Space weather: the physics behind a slogan [1 ed.] 3540229078, 9783540229070

The various processes that connect the physics of the Sun with that of the Earth`s environment has become known as "

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Table of contents :
Introduction to Space Weather....Pages 3-20
The Sun and Its Restless Magnetic Field....Pages 23-49
The Application of Radio Diagnostics to the Study of the Solar Drivers of Space Weather....Pages 49-68
Interplanetary Disturbances....Pages 71-129
The Magnetosphere....Pages 133-192
Space Weather Effects in the Upper Atmosphere: Low and Middle Latitudes....Pages 193-214
Space Weather Effects in the Upper Atmosphere: High Latitudes....Pages 215-238
Space Weather Effects on Technology....Pages 241-273
Radiation Risks from Space....Pages 275-292

Space weather: the physics behind a slogan [1 ed.]
3540229078, 9783540229070

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Klaus Scherer
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