Exploring the secrets of the aurora
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Exploring the secrets of the aurora
(Astrophysics and space science library, v. 346)
Springer, c2007
2nd ed
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Institute for Space–Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University宇宙地球研1
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book describes the history of the progress made in auroral science and magnetospheric physics by providing examples of ideas, controversies, struggles, acceptance, and success in some instances. The author, a distinguished auroral scientist, fully describes his experiences in characterizing and explaining auroral phenomena. The volume also includes beautiful full-color photos of the aurora.
Table of Contents
Search for the Unknown Quantity in the Solar Wind.- Confronting Paradigms: Aurora Research During the Early Space Age.- Realizing the Dream of Our Pioneers: Polar Magnetic Substorms and the Associated Current System.- Synthesis of Magnetospheric Substorm Phenomena.- Planetary Magnetic Fields: Is the Earth's Dipole Really Off-Centered and Inclined?.- Recurrent Geomagnetic Disturbances and the Solar Wind.- Myth of the Emerging Flux Tubes: Sunspots and Solar Flares.- Space Weather Research.- Beyond the Inner Heliosphere: The Magnetic Field Structure of the Outer Heliosphere: A Three-Dimensional Model.
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