestrial theory, experiments; sounding rocket and spacecraft experimentation
Space Physics, Physics & Astronomy Research, Rice University, Houston, Texas
planetary ionospheres and magnetospheres, solar wind, magnetospheric physics, auroral physics, space plasma theory, numerical simulations, space weather, experiments: spacecraft instrumentation
W. B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
space plasmas, ionosphere, magnetosphere, space weather, polar cap potentials, electric fields, ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling, high-latitude convection, plasma irregularities, currents, plasma waves, experiments: rocket and space instrumentation
Plasma Physics Laboratory, Dept of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
space plasma physics, neutral atom imaging of plasmas, laboratory experiments
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Major Space Plasma Research Centers (non-U.S.)

European Space Agency ESA Headquarters, Paris, France
all space science, missions, experiments, data operations and analysis, space plasmas, solar and space physics, space weather, ionosphere, magnetosphere, heliosphere, comets, interstellar studies, plasma astrophysics, space plasma environmental effects, theory, modeling space physics, experiments: spacecraft and spacecraft instrumentation
European counterpart to NASA
Centre de Donnees de la Physique des Plasmas (CDPP), Toulouse, France
Space plasma data center that preserves data relevant to the physics of naturally occurring plasmas, especially from experiments that are either French or have strong French participation.
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science ISAS, Sagamihara, Tokyo region, Japan all space science, missions, hardware, data operations and analysis, space plasmas, solar-terrestrial physics, ionospheric and magnetospheric physics, experiments: spacecraft and spacecraft instrumentation
Japanese counterpart to NASA
Institute of Space Research IKI, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
all space sciences, missions, experiments, data operations and analysis, Russian space science internet and satellite situation center, data archives, space plasma theory, acceleration processes, solar wind and interplanetary plasmas, magnetosphere processes, observations: spacecraft missions and science; INTERBALL, PROGNOZ, ARCAD, ACTIVE, APEX, RELICT
Russian counterpart to NASA
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
National Activities of Member States
International Aerospace Information Network (IAIN)
Space Agencies and Organizations
Educational Institutions
Aerospace R&D Organizations, Facilities

Research Centers (alphabetical order by country)
Astrophysical Plasma Group, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
fluid and MHD simulation, kinetic plasma processes, stellar winds, comets heating of the solar corona, non-linear processes and turbulence
Space Physics Group, Physics Dept, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia ultra-low frequency ULF studies of magnetosphere and ionosphere using spacecraft and ground-based geomagnetic pulsation data, electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves EMIC in the magnetosphere, wave-wave interactions, Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in magnetail, MHD simulations, experiments: high-temperature plasma furnaces
Belgian Forum for Plasma Science
[Centre for Space Plasma (BIRA-IASB) Laboratory for Plasma Physics, Ecole Royale Militaire, Brussels, Centre for Plasma Astrophysics, Leuven, LUC, UCL, ULB, UMH, VITO, Astronomical Observatory, Ghent, Dept of Applied Physics, Ghent, Research Group on Glow Discharges and Related Plasmas, Antwerp ]
space plasmas, cold plasmas, hot plasmas
Space Physics and Space Weather, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
plasma kinetic theory, modeling of solar and polar winds, electrostatic double layers, kinetic theory of discontinuities; and Space Weather proejcts including radiation belt modeling software: SPace ENvironment Information System (SPENVIS) for ESA Trapped Radiation ENvironment model Development (TREND), and library of Fortran routines.
