Comparative Aeronomy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nagy, Andrew F. (Editor), Balogh, André (Editor), Cravens, Thomas E. (Editor), Mendillo, Michael (Editor), Mueller-Wodarg, Ingo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI, 29
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Atmospheric sciences.; Space sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

This volume provides eleven reviews by leading researchers in the fields of planetary science, aeronomy, and atmospheric science. Together they present the result of comparative studies of processes and systems aspects that control the general behaviour and structure of the upper atmospheres, ionosp...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Energy Deposition in Planetary Atmospheres by Charged Particles and Solar Photons
• Cross Sections and Reaction Rates for Comparative Planetary Aeronomy
• Neutral Upper Atmosphere and Ionosphere Modeling
• Modeling and Simulating Flowing Plasmas and Related Phenomena
• Neutral Atmospheres
• Solar System Ionospheres
• Photoemission Phenomena in the Solar System
• Plasma Flow and Related Phenomena in Planetary Aeronomy
• Exospheres and Atmospheric Escape
• Atmospheric Escape and Evolution of Terrestrial Planets and Satellites
• Aeronomy of Extra-Solar Giant Planets.