Physics and Chemistry of the Upper Atmosphere

by M.H. Rees

Book Overview

This textbook focuses on the physics and chemistry of the Earth's upper atmosphere, which is bounded at the bottom by a pressure level at which most of the incoming ionizing radiation has been absorbed, and bounded at the top by the level at which the escape of gas becomes important. The plan of the book is to identify the multitude of processes that operate in the upper atmosphere, and to relate them to observed phenomena by detailed mathematical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521368480
• ISBN13: 9780521368483
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.3"