Dayside and Polar Cap Aurora

by Per Even Sandholt, H C Carlson, Alv Egeland

Book Overview

The auroral emissions in the upper atmosphere of the polar regions of the Earth are evidence of the capture of energetic particles from the Sun, streaming by the Earth as the solar wind. These auroral emissions, then, are a window to outer space, and can provide us with valuable information about electrodynamic coupling processes between the solar wind and the Earth's ionosphere and upper atmosphere. Studying the physics of these phenomena extends...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401739668
• ISBN13: 9789401739665
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"