Solar activity observations and predictions / editors, Patrick S. McIntosh, Murray Dryer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McIntosh, Patrick S.

Dryer, Murray.

Series:

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; 30.

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solar activity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (460 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1972.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Cover ; Title ; Copyright ; Table of Contents ; Preface ; I Solar Observations and Theories; Introductory Review of Solar Activity; Large-Scale Organization of Solar Activity in Time and Space; Magnetic Fields in Solar Active Regions; Recent Solar Magnetograph Results; Inference of Solar Magnetic Polarities from H-alpha Observations; Recent Advances in Solar Radio Astronomy; Extreme Ultraviolet Observations of Solar Flares; X-ray Line Emission Associated with Solar Flares; Several Solar Aspects of Flare-Associated Particle Events; Magnetic Models of Solar Flares; II Interplanetary Medium

Prediction of Coronal and Interplanetary Magnetic Fields The Solar Wind: A Review; Predicting the Solar Wind Speed; Propagation of Solar Cosmic Rays in the Solar Wind; III Geophysical Responses to Solar Activity; Effects of Solar Particle Events on the