Heliophysics: Evolving Solar Activity and the Climates of Space and Earth

Heliophysics: Evolving Solar Activity and the Climates of Space and Earth
Author: Carolus J. Schrijver
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2010-09-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1139489755

Heliophysics is a fast-developing scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun's variability, the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of planets. Over the past few centuries, our understanding of how the Sun drives space weather and climate on the Earth and other planets has advanced at an ever increasing rate. This 2010 volume, the last in this series of three heliophysics texts, focuses on long-term variability from the Sun's decade-long sunspot cycle and considers the evolution of the planetary system over ten billion years from a climatological perspective. Topics covered range from the dynamo action of stars and planets to processes in the Earth's troposphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere and their effects on planetary climate and habitability. Supplemented by online teaching materials, it can be used as a textbook for courses or as a foundational reference for researchers in fields from astrophysics and plasma physics to planetary and climate science.

The Dynamic Magnetosphere

The Dynamic Magnetosphere
Author: William Liu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2011-06-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400705018

Despite the plethora of monographs published in recent years, few cover recent progress in magnetospheric physics in broad areas of research. While a topical focus is important to in-depth views at a problem, a broad overview of our field is also needed. The volume answers to the latter need. With the collection of articles written by leading scientists, the contributions contained in the book describe latest research results in solar wind-magnetosphere interaction, magnetospheric substorms, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, transport phenomena in the plasma sheet, wave and particle dynamics in the ring current and radiation belts, and extra-terrestrial magnetospheric systems. In addition to its breadth and timeliness, the book highlights innovative methods and techniques to study the geospace.

Heliophysics

Heliophysics
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2009
Genre: Government publications
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