Ultraviolet Radiation in the Solar System

• Main Authors: Vázquez, M. (Author), Hanslmeier, A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ; 331
• Subjects: Physics.; Cancer research.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Astrobiology.; Climate change.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Cancer Research.; Climate Change.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.

UV radiation is an important part in the electromagnetic spectrum since the energy of the photons is great enough to produce important chemical reactions in the atmospheres of planets and satellites of our Solar System, thereby affecting the transmission of this radiation to the ground and its physi...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Introduction
• Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Magnetism
• The Solar UV Variability
• Atmospheric Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation
• UV Radiation, Ozone and Life
• UV Fluxes on Other Bodies of the Solar System
• Ultraviolet Transitory Events and Life.