Space Weather
Subtitle: The Physics Behind a Slogan (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Contributors: K. Scherer (Editor); H. Fichtner (Editor); B. Heber (Editor); U Mall (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 24, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9783540229070
Subjects: Astrophysics; Geophysics; Mathematics and Science; Science; Astrophysics & Space Science; Science/Mathematics; Space environment; Science / Astrophysics & Space Science; solar-terrestrial relations; space plasma physics; space weather; Congresses; Solar-terrestrial physics
First sentence: Above the thin layer of Earth's atmosphere where normal weather occurs (the troposphere), there is a vast region extending into interplanetary space that is permeated by highly fluctuating magnetic fields and very energetic particles.