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Optical Aurora
Av A. Omholt
Häftad, 2012
551 kr
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The aim of this book is to describe and discuss the aurora as an optical phenomenon, one which can be observed by the naked eye as well as with more sensitive optical detectors. It continues the tradition of study ing that impressive and imaginative play of nature, the northern lights, seen and …
Energetic Charged-Particle Interactions with Atmospheres and Surfaces
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
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On attending a conference on the Jovian satellites at UCLA, I heard Lou Lanze rotti vigorously present the exciting data on the sputtering of water ice by Me V protons taken with W. L. Brown at AT&T Bell Labs. In his inimitable way he made clear that this new electronic sputtering process was very …
Noctilucent Clouds
Av Michael Gadsden, Wilfried Schröder
Häftad, 2012
551 kr
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An atmospheric phenomenon is considered as 'explained' when we have succeeded in deducing it on the basis of accepted principles of physics. (H. Ertel, Methods and problems of dynamical meteorolo gy,p. l) Until recently, noctilucent clouds were regarded merely as a curious atmos pheric …
Geochemical Exploration of the Moon and Planets
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
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This book presents a review of those efforts that have been and are being made to determine the geochemical composition of the moon and planets. The authors have attempted to present both a review as well as their philosophy about the development of flight experiments for geo chemical studies. …
Dynamics of Geomagnetically Trapped Radiation
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
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Since the discovery of geomagnetically trapped radiation by Van Allen in 1958, an impressive amount of experimental information on the earth's particle and field environment has nourished research work for scores of scientists and thesis work for their students. This quest has challenged space-age …
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling
Av Y. Kamide, Wolfgang Baumjohann
Häftad, 2012
551 kr
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In the past two decades a succession of direct observations by satellites, and of extensive computer simulations, has led to the realization that the polar ionosphere plays a principal role in large-scale magnetospheric processes - a manifestation of the physics linkage involved in …
Coronal Expansion and Solar Wind
Häftad, 2011
551 kr
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Little more than ten years have passed since spaceprobe-borne instruments con clusively demonstrated the existence of the solar wind. These observations con firmed the basic validity of a theoretical model, first proposed by E. N. Parker, predicting a continuous, rapid expansion of the solar …
Physics of Planetary Ionospheres
Av S. J. Bauer
Häftad, 2011
551 kr
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Although there are, in addition to the classic but somewhat dated books'l-, some excellent recent books on ionospheric physics and aeronomy'l-... , their scope is quite different from that of the present monograph. This monograph concentrates on the fundamental physical and chemical processes in an …
Particle Diffusion in the Radiation Belts
Av M. Schulz, L. J. Lanzerotti
Häftad, 2011
1425 kr
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The advent of artificial earth satellites in 1957-58 opened a new dimension in the field of geophysical exploration. Discovery of the earth's radiation belts, consisting of energetic electrons and ions (chiefly protons) trapped by the geomagnetic field, followed almost immediately [1,2]' This …
Plasma Instabilities and Nonlinear Effects
Av A. Hasegawa
Häftad, 2011
1425 kr
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In recent years the significant progress in satellite-based observations of plasma states and associated electromagnetic phenomena in space has resulted in the accumulation of much evidence of various plasma instabilities. Today plasma instabilities are believed to be responsible for …
Atmospheric Electrodynamics
Av H. Volland
Häftad, 2012
551 kr
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This book resulted from lectures which I gave at the Universities of Kyoto, Cologne, and Bonn. Its objective is to summarize in a unifying way two other wise rather separately treated subjects of atmospheric electrodynamics: elec tric fields of atmospheric origin, in particular thunderstorm …
Long Distance Propagation of HF Radio Waves
Av Alexander V. Gurevich, Elena E. Tsedilina
Häftad, 2011
1316 kr
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The study of very long-distance and around-the-world propagation of HF radio waves becomes more urgent in connection with the problems of long distance ground-based radio communications, communications with space crafts and satellites, satellite-to-satellite communications, around-the-world radar …
