This is the only extended textbook that covers in particular the physics of the upper polar atmosphere where the polar lights demonstrates the end product of a process taking place at extremely high latitudes between the solar wind and the upper polar atmosphere.
A textboook that meets the modern requriement for reading in order to obtain a master of science or a Dr. of science degree in upper polar atmosphere physics or the interaction between the soalr wind and the Earth's atmosphere
Author(s): Asgeir Brekke (auth.)
Series: Springer Atmospheric Sciences
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 386
Tags: Environmental Physics; Meteorology/Climatology; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Atmospheric Sciences
Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
The Sun and the solar wind....Pages 1-50
The atmosphere of the Earth....Pages 51-115
The Earth’s magnetic field and magnetosphere....Pages 117-188
The ionosphere....Pages 189-245
Currents in the ionosphere....Pages 247-274
Magnetic fluctuations in response to height-integrated currents....Pages 275-316
The aurora....Pages 317-369
Back Matter....Pages 371-384