Space Storms and Space Weather Hazards

by I.A. Daglis and N.A.T.O.

Book Overview

Space storms, the manifestation of bad weather in space, have a number of physical effects in the near-Earth environment: acceleration of charged particles in space, intensification of electric currents in space and on the ground, impressive aurora displays, and global magnetic disturbances on the Earth's surface. Space weather has been defined as 'conditions on the Sun and in the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and atmosphere that can influence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402000316
• ISBN13: 9781402000317
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"