From the sun : auroras, magnetic storms, solar flares, cosmic rays

Author(s)

• Suess, Steven T.
• Tsurutani, Bruce Tadashi

Bibliographic Information

From the sun : auroras, magnetic storms, solar flares, cosmic rays

Steven T. Suess, Bruce T. Tsurutani, editors

American Geophysical Union, c1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series. From the Sun demystifies auroras, magnetic storms, solar flares, cosmic rays and other displays of Sun-Earth interactions. The authors, all well-known figures in space science, explain how solar eruptions affect human technology and society in articles intended for the nonspecialist and adapted from Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. One of the most appealing features is a comprehensive glossary of the terminology necessary to read almost any volume on Sun-Earth connections.

Table of Contents

Preface Steven T. Suess and Bruce T. Tsurutani v Aurora Syun-Ichi Akasofu 1 The Earth's Magnetosphere S. W. H. Cowley 13 Radiation Belts James A. Van Allen 23 Plasma Waves and Instabilities S. Peter Gary 29 The Ionosphere and Upper Atmosphere A. D. Richmond 35 Red Sprites and Blue Jets: Transient Electrical Effects of Thunderstorms on the Middle and Upper Atmospheres D. D. Sentman and E. M. Wescott 45 Magnetic Storms Bruce T. Tsurutani and Walter D. Gonzalez 57 The Human Impact of Solar Flares and Magnetic Storms Jo Ann Joselyn 67 The Solar Wind B. E. Goldstein 73 Solar Flares David Rust 81 Solar Flare Particles R. P. Lin 91 Solar Irradiance Variations and Climate Peter Foukal 103 The Solar Dynamo David H. Hathaway 113 Cosmic Rays J. R. Jokipii 123 Anomalous Cosmic Rays: Interstellar Interlopers in the Heliosphere and Magnetosphere R. A. Mewaldt, A. C. Cummings, and E . C. Stone 133 The Outer Heliosphere W. I. Axford and Steven T. Suess 143 Glossary 153

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Details

• NCID: BA41741285
• ISBN:
  • 0875902928
• LCCN: 98046324
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: v, 172 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QB521.6
  • DC21 : 523.7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sun
  • LCSH : Solar wind