The Solar-Terrestrial Environment
An Introduction to Geospace - the Science of the Terrestrial Upper Atmosphere, Ionosphere, and Magnetosphere

This book describes physical conditions in the upper atmosphere and magnetosphere of the Earth.

John Keith Hargreaves (Author)

9780521427371, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 May 1995

436 pages, 284 b/w illus. 26 tables
24.6 x 18.9 x 2.3 cm, 0.78 kg

'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

This 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.

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.

Subject Areas: Atmospheric physics [PHVJ]