Auroral Physics

Herausgeber: Frank, L. A.; Rycroft, M. J.; Meng, C. I.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume presents a comprehensive review of all aspects of the physics of the aurorae australis and borealis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 518
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1253g
• ISBN-13: 9780521157414
• ISBN-10: 0521157412
• Artikelnr.: 29740267

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Participants; Part I. Introductory Observations: 1. Auroral
phenomena S.-I. Akasofu; Part II. Aurural Spectoscopy and Thermosphere: 2.
Overview of auroral spectroscopy A. Vallance Jones; 3. Auroral excitation
processes M. H. Rees and D. Lummerzheim; 4. Auroral emission processes and
remote sensing R. R. Mrier and D. J. Strickland; 5. Thermospheric response
and feedback to auroral inputs D. Rees and T. J. Fuller-Rowell; 6.
Thermospheric dynamics, energetics and composition at auroral latitudes T.
L. Killeen, F. G. McCormac, A. G. Burns and R. G. Roble; Part III. Auroral
Particles and Acceleration Mechanisms: 7. Overview of electron and ion
precipitation in the auroral oval P. T. Newell, C.-I. Meng and D. A. Hardy;
8. Diagnosis of auroral acceleration mechanisms by particle measurements J.
L. Burch; 9. Characteristics of magnetic-field aligned electric fields in
the auroral acceleration region L. P. Block and C.-G. Fälthammar; 10.
Auroral electron acceleration: a case for the stochastic alternative D. A.
Bryant, D. S. Hall and R. Bingham; 11. Auroral ion acceleration and its
relationship to ion composition E. G. Shelley and H. L. Collin; 12. Ion
precipitation and the transport of ions accelerated by auroral processes J.
M. Bosqued; Part IV. Auroras and Magnetospheric Configuation: 13. What
determines the size of the auroral oval? G. L. Siscoe; 14. The quiet-time
aurora and the magnetospheric configuration R. Lundin, L. Eliasson and J.
S. Murphree; 15. Discrete auroras and magnetatail processes L. R. Lyons;
16. Auroral luminosity and its relationship to magnetospheric plasma
domains Yu. I. Galperin and Ya. I. Feldstein; 17. The aurora and middle
magnetospheric processes B. H. Mauk and C.-I. Meng; 18. Auroral plasma
waves D. A. Gurnett; Part V. Aurural Substorms and Dynamics: 19. Overview
of observations and models of auroral substorms G. Rostoker; 20. Diagnosis
of auroral dynamics using global aurora imaging with emphasis on
large-scale evolutions J. D. Craven and L. A. Frank; 21. Diagnosis of
auroral dynamics using global auroral imaging with emphasis on localized
and transient features G. G. Shepherd and J. S. Murphree; 22. Poleward
motions of auroral structures E. W. Hones, Jr., A. B. Galvin and P. R.
Higbie; 23. A magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling theory of substorms
including magnetotail dynamics J. R. Kan, L. Zhu, A. T. Y. Lui and S.-I.
Akasofu; Part VI. Auroral Structures: 24. Overview of auroral spatial
scales D. J. Gourney; 25. Mesoscale structures in auroral phenomena O. A.
Troshichev; 26. The pulsating aurora and its relationship to fields and
charged-particle precipitation P. J. Tanskanen; 27. Electrodynamics of
active auroral forms: westward traveling surges and omega bands W.
Baumjohann; 28. Large-scale distribution of discrete auroras and
field-aligned currents E. Friis-Christensen and K. Lassen; Part VII. Aurora
and Ionosphere: 29. The auroral electrojets: relative importance of
ionspheric conductivities and electric fields Y. Kamide; 30. Large-scale
currents connecting the polar ionosphere with the magnetosphere T. Iijima;
31. Ionosphere-magnetosphere mapping of dynamic auroral structures during
substorms E. Nielson; 32. Incoherent scatter observations of the auroral
ionosphere with the EISCAT radar facility J. Röttger; 33. Ground-based
measurements of joule heating rates O. de la Beaujardiére, R. Johnson and
V. B. Wickwar; 34. Global observations: a future research thrust in auroral
and magnetospheric research D. J. Williams; Index; Colour plates.