Astronomical Observatory, University of Ghent Ghent, Belgium
space plasma waves, dusty plasmas
Complex Systems and Plasma Physics Group, Physics Dept, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile
space plasmas, transport processes, waves in plasmas, nonlinear process simulations, nongyrotropic distributions
Space Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
auroral physics, earth's magnetosphere, numerical simulations, experiments: digital all-sky cameras, magnetometer stations
Space Physics, Dept of Physical Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
space plasmas, including ionospheric, magnetospheric, heliospheric, magnetic pulsations, geomagnetic activity, auroral physics, E-region plasmas, F-region plasmas, VLF-wave studies, experiments: magnetometers, VLF receivers, space instrumentation
Institutes of Theoretical/Experimental Physics, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Bochum, Germany
(tp1) dusty plasmas, plasma boundary layers or inhomogeneous interface regions
(tp4) space plasmas, magnetic reconnection, plasma shocks and boundaries, space plasma equilibria
Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
planetary radio astronomy, space plasmas
Max-Planck-Institut fur Aeronomie, Lindau, Germany
space plasmas, ionosphere, magnetospheric fields and particles, sun and solar wind, comets, experiments: STARE radar system (with FMI, Finland) RIO-IMAGER (with University of Tromsoe, Norway) CLUSTER, SOHO, and POLAR spacecraft experiments
Max-Planck-Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
space plasma physics, plasma astrophysics, experiments: space instrumentation
Astrophysics, Astronomy & Mechanics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
solar and space plasmas, flares, shock acceleration, heliospheric plasmas
KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nucear Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary - space plasmas, physics of geospace, solar wind and planetary magnetospheres
Indian Space Research Organization
solar-terrestrial science, space physics
Institute of Chemical and Physical Processes (IPCF), Pisa, Italy
space plasmas, chromospheric plasmas, magnetic reconnection, soliton dynamics, solar wind plasmas
Astroparticle Physics, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Napoli, Italy
stellar and space plasmas, particle acceleration, dusty plasmas
Laboratory of Plasma, Laser and Computational Electromagnetics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kyushu, Japan
spacecraft environmental interactions, electromagnetic compatibility, lightning, lasers
Plasma and Space Physics Group, Dept of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway space plasmas, substorm processes, auroral emissions, wave-particle interactions, ELF/VLF emissions and magnetic micropulsations, studies of dayside polar cusp and cap, experiments: meridian scanning photometer, all-sky cameras, sounding rockets, spacecraft instrumentation
The Plasma Laboratory, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway
ionospheric plasma physics, wave propagation, coherent strucutures, experiments: Andoya Rocket Range
EISCAT Scientific Association, Tromso, Norway
experiments: incoherent scatter radar systems, ionospheric heater and dynasonde in northern scandinavia; two radar systems at Tromso, Norway, one at Longyearbyen, Svalbards
Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia plasma electrodynamics, nonlinear processes, plasma astrophysics, plasma geophysics
Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN) Moscow, Russia
space electrodynamics, ionospheric plasma processes, radio propagation, active space plasmaexperiments, magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions, plasma kinetics, transport and fluctuations in nonequilibrium space plasmas, solar physics, coronal studies, solar wind, heliospheric plasmas, cosmic ray variations, solar wind-magnetosphere interactions, spacecraft experiments
Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Division, Irkutsk, Russia
solar physics, solar-terrestrial relationships, ionosphere, magnetosphere, wave propagation, space weather monitoring and forecast, experiments: ionospheric, solar and geophysical observatories
Division of Plasma Physics, Alfven Laboratory, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
[lab plasma group] beam-plasma interactions, double layers
[space plasma group] space plasma experiments, data analysis, theory and modeling, ionospheric, magnetospheric, solar and solar wind physics, interstellar and intergalactic medium, double layers, critical ionization velocity effects, pinch effect, experiments: Green Tank for beam-plasma interactions, Triple Plasma Machine for electric double layers, experiments: space plasma instrumentation
Swedish Institute of Space Physics IRF, Kiruna, Sweden
[divisions in Umea, Uppsala, Lund] space plasmas, ionospheric, magnetospheric solar and solar wind, auroral physics, experiments: auroral large imaging system ALIS, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer FTIR, experiments: space plasma instrumentation
Space Research, Dept of Physical Sciences, University of Oulu, Sweden
ionosphere, magnetosphere, heliosphere, space plasmas, solar-terrestrial physics, experiments:rocket and spacecraft instrumentation ground-based magnetometers, all-sky cameras, VLV receivers, radar experimentation
