The Atmosphere and Ionosphere - Elementary Processes, Discharges and Plasmoids

The book presents a collection of articles devoted to atmospheric and ionospheric science reported during the Conference "Atmosphere, Ionosphere, Safety" held in Kaliningrad, Russia in July 2010. It consists of reviews devoted to physics of elementary processes, aerosols, ionosphere dynamics, microwave discharges and plasmoids. Such a wide range of topics presents a comprehensive analysis of this atmospheric science including trends and questions which exist to be solved.

List of contents

Ionization of Excited Atoms in Thermal Collisions.- Elementary Processes Involving Rydberg Molecules in a Strong Laser Field.- Nanoaerosols in the Atmosphere.- Electromagnetic Drivers in the Upper Atmosphere: Observations and Modeling.- Discharge Processes in a Stratosphere and Mesosphere During a Thunderstorm.- Vortex Plasmoids Created by High Frequency Discharges.

About the author

Vladimir L. Bychkov is a leading researcher at the Department of Physics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. He has 35 years of experience in plasma physics studies, the physics of elementary processes, gas discharges, plasma chemistry and ball lightning.

Gennady V. Golubkov is a leading scientist at the Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has 40 years of experience in quantum scattering theory, the theory of atom-molecular processes, and of low temperature plasma.

Anatoly I. Nikitin is a principle researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Energy Problems of Chemical Physics in Moscow. He has 45 years of experience in quantum electronics research, chemical physics, plasma physics and chemistry, and ball lightning.

Summary

The book presents a collection of articles devoted to atmospheric and ionospheric science reported during the Conference “Atmosphere, Ionosphere, Safety” held in Kaliningrad, Russia in July 2010. It consists of reviews devoted to physics of elementary processes, aerosols, ionosphere dynamics, microwave discharges and plasmoids. Such a wide range of topics presents a comprehensive analysis of this atmospheric science including trends and questions which exist to be solved.

Product details

• Assisted by: Vladimir Bychkov (Editor), Gennad Golubkov (Editor), Gennady Golubkov (Editor), Anatoly Nikitin (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9789401781909
• ISBN: 978-94-0-178190-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 16 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 468 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 288 p.
• Series: Physics of Earth and Space Environments; Physics of Earth and Space Environments
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; B, astronautics, environmental science, engineering & technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Pollution & threats to the environment, Classical and Continuum Physics, Fluid mechanics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Fluids, Earth System Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Space Physics, Space sciences, Environmental Physics