Solar and Heliospheric Origins of Space Weather Phenomena |
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| Author:
| Rozelot, Jean-Pierre |
| Editor:
| Rozelot, Jean-Pierre |
| Series title: | Lecture Notes in Physics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-62734-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | Springer
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $71.94 |
Book Description:
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This book comprises an excursion through space weather, a scientific topic in rapid growth and with growing impact and complications for technological societies.
The emphasis of the present volume is on the origins of space weather: the Sun and the solar mind. Very much as the Suns electromagnetic radiation drives the Earth climate, our space weather is driven by the solar wind.
This book addresses students and scientists working, or interested in, the field and provides a...
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This book comprises an excursion through space weather, a scientific topic in rapid growth and with growing impact and complications for technological societies.
The emphasis of the present volume is on the origins of space weather: the Sun and the solar mind. Very much as the Suns electromagnetic radiation drives the Earth climate, our space weather is driven by the solar wind.
This book addresses students and scientists working, or interested in, the field and provides a thorough introduction to the topic for those who wish to become acquainted with the basic solar physics at the origin of space weather.