UID:
almafu_9960073416802883
Format:
1 online resource (593 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9786612285394
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9781282285392
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1282285394
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9780080916576
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0080916570
Series Statement:
International geophysics series ; v. 96
Content:
Although interesting in its own right, due to the ever-increasing use of satellites for communication and navigation, weather in the ionosphere is of great concern. Every such system uses trans-ionospheric propagation of radio waves, waves which must traverse the commonly turbulent ionosphere. Understanding this turbulence and predicting it are one of the major goals of the National Space Weather program. Acquiring such a prediction capability will rest on understanding the very topics of this book, the plasma physics and electrodynamics of the system.*Fully updated to reflect advan
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; The Earth's Ionosphere: Plasma Physics and Electrodynamics; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introductory and Background Material; 1.1 Scope and Goals of the Text; 1.2 Structure of the Neutral Atmosphere and the Main Ionosphere; 1.3 D-Region Fundamentals; 1.4 The Earth's Magnetic Field and Magnetosphere; References; Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Atmospheric, Ionospheric, and Magnetospheric Plasma Dynamics; 2.1 The Basic Fluid Equations; 2.2 Steady-State Ionospheric Plasma Motions Due to Applied Forces; 2.3 Generation of Electric Fields; 2.4 Electric Field Mapping
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2.5 Elements of Magnetospheric Physics2.6 Are Ionospheric Electric Fields Real?; 2.7 Coordinate Systems; References; Chapter 3 Dynamics and Electrodynamics of the Equatorial Zone; 3.1 Motions of the Equatorial F Region: The Database; 3.2 The Equatorial F-Region Dynamo; 3.3 E-Region Dynamo Theory and the Daytime Equatorial Electrojet; 3.4 Further Complexities of Equatorial Electrodynamics; 3.5 Feedback Between Electrodynamics and Thermospheric Winds; 3.6 Mesospheric and Lower Thermospheric Dynamics; References; Chapter 4 Equatorial Plasma Instabilities and Mesospheric Turbulence
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4.1 F-Region Plasma Instabilities: Observations4.2 Development and Initiation of Convective Equatorial Ionospheric Storms (a.k.a. Equatorial Spread F); 4.3 Nonlinear Theories of Convective Ionospheric Storms; 4.4 Linkage of Large and Small Scales in CEIS; 4.5 Convective Equatorial Ionospheric Storm Summary; 4.6 E-Region Plasma Instabilities: The Observational Data Base; 4.7 Linear Theories of Electrojet Instabilities; 4.8 Nonlinear Theories of Electrojet Instabilities; 4.9 D-Region Turbulence; 4.10 Future Directions; References
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Chapter 5 Hydro- and Electrodynamics of the Midlatitude Ionosphere5.1 Introduction to the Tropical and Midlatitude Ionospheres; 5.2 Electric Fields in the Tropical and Midlatitude Zone; 5.3 Midlatitude Lower Thermosphere Dynamics; References; Chapter 6 Waves and Instabilities at Midlatitudes; 6.1 Mesoscale Vertical Organization of Ionospheric Plasma: General Considerations; 6.2 Oscillations of the Neutral Atmosphere; 6.3 Role of Gravity Waves and Tides in Creating Vertical Ionospheric Structure; 6.4 Effects of Particle Precipitation at Midlatitudes
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6.5 Horizontal Structure in the Midlatitude Ionosphere6.6 Midlatitude F-Region Plasma Instabilities; 6.7 Midlatitude E-Region Instabilities; References; Chapter 7 Dynamics and Electrodynamics of the Mesosphere; 7.1 Noctilucent Clouds (NLC) and the Solstice Temperature Anomaly; 7.2 Gravity Wave Breaking; 7.3 The Polar Summer Mesosphere: A Wave-Driven Refrigerator; 7.4 New Observations of NLC and Related Phenomena; 7.5 Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes (PMSE); 7.6 The Role of Charged Ice; 7.7 On the Possible Relationship Between PMSE, NLC, and Atmospheric Change; 7.8 Upward-Propagating Lightning
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7.9 Nonlinear Mesospheric Waves
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780120884254
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0120884259
Language:
English
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