Radio Astronomy and Plasma Physics Group (ETHZ) Zurich, Switzerland
solar physics, space plasmas, plasma astrophysics, experiments: solar spectrometer
Space Science and Technology, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxfordshire, UK solar-terrestrial physics, ionosphere, magnetosphere, auroral plasmas, solar systems space plasmas, solar physics, planetary magnetospheres, experiments: space plasma instrumentation, RAL ionosonde system (Ionosondes Group), European Incoherent SCATter radar, EISCAT radar systems including ten university groups throughout Europe
British Antarctic Survey, Upper Atmospheric Science Division, UK
antarctic bases and experiments, data services, ionosphere, magnetosphere,theory and numerical modeling, geospace environment tour
experiments: automatic geophysical observatory AGO, HF radar, imagers, interferometers, magnetometers, riometers
Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
space plasma studies, MHD modeling of astrophysical jets, cosmic ray acceleration, reconnection
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, London, UK
space plasmas physics, solar physics, experiments: space plasma spacecraft instrumentation
Cosmic and Laboratory Plasma Group, Physics and Astronomy Dept, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
plasma theory, pulsar plasmas, magnetic liquids, lattice-Boltzmann simulations, solar physics
Radio and Space Plasma Physics Group, Leicester University, Leicester, UK
earth's upper atmosphere and space plasmas, ionospheric and auroral physics, ionospheric heating, experiments: radar CUTLASS, Svalbard ionosonde iceland magnetometers SAMNET, Doppler pulsation experiment DOPE, bistatic phased array radars SABRE, RAPIER
Space and Astrophysics, Dept of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
wave-particle interactions, space plasma boundaries, ion acceleration, cometary magnetospheres, tail dynamics, substorm physics
Solar and Magnetospheric MHD Theory Group, Institute of Mathematics, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, UK
solar plasma physics, sunspots, coronal heating, wave propagation, magnetic instabilities, structures, magnetic reconnection, numerical simulations
Atomic, Molecular, Discharge and Plasma Physics Group, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
plasma astrophyics, solar coronal studies
Astronomy and Space Physics Department, Kiev Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine active space experiments, beam-plasma discharge for space vehicle neutralization, ionosphere and magnetosphere plasma processes, particle acceleration, instabilities and turbulence, nonlinear wave structures, solar corona structure and dynamics, experiments: electron beam injection experiments

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			Living with a Star, NASA Space Weather Textbook & Papers Space Plasma Sites Space Weather Today's Space Weather from the NOAA Space Environment Center The Space Weather Bureau from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Space Weather Center from the Space Science Institute Current Solar Images from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Space Weather page and CD from Rice University Textbook & Papers The Magnetosphere by J. L. Green Space Physics Tutorials from UCLA Space Physics Textbook from University of Oulu, Finland Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere by M. Peredo and D. Stern Plasma Wave Tutorial by W. S. Kurth Graphic: Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum Space Plasmas: General Resources U. S. Research Centers U. S. University Research Centers Non-U.S. Centers Space Plasmas -General Resources Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Coordinated Data Analysis Web (CDAWeb), SPDF, NASA Goddard Scientific Committee for Solar-Terrestrial Physics SCOSTEP Resources in Space Physics through Southwest Research Institute National Space Science Data Center NSSDC, NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, Maryland Space Environment Effects Resources, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama International Solar Terrestrial Physics Program (ISTP), Polar, Wind, and Geotail primary space plasma multi-spacecraft program for the 1990s; solar physics, magnetospheric physics, solar-terrestrial relations, theory, simulations Space Environment Center, NOAA, Boulder, Colorado real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, solar-terrestrial physics, space weather operations, data systems, space plasmas, heliosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere National Geophysical Data Center NOAA solar-terrestrial physics, solar and space plasmas, solar-terrestrial glossary, interactive data resource, solar, ionosphere, geomagnetic variations, space weather National Science Foundation NSF, Arlington, Virginia Geosciences/Atmospheric Science/Upper Atmospheric Section - space plasmas Polar Programs Office - space plasma research in polar regions Math&Physical Science/Astronomy - solar physics, plasma astrophysics Space Physics Center, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics IGPP, UCLA research and resources in all areas of space physics Space Physics and Aeronomy Research