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ISBN Number: 9780521607681
Editor: Dessler, Alexander J.
Editor: Houghton, John T.
Editor: Dessler, Alexander J.
Editor: Houghton, John T.
Written by: Rycroft, Michael J.
Written by: Houghton, John T.
Written by: Gombosi, Tamas I.
Written by: Dessler, Alexander J.
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Location: Cambridge
Subject: Meteorology
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: Atmospheric physics
Subject: Space environment
Subject: Atmosphere, upper
Subject: Magnetosphere.
Subject: Solar wind.
Subject: Earth Sciences, Meteorology & Climatology
Subject: Astronomy, General
Series: Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series
Date of Publication: May 2004
Cover Type: Paperback
Grade Level: Professional and scholarly
Written in: English
Illustrations: 90 line diagrams 9 half-tones
Number of Pages: 360
Book Size: 969x744x75 142
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the physical phenomena that result from the interaction of the sun and the planets - often termed space weather. Physics of the Space Environment explores the basic processes in the Sun, in the interplanetary medium, in the near-Earth space, and down into the atmosphere. The first part of the book summarizes fundamental elements of transport theory relevant for the atmosphere, ionosphere and the magnetosphere. This theory is then applied to physical phenomena in the space environment. The fundamental physical processes are emphasized throughout, and basic concepts and methods are derived from first principles. This book is unique in its balanced treatment of space plasma and aeronomical phenomena. Students and researchers with a basic mathematics and physics background will find this book invaluable in the study of phenomena in the space environment. Review:
"...this text offers more than just a brief introduction to the fundamentals. Almost a third of the text is devoted to a crystal-clear presentation of basic concepts in electrodynamics, plasma phenomena and kinetic theory....The text provides a lucid explanation of a range of phenomena such as atmospheric waves, chemical kinetics and the thermal structure of the upper atmosphere...an excellent text...likely to have wide appeal." The Times Higher Education Supplement"...a welcome addition to the space physics literature." Physics Today"...a significant addition to the textbook literature. It will be particularly valuable to the graduate student who wants to acquire broad knowledge of the entire field." EOS"I highly recommend this book for students and lecturers of space physics as a basic textbook for the initial study of the subject." Pure Applied Geophysics
Synopsis:
A self-contained, comprehensive introduction to the physical phenomena that result from the interaction of the Sun and the planets.
