ASIM Research

From ElectricStorms

ASIM research has three themes: Climate processes, the interplay of the atmosphere with the earth's surface and changes to the atmosphere from space processes.

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• Climate processes
  • Thunderstorms
  • Electrical discharges in the stratosphere and mesosphere
  • X- and Gamma-radiation from thunderstorms
  • Water vapor transport
  • Cloud nucleation
  • Gravity waves
  • Noctilucent clouds
  • The dynamics of the upper atmosphere
• Earth's surface and the atmosphere
  • Hurricanes
  • Dust storms
  • Volcanoes
  • Forest fires
• Interactions of space processes with the atmosphere
  • Comets and meteors
  • NO from solar radiation
  • Thunderstorm interactions with the ionosphere and magnetosphere
  • Aurora

Measurements from other satellites and instrumentation on the ground and on aircraft or balloons will also be used.