Klappentext

... lively, enthusiastic and authoritative accounts which have clearly been put together with great care. ... well selected, beautifully produced and right up to date. ... thoroughly recommend The Solar Wind and Earth as an informative and enjoyable book.' The Observatory, 108

Inhalt

1 The Sun's Spots and Flares.- 2 Solar Wind and Heliosphere.- 3 Cosmic Rays and Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere.- 4 The Earth as a Magnet.- 5 The Magnetosphere.- 6 Plasma Populations in the Magnetosphere.- 7 The Ionosphere.- 8 The Aurora.- 9 The Role of Magnetospheric Substorms in Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling.- 10 Plasma Wave Phenomena in the Earth's Magnetosphere.- 11 Active Plasma Experiments.- 12 The Earth's Thermosphere.- 13 Ozone and the Stratosphere.- 14 Solar Power Satellites.