Akasofu, Syun-Ichi.
Exploring the secrets of the aurora [electronic resource] / by Syun-Ichi Akasofu. - Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2002. - xxxviii, 235 p. : ill. (some col.), maps. - Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 278 . - Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 278. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-216) and indexes.
Contents: Search for the unknown quantity in the solar wind -- Confronting paradigms: aurora research during the early space age -- Realizing the dream of our pioneers: polar magnetic substorms and the associated current system -- Is the earth's dipole really off-centered and inclined? : planetary magnectic fields -- Myth of the emerging flux tubes: sunspots and solar flares -- Synthesis of the four major disciplines: predicting geomagnetic storms as a space weather project -- Beyond the inner heliosphere: the magnetic field structure of the outer heliosphere: a three-dimensional model.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Auroras.
Electronic books.
QC971 / .A42 2002eb
538/.768
Exploring the secrets of the aurora [electronic resource] / by Syun-Ichi Akasofu. - Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2002. - xxxviii, 235 p. : ill. (some col.), maps. - Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 278 . - Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 278. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-216) and indexes.
Contents: Search for the unknown quantity in the solar wind -- Confronting paradigms: aurora research during the early space age -- Realizing the dream of our pioneers: polar magnetic substorms and the associated current system -- Is the earth's dipole really off-centered and inclined? : planetary magnectic fields -- Myth of the emerging flux tubes: sunspots and solar flares -- Synthesis of the four major disciplines: predicting geomagnetic storms as a space weather project -- Beyond the inner heliosphere: the magnetic field structure of the outer heliosphere: a three-dimensional model.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Auroras.
Electronic books.
QC971 / .A42 2002eb
538/.768