X-Ray Emission of Auroral Electrons and Magnetospheric Dynamics
Av Leonid L. Lazutin, Theodore J. Rosenberg
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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The experimental study of magnetospheric processes consists of several disci plines or methods, developing in two general directions. The first, internal trend covers the progress in experimental techniques and methods and re search specific to this discipline. The other trend combines with other …
Photochemistry of the Atmospheres of Mars and Venus
Av Vladimir A. Krasnopolsky, U.v. Zahn
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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Spacecraft study of the Solar system is one of humanity's most outstanding achievements. Thanks to this study, our present knowledge of properties of and conditions on the planets exceeds many-fold that of 20 years ago: planets have been rediscovered. This is especially the case for planetary …
Atmospheres and Ionospheres of the Outer Planets and Their Satellites
Häftad, 2011
551 kr
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One of the most fundamental discoveries of the solar system was the detection of four moons in orbit around Jupiter by Galileo Galilei in 1610. The discovery was significant not only in the context of Jupiter; it gave credence to and was instrumental in firmly establishing the heliocentric system …
Space Plasma Physics
1 Stationary Processes
Av Akira Hasegawa, Tetsuya Sato m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
551 kr
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During the 30 years of space exploration, important discoveries in the near-earth environment such as the Van Allen belts, the plasmapause, the magnetotail and the bow shock, to name a few, have been made. Coupling between the solar wind and the magnetosphere and energy transfer processes between …
Physics of the Inner Heliosphere I
Large-Scale Phenomena
Av Rainer Schwenn, Eckart Marsch
Häftad, 2011
551 kr
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Physics of the Inner Heliosphere gives for the first time a comprehensive and complete summary of our knowledge of the inner solar system. Using data collected over more than 11 years by the HELIOS twin solar probes, one of the most successful ventures in unmanned space exploration, the authors …
Physics of the Inner Heliosphere II
Particles, Waves and Turbulence
Av Rainer Schwenn, Eckart Marsch
Häftad, 2012
551 kr
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Physics of the Inner Heliosphere gives for the first time a comprehensive and complete summary of our knowledge of the inner solar system. Using data collected over more than 11 years by the HELIOS twin solar probes, one of the most successful ventures in unmanned space exploration, the authors …
Radio Techniques for Probing the Terrestrial Ionosphere
Häftad, 2011
1207 kr
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In the years since the pioneering efforts of Sir Edward Appleton, M. A. F. Barnett, G. Breit, and M. A. Thve, many radio techniques have been employed to investigate the terrestrial ionosphere. The purposes of this book are to exam ine the basic physical interaction process of radio waves with the …
Plasma Waves in the Magnetosphere
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
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This book is a study of plasma waves which are observed in the earth's magnetosphere. The emphasis is on a thorough, but concise, treatment of the necessary theory and the use of this theory to understand the manifold varieties of waves which are observed by ground-based instruments and by …
Geomagnetic Diagnosis of the Magnetosphere
Av A. Nishida
Häftad, 2012
551 kr
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The geomagnetic field observed on the surface of the earth has been an important source of information on the dynamic behavior of the magnetosphere. Because the· magnetosphere and its environment are filled with plasma in which electric current can easily flow, dynamic processes that occur in the …
Geomagnetic Micropulsations
Av J. A. Jacobs
Häftad, 2012
551 kr
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The subject of geomagnetic micropulsations has developed extremely rapidly and it is difficult to know when is an appropriate time to pause and assess the sum total of our knowledge-both observational and theoretical. There has in recent years been a tremendous increase in both the quantity and …
Nonlinear Phenomena in the Ionosphere
Av A. Gurevich
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
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Nonlinear effects in the ionosphere (cross modulation of radio waves) have been known since the 1930s. Only recently, however, has the rapid increase in the power and directivity of the radio transmitters made it possible to alter the properties of the ionosphere strongly and to modify it …
Geochemical Exploration of the Moon and Planets
Av Julian Gualterio Roederer, Josef Zähringer
Häftad, 1970
551 kr
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