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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the
Special Publications Series.
From the Sun
demystifies auroras, magnetic storms, solar flares, cosmic rays and other displays of Sun-Earth interactions. The authors, all well-known figures in space science, explain how solar eruptions affect human technology and society in articles intended for the nonspecialist and adapted from
Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. One of the most appealing features is a comprehensive glossary of the terminology necessary to read almost any volume on Sun-Earth connections.
List of contents
Preface
Steven T. Suess and Bruce T. Tsurutani v
Aurora
Syun-Ichi Akasofu 1
The Earth's Magnetosphere
S. W. H. Cowley 13
Radiation Belts
James A. Van Allen 23
Plasma Waves and Instabilities
S. Peter Gary 29
The Ionosphere and Upper Atmosphere
A. D. Richmond 35
Red Sprites and Blue Jets: Transient Electrical Effects of Thunderstorms on the Middle and Upper Atmospheres
D. D. Sentman and E. M. Wescott 45
Magnetic Storms
Bruce T. Tsurutani and Walter D. Gonzalez 57
The Human Impact of Solar Flares and Magnetic Storms
Jo Ann Joselyn 67
The Solar Wind
B. E. Goldstein 73
Solar Flares
David Rust 81
Solar Flare Particles
R. P. Lin 91
Solar Irradiance Variations and Climate
Peter Foukal 103
The Solar Dynamo
David H. Hathaway 113
Cosmic Rays
J. R. Jokipii 123
Anomalous Cosmic Rays: Interstellar Interlopers in the Heliosphere and Magnetosphere
R. A. Mewaldt, A. C. Cummings, and E . C. Stone 133
The Outer Heliosphere
W. I. Axford and Steven T. Suess 143
Glossary 153
About the author
Steven T. Suess is a physicists with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and sn adjunct professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He has studied the Sun and its influence on the solar system for almost his entire career.
Bruce T. Tsurutani is a space plasma physicist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. His research covers studies of the Sun, interplanetary spacem and planetary magnetospheres, including plasma instabilities, wave-particle interactions, nonlinear waves, and aurora.
Summary
From the Sun demystifies auroras, magnetic storms, solar flares, cosmic rays and other displays of Sun-Earth interactions. The authors, all well-known figures in space science, explain how solar eruptions affect human technology and society in articles intended for the nonspecialist and adapted from Eos, Transactions , American Geophysical Union.
