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Geomagnetism. Volume 4 /
Key Features * Covers upper atmosphere physics, the magnetosphere, and solar wind * Expert team of contributors from all over the world * The fourth volume of the only comprehensive treatise covering all aspects of geomagnetism.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Academic,
[1991]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Geomagnetism; Copyright Page; Contributors; General Preface; Preface to Volume 4; Contents of Volumes 1-3; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. The Solar Wind; 1 Introduction; 2 Large-scale properties; 3 Theory of coronal expansion; 4 Microstructure of the solar wind plasma; 5 Hydromagnetic fluctuations and discontinuities; 6 Shock waves in the solar wind; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. The Magnetosphere; 1 Introduction; 2 Magnetic-field configuration; 3 Magnetospheric electric fields; 4 Cold plasma; 5 Plasma sheet and ring current; 6 The aurora.
- 7 Geomagnetically trapped radiation8 Non-linear phenomena; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. The Earth's Magnetopause; 1 Introduction; 2 Magnetopause location and shape; 3 Magnetopause structure and transfer processes; 4 Summary; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 4. The Geomagnetic Tail; 1 Observations; 2 Theories; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 5. The Neutral Upper Atmosphere; 1 Structure of the upper atmosphere; 2 Balance equations for mass, momentum and energy; 3 Absorption of solar and particle radiation; 4 Thermal balance and atmospheric temperature; 5 Composition.
- 6 Dynamics7 Gravity waves; 8 Atmospheric tides; References; Chapter 6. Geomagnetic Pulsations and Plasma Waves in the Earth's Magnetosphere; 1 Introduction; 2 A brief history; 3 Classification schemes; 4 Instruments and observational techniques; 5 Waves in a magnetoplasma; 6 Plasma waves and instabilities in the magnetosphere; 7 Continuous plasma waves and pulsations in the low-frequency band (1-10 mHz); 8 Continuous plasma waves and pulsations in the mid-frequency band (0.01-0.1 Hz); 9 Continuous plasma waves and pulsations in the high-frequency band (0.1-10 Hz).
- 10 Impulsive plasma waves and pulsations11 Epilogue; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix; Chapter 7. Physical Processes Producing Magnetospheric Substorms and Magnetic Storms; 1 Introduction; 2 What is a substorm?; 3 The structure of the magnetosphere; 4 Models of magnetospheric substorms; 5 Important questions in substorm physics; References; Chapter 8. Auroras; 1. Introduction; 2. History; 3. The spectrum of auroras; 4. Auroral morphology; 5. Auroral theory; References; Index.