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Solar-terrestrial physics : an account of the wave and particle radiations from the quiet and the active sun, and of the consequent terrestrial phenomena / by Syun-Ichi Akasofu and Sydney Chapman.

By: Akasofu, Syun-Ichi.
Contributor(s): Chapman, Sydney, 1888-1970.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: International series of monographs on physics (Oxford, England): Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1972Description: xxiii, 901 p. : ill., charts, maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0198512627.Subject(s): Geophysics | Solar systemDDC classification: 551.5271
Contents:
The sun and interplanetary space -- The internal structure and magnetic field of the earth -- The terrestrial atmosphere: photo-chemistry -- Dynamics of the upper atmosphere and dynamo action -- The formation of the magnetosphere -- Energetic particles, plasma and electromagnetic waves in the magnetosphere -- Solar storms and their extension into interplanetary space -- Magnetospheric storms.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 551.5271 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00043978
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 737-879) and indexes.

The sun and interplanetary space -- The internal structure and magnetic field of the earth -- The terrestrial atmosphere: photo-chemistry -- Dynamics of the upper atmosphere and dynamo action -- The formation of the magnetosphere -- Energetic particles, plasma and electromagnetic waves in the magnetosphere -- Solar storms and their extension into interplanetary space -- Magnetospheric storms.