The Solar-Terrestrial Environment
The Solar-Terrestrial Environment
$103.00
USDThis book describes physical conditions in the upper atmosphere and magnetosphere of the Earth. The account is introductory, at a level suitable for readers with a basic inderstanding of physics and explains the principles of physical investigation. The principal material covers the neutral and ionized upper atmosphere, the magnetosphere, and structures, dynamics, disturbances and irregularities. This textbook is suitable for advanced undergraduates and new postgraduates who are taking introductory courses in upper atmospheric, ionospheric, or magnetospheric physics.
- Introduction to the science of the Earth's upper atmosphere for atmospheric physics and meteorology students
- Each chapter has a further reading list
Reviews & endorsements
'attractively produced, well illustrated, readable and interesting … Mathematics is kept to an elementary level, the intention being to describe the basic concepts. To this end the author has done a good job.' Nature
'As a textbook it is the most comprehensive single author, graduate-level treatment of solar-terrestrial phenomena available … Hargreaves writes lucidly, plumbs each topic to a uniform, graduate-level depth and has a sure sense of what to include, what to emphasize and what to omit.' Physics Today
'The offer as paperback makes it an absolute bargain … This book is clearly written, concise and encompasses all major topics affecting the earth's environment.' Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics
Product details
May 1995Paperback
9780521427371
436 pages
246 × 189 × 23 mm
0.78kg
284 b/w illus. 26 tables
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Earth in space, 2. The physics of geospace
- 3. Techniques for observing geospace
- 4. The neutral atmosphere
- 5. The solar wind and the magnetosphere
- 6. Principles of the ionosphere at middle and low latitudes
- 7. Ionospheric phenomena at middle and low latitudes
- 8. The ionosphere at high latitude
- 9. Magnetospheric waves
- 10. Technological application of geospace science.