Collaboratory (SPARC) SPARC provides access to numerous experiment/model data streams and supports both real-time campaigns and retrospective analysis. There is also a public outreach component to the system. The SPARC data viewers can be tailored by users and shared with remote collaborators, using standard web browsers (Netscape/Internet Explorer 4.x and above). Interactive viewers exist for the complete incoherent scatter radar chain, ISTP satellites, digisondes, magnetometers, & numerical model outputs. NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. section top page top U.S. Research Centers with Space Plasma Space Science Research at APL, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland planetary magnetospheres, space plasmas, solar physics, heliosphere, solar wind, ionosphere, magnetosphere, radiation belts, space plasma environmental effects, energetic particles and cosmic ray studies, composition studies, auroral physics, solar-terrestrial physics, auroral imaging, energetic neutral atom imaging, cometary physics, geomagnetic tails, distribution functions of ion species, solar flares, coronal mass ejections, geomagnetic field, space weather, RF wave propagation and ionospheric physics, solar system - interstellar boundaries, experiments: spacecraft instrumentation (all aspects), radar systems for ionospheric physics Center for Space Science and Exploration, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico planetary magnetospheres, energetic particle and cosmic ray studies, aurora, ionosphere, space plasmas, geomagnetic tail, boundary layers, heliosphere, solar wind, ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling, coronal mass ejection, magnetospheric field model testing, cometary physics, substorms, geospace general circulation model, space weather, experiments: spacecraft instrumentation Sciences and Exploration Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland space physics research, solar, magnetospheric, ionospheric, ground-based research, theory and simulations, models, data analysis tools, spacecraft instrumentation Photovoltaic & Space Environment Effects Branch, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio space plasma environmental effects, high voltage space power system interactions with ionospheric plasma, arc suppression, plasma source testing, solar array plasma environment testing, sputtering, arcing and current-collection testing, insulating and coatings plasma compatibility testing, electron beam and sputtering of metals and insulators for coatings and electrical contacts, experiments: space flight experiments, plasma interaction facility PIF, thermal and electron beam evaporator and radiofrequency (RF) sputtering lab The Electric Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, Ohio electric propulsion systems, resistojets, arcjets, ion thrusters, Hall effect thrusters, pulsed plasma thrusters, space environment simulation chambers, Deep Space 1 mission, experiments: two large space environment chambers (15 foot diam by 65 ft; 25 foot diam by 70 ft with vacuum cabability down to 10-6 torr) Space Plasma Physics Branch, Space Sciences Lab, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama space plasmas, ionosphere, magnetosphere, aurora, plasma heating and polar plasma outflows, ionosphere-magnetosphere interactions, plasmasphere, plasma acceleration, electrodynamics of dusty plasma, radiation belt, ring current-plasmasphere interaction, plasma modeling, particle kinematics, magnetospheric particle transport, IMAGE mission modeling, magnetic storms and substorms exp: spacecraft experimentation dusty plasma laboratory Solar Physics Branch, Space Sciences Laboratory, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama solar physics, solar wind, heliosphere, chromosphere, solar flares, coronal mass ejections, solar dynamo, coronal heating, 3D magnetic fields, waves and helioseismology, surface and interior flows, sunspot cycle prediction, solar wind dynamics, experiments: spacecraft experimentation Space and Earth Science Programs, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL, Pasadena, California solar system space plasmas, solar wind, cometary studies, interplanetary shocks, heliosphere, planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres, isotopic composition, sun-earth connections Deep Space 1 project page, JPL ion propulsion system; contractors are AEC-Able Eng. Inc., Goleta, CA, Tecstar, City of Industry, CA, Entech, Keller, TX, NASA LRC, CLeveland National Oceanics and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Space Environment Center, Boulder,CO real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, solar-terrestrial physics, space weather operations, data systems, space plasmas, heliosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. laboratory plasma experiments, space weather, auroral phenomena, lightning discharges, real-time prediction of large geomagnetic storms, ionospheric modification, ionospheric modeling, ionospheric and magnetospheric physics, NRL plasma formulary experiments: laboratory plasma experiments, gyrotron laboratory, high power radiation sources, electron accelerators Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. solar atmosphere, solar-terrestrial relations, laboratory plasmas, space