The Coronas-F Space Mission
Subtitle: Key Results for Solar Terrestrial Physics
Publisher: Springer
Published: Feb 12, 2014
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9783642392672
Description: This volume is the updated and extended translation of the Russian original. It presents the results of observations of solar activity and its effects in the Earth space environment carried out from July 2001 to December 2005 on board the CORONAS-F space mission. The general characteristics of the CORONAS-F scientific payload are provided with a description of the principal experiments. The main results focus on the global oscillations of the Sun (p-modes), solar corona, solar flares, solar cosmic rays, Earth’s radiation belts, and upper atmosphere. The book will be welcomed by students, post-graduates, and scientists working in the field of solar and solar-terrestrial physics. This English edition is supplemented by sections presenting new results of the SPIRIT and TESIS experiments under the CORONAS solar program, as well as from the SONG experiment onboard the CORONAS-F satellite.
Notes: Source title: The Coronas-F Space Mission: Key Results for Solar Terrestrial Physics (Astrophysics and Space Science Library)