Space Weather

The Physics Behind a Slogan
2005
ISBN: 978-3-642-42152-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 656, 302 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics

The various processes that connect the physics of the Sun with that of the Earth`s environment has become known as "Space Weather" during recent years, a slogan that has emerged in connection with many other expressions adapted from meteorology, such as solar wind, magnetic clouds or polar rain. This volume is intended as a first graduate-level textbook-style account on the physics of these solar-terrestrial relations and their impact on our natural and technological environment.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scherer, Klaus

Mall, Urs

Fichtner, Horst

Heber, Bernd

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to Space Weather.- The Sun and its Restless Magnetic Field.- The Application of Radio Diagnostics to the Study of the Solar Drivers of Space Weather.- Interplanetary Disturbances.- The Magnetosphere.- Space Weather Effects in the Upper Atmosphere: Low and Middle Latitudes.- Space Weather Effects in the Upper Atmosphere: High Latitudes.- Space Weather Effects on Technology.- Radiation Risks From Space.- Index.