plasma, space weather, ionosphere, aurora, plasmasphere,magnetosphere, solar physics, solar corona experiments: laboratory plasma experiments, coronagraph on SOHO spacecraft Space Vehicles Directorate, Phillips Research Laboratory, Hanscomb AFB, Massachusetts (battlespace environment) ionosphere hazards, background clutter mitigation, space physics modeling, space plasmas, space weather, near-earth space environment (space electronics & protections) space plasma environmental effects, experiments: spacecraft instrumentation Space Science and Engineering, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas ionospheric and magnetospheric plasmas, planetary magnetospheres, space physics archives, image gallery, atomic, molecular and plasma physics resources, experiments: suborbital and spacecraft instrumentation; complete facilities for design, fabrication, calibration and construction Atmospheric Chemistry and Space Physics, SRI International, Menlo Park, California experiments on naturally and artificially disturbed environments, space environmental effects, space plasma modeling, ionosphere, magnetosphere, ion-neutral coupling, experiments: radar systems Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Div. of Astro. and Space Physics, Washington D.C. solar physics, cosmic ray physics Multi-lab consortia - Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics IGPP of the University of California (UCLA,UCSD, UCR, NANL, LLNL) UCLA Space Science Center SSC is the primary IGPP center for space plasmas. section top page top U.S. University Research Centers with Space Plasma Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama Huntsville, Alabama solar-terrestrial research, space plasmas, computer modeling and simulations, magnetophere, ionosphere, low-energy ion studies, convection, plasmasphere, radiation belt, experiments: spacecraft experimentation with NASA MSFC Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska solar-terrestrial physics, theory, simulations, experiments, ionospheric and magnetosheric physics, solar physics, space weather, experiments: sounding rocket research and Poker Flats rocket range Physics Department, Auburn University, Alabama magnetospheric physics, soliton studies, solar physics, laboratory space plasma studies, solar physics, experiments: linear experiment for space plasmas ALESPI Space Physics Group, Space Science Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, California space plasma physics, magnetosphere and ionosphere plasma processes, wave-particle interactions, particle acceleration, aurora, solar wind, magnetotail, plasma waves, experiments: sounding rocket and spacecraft experimentation, electrostatic analyzers, electron spectrographs, electric field probes Basic Plasma Science Facility (BAPSF), UCLA, Los Angeles, California simulation of space plasma processes, Alfven and Whister wave studies, currents Space Physics Center, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics IGPP, UCLA magnetosheric physics. solar wind coupling and geomagnetic activity, space simulations, space plasma physics, magnetospheric storms and substorms, planetary magnetospheres, solar wind, heliosphere, geomagnetic field, low-frequency waves, wave-particle interactions, plasma waves, MHD modeling, plasma boundaries, collisionless shocks, solar wind-magnetosphere interaction experiments: spacecraft experimentation, (plasma and env. physics lab) high power auroral stimulation observatory HIPAS Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS), Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California space plasma theory, numerical simulation, collisionless shocks, magnetic reconnection, plasma waves and instabilities, dusty plasmas, solar wind Center for Integrated Plasma Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado (dusty plasma group) dusty plasma charging, lunar dust, noctilucent clouds, chondrule formation in lightning discharges, transport coefficient experiments (space plasma wave particle group) wave-particle interactions, HF ionospheric modification, ionospheric turbulence, plasma waves in the solar wind and near planetary shocks, low-dimensional models of solar-wind driven magnetotail-ionosphere system Columbia Plasma Physics Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY lab space plasma studies, collisionless plasma instabilities, transport, dipole field plasmas, MHD equilibria and dynamo plasma theory, kinetics, nonlinear dynamics, experiments: collisionless Terrella experiment CTX Space Physics, Plasmas, and Atmospheric Studies, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York space plasma theory, simulation and experiments, sounding rocket, spacecraft and radar experiments, ionospheric and magnetospheric plasmas, instabilities, transport, experiments: sounding rocket experiments AMNERIS, LTR, CAPER, spacecraft experiments, radar ARECIBO Space Physics at Dartmouth College, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire MHD and kinetic plasma simulations, near-earth space environment, MHD turbulence, fusion confinement and stability, nonlinear computation of magnetofluids, space plasma theory magnetic reconnection, magnetospheric modeling, space plasma boundaries and shock studies, auroral acceleration experiments: rocket instrumentation; ground-based