Space Weather The Physics Behind a Slogan /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scherer, Klaus (Editor), Fichtner, Horst (Editor), Heber, Bernd (Editor), Mall, Urs (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 656
• Subjects: Physics.; Geophysics.; Space sciences.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

The various processes that connect the physics of the Sun with that of the Earth`s environment has become known as "Space Weather" during recent years, a slogan that has emerged in connection with many other expressions adapted from meteorology, such as solar wind, magnetic clouds or polar...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Space Weather
• The Sun and its Restless Magnetic Field
• The Application of Radio Diagnostics to the Study of the Solar Drivers of Space Weather
• Interplanetary Disturbances
• The Magnetosphere
• Space Weather Effects in the Upper Atmosphere: Low and Middle Latitudes
• Space Weather Effects in the Upper Atmosphere: High Latitudes
• Space Weather Effects on Technology
• Radiation Risks From Space
• Index.