remote ionospheric measurements Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (experimental) waves and instabilities in dusty plasmas, dust-ion acoustic waves, electrostatic dust-ion cyclotron wave, dust acoustic waves, electrostatic screening, dust grain charging, growth, levitation, sputtering, astrophysical dusty plasmas, strongly-coupled dusty plasmas, dust clouds in plasmas, dust growth, dust detection by Mie scattering, computer simulation of dusty plasmas (theory group) MHD, reconnection, turbulence theory, singularity formation, free-electron laser theory, dusty plasma theory (space physics) particles and electric fields, particles and imaging, plasma waves, ionosphere, magnetosphere, heliosphere, planetary magnetospheres, cometetary physics, wave-particle interactions, auroral physics, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, solar wind-magnetosphere interactions, substorms, space weather (astronomy) plasma astrophysics, turbulence in interstellar medium education, experiments: rocket and spacecraft instrumentation (experimental) Q-machines IQ-1,IQ-2,IQ-3, triple plasma device Space Physics Group and Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland space plasma theory and modeling, wave-particle interactions, lightning simulation, plasma astrophysics, space plasma experimentation, composition, mass, and charge state studies in space plasmas, solar wind and heliospheric studies, high energy plasma and cosmic ray studies, suprathermal and energetic ions from solar, planetary and interplanetary environments, particle acceleration, interplanetary shocks, radiation belts, ion pick-up, computer simulations of magnetospheric interactions, experiments: spacecraft experimentation Center for Space Research, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts space plasmas, planetary magnetospheres, solar wind and heliosphere studies, plasma astrophysics, experiments: spacecraft instrumentation Center for Theoretical Geo/Cosmo Plasma Physics, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts plasma turbulence, self-organized criticality, complexity, wave-particle interactions Plasma Science & Fusion Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA space plasma, plasma astrophysics Space Physics Research Laboratory, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan polar wind, plasmasphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere, planetary magnetospheres, particle simulations, MHD simulations of space plasmas, space electron beam studies, auroral physics, experiments: spacecraft instrumentation Center for Space Environment Modeling, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan multiscale hydrodynamic and MHD models for space, laboratory plasmas and highly rarefied gases, simulation of near-equilibrium and non-equilibrium transport in compressible gases and multi-component plasmas, hybrid kinetic and MHD solution techniques, multiscale modeling of heliospheric plasmas with adaptive mesh, software: various 2D and 3D MHD research models Space Physics, Dept of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota space weather, magnetospheric physics, cosmic ray physics, lightning research, experiments: spacecraft experimentation, sounding rocket 'Lightning Bolt' Cosmo-Chemistry, Prof. Manuel, Dept of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Rolla isotope mass spectroscopy for origin of elements in the solar-system; discusses the Sun as a plasma mass diffuser Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire ionosphere, magnetosphere, heliosphere, space plasmas, solar-terrestrial theory, experiments; sounding rocket and spacecraft experimentation Space Physics, Physics & Astronomy Research, Rice University, Houston, Texas planetary ionospheres and magnetospheres, solar wind, magnetospheric physics, auroral physics, space plasma theory, numerical simulations, space weather, experiments: spacecraft instrumentation W. B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas space plasmas, ionosphere, magnetosphere, space weather, polar cap potentials, electric fields, ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling, high-latitude convection, plasma irregularities, currents, plasma waves, experiments: rocket and space instrumentation Plasma Physics Laboratory, Dept of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia space plasma physics, neutral atom imaging of plasmas, laboratory experiments section top page top Major Space Plasma Research Centers (non-U.S.) European Space Agency ESA Headquarters, Paris, France all space science, missions, experiments, data operations and analysis, space plasmas, solar and space physics, space weather, ionosphere, magnetosphere, heliosphere, comets, interstellar studies, plasma astrophysics, space plasma environmental effects, theory, modeling space physics, experiments: spacecraft and spacecraft instrumentation European counterpart to NASA Centre de Donnees de la Physique des Plasmas (CDPP), Toulouse, France Space plasma data center that preserves data relevant to the physics of naturally occurring plasmas, especially from experiments that are either French or have strong French participation. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science ISAS, Sagamihara, Tokyo region, Japan all space science, missions, hardware, data operations and analysis, space plasmas, solar-terrestrial physics, ionospheric and magnetospheric physics, experiments: spacecraft and spacecraft instrumentation Japanese counterpart to NASA Institute of Space Research IKI, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia all space sciences, missions, experiments, data operations and analysis, Russian space science internet and satellite situation center, data archives, space plasma theory, acceleration processes, solar wind and interplanetary plasmas, magnetosphere processes, observations: spacecraft missions and science; INTERBALL, PROGNOZ, ARCAD, ACTIVE, APEX, RELICT Russian counterpart to NASA United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs National Activities of Member States International Aerospace Information Network (IAIN) Space Agencies and Organizations Educational Institutions Aerospace R&D Organizations, Facilities Research Centers (alphabetical order by country) Astrophysical Plasma Group, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina fluid and MHD simulation, kinetic plasma processes, stellar winds, comets heating of the solar corona, non-linear processes and turbulence Space Physics Group, Physics Dept, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia ultra-low frequency ULF studies of magnetosphere and ionosphere using spacecraft and ground-based geomagnetic pulsation data, electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves EMIC in the magnetosphere, wave-wave interactions, Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in magnetail, MHD simulations, experiments: high-temperature plasma furnaces Belgian Forum for Plasma Science [Centre for Space Plasma (BIRA-IASB) Laboratory for Plasma Physics, Ecole Royale Militaire, Brussels, Centre for Plasma Astrophysics, Leuven, LUC, UCL, ULB, UMH, VITO, Astronomical Observatory, Ghent, Dept of Applied Physics, Ghent, Research Group on Glow Discharges and Related Plasmas, Antwerp ] space plasmas, cold plasmas, hot plasmas Space Physics and Space Weather, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium plasma kinetic theory, modeling of solar and polar winds, electrostatic double layers, kinetic theory of discontinuities; and Space Weather proejcts including radiation belt modeling software: SPace ENvironment Information System (SPENVIS) for ESA Trapped Radiation ENvironment model Development (TREND), and library of Fortran routines. Astronomical Observatory, University of Ghent Ghent, Belgium space plasma waves, dusty plasmas Complex Systems and Plasma Physics Group, Physics Dept, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile space plasmas, transport processes, waves in plasmas, nonlinear process simulations, nongyrotropic distributions Space Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland auroral physics, earth's magnetosphere, numerical simulations, experiments: digital all-sky cameras, magnetometer stations Space Physics, Dept of Physical Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland space plasmas, including ionospheric, magnetospheric, heliospheric, magnetic pulsations, geomagnetic activity, auroral physics, E-region plasmas, F-region plasmas, VLF-wave studies, experiments: magnetometers, VLF receivers, space instrumentation Institutes of Theoretical/Experimental Physics, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Bochum, Germany (tp1) dusty plasmas, plasma boundary layers or inhomogeneous interface regions (tp4) space plasmas, magnetic reconnection, plasma shocks and boundaries, space plasma equilibria Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany planetary radio astronomy, space plasmas Max-Planck-Institut fur Aeronomie, Lindau, Germany space plasmas, ionosphere, magnetospheric fields and particles, sun and solar wind, comets, experiments: STARE radar system (with FMI, Finland) RIO-IMAGER (with University of Tromsoe, Norway) CLUSTER, SOHO, and POLAR spacecraft experiments Max-Planck-Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany space plasma physics, plasma astrophysics, experiments: space instrumentation Astrophysics, Astronomy & Mechanics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece solar and space plasmas, flares, shock acceleration, heliospheric plasmas KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nucear Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary - space plasmas, physics of geospace, solar wind and planetary magnetospheres Indian Space Research Organization solar-terrestrial science, space physics Institute of Chemical and Physical Processes (IPCF), Pisa, Italy space plasmas, chromospheric plasmas, magnetic reconnection, soliton dynamics, solar wind plasmas Astroparticle Physics, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Napoli, Italy stellar and space plasmas, particle acceleration, dusty plasmas Laboratory of Plasma, Laser and Computational Electromagnetics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kyushu, Japan spacecraft environmental interactions, electromagnetic compatibility, lightning, lasers Plasma and Space Physics Group, Dept of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway space plasmas, substorm processes, auroral emissions, wave-particle interactions, ELF/VLF emissions and magnetic micropulsations, studies of dayside polar cusp and cap, experiments: meridian scanning photometer, all-sky cameras, sounding rockets, spacecraft instrumentation The Plasma Laboratory, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway ionospheric plasma physics, wave propagation, coherent strucutures, experiments: Andoya Rocket Range EISCAT Scientific Association, Tromso, Norway experiments: incoherent scatter radar systems, ionospheric heater and dynasonde in northern scandinavia; two radar systems at Tromso, Norway, one at Longyearbyen, Svalbards Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia plasma electrodynamics, nonlinear processes, plasma astrophysics, plasma geophysics Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN) Moscow, Russia space electrodynamics, ionospheric plasma processes, radio propagation, active space plasmaexperiments, magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions, plasma kinetics, transport and fluctuations in nonequilibrium space plasmas, solar physics, coronal studies, solar wind, heliospheric plasmas, cosmic ray variations, solar wind-magnetosphere interactions, spacecraft experiments Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Division, Irkutsk, Russia solar physics, solar-terrestrial relationships, ionosphere, magnetosphere, wave propagation, space weather monitoring and forecast, experiments: ionospheric, solar and geophysical observatories Division of Plasma Physics, Alfven Laboratory, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden [lab plasma group] beam-plasma interactions, double layers [space plasma group] space plasma experiments, data analysis, theory and modeling, ionospheric, magnetospheric, solar and solar wind physics, interstellar and intergalactic medium, double layers, critical ionization velocity effects, pinch effect, experiments: Green Tank for beam-plasma interactions, Triple Plasma Machine for electric double layers, experiments: space plasma instrumentation Swedish Institute of Space Physics IRF, Kiruna, Sweden [divisions in Umea, Uppsala, Lund] space plasmas, ionospheric, magnetospheric solar and solar wind, auroral physics, experiments: auroral large imaging system ALIS, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer FTIR, experiments: space plasma instrumentation Space Research, Dept of Physical Sciences, University of Oulu, Sweden ionosphere, magnetosphere, heliosphere, space plasmas, solar-terrestrial physics, experiments:rocket and spacecraft instrumentation ground-based magnetometers, all-sky cameras, VLV receivers, radar experimentation Radio Astronomy and Plasma Physics Group (ETHZ) Zurich, Switzerland solar physics, space plasmas, plasma astrophysics, experiments: solar spectrometer Space Science and Technology, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxfordshire, UK solar-terrestrial physics, ionosphere, magnetosphere, auroral plasmas, solar systems space plasmas, solar physics, planetary magnetospheres, experiments: space plasma instrumentation, RAL ionosonde system (Ionosondes Group), European Incoherent SCATter radar, EISCAT radar systems including ten university groups throughout Europe British Antarctic Survey, Upper Atmospheric Science Division, UK antarctic bases and experiments, data services, ionosphere, magnetosphere,theory and numerical modeling, geospace environment tour experiments: automatic geophysical observatory AGO, HF radar, imagers, interferometers, magnetometers, riometers Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK space plasma studies, MHD modeling of astrophysical jets, cosmic ray acceleration, reconnection Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, London, UK space plasmas physics, solar physics, experiments: space plasma spacecraft instrumentation Cosmic and Laboratory Plasma Group, Physics and Astronomy Dept, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK plasma theory, pulsar plasmas, magnetic liquids, lattice-Boltzmann simulations, solar physics Radio and Space Plasma Physics Group, Leicester University, Leicester, UK earth's upper atmosphere and space plasmas, ionospheric and auroral physics, ionospheric heating, experiments: radar CUTLASS, Svalbard ionosonde iceland magnetometers SAMNET, Doppler pulsation experiment DOPE, bistatic phased array radars SABRE, RAPIER Space and Astrophysics, Dept of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK wave-particle interactions, space plasma boundaries, ion acceleration, cometary magnetospheres, tail dynamics, substorm physics Solar and Magnetospheric MHD Theory Group, Institute of Mathematics, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, UK solar plasma physics, sunspots, coronal heating, wave propagation, magnetic instabilities, structures, magnetic reconnection, numerical simulations Atomic, Molecular, Discharge and Plasma Physics Group, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK plasma astrophyics, solar coronal studies Astronomy and Space Physics Department, Kiev Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine active space experiments, beam-plasma discharge for space vehicle neutralization, ionosphere and magnetosphere plasma processes, particle acceleration, instabilities and turbulence, nonlinear wave structures, solar corona structure and dynamics, experiments: electron beam injection experiments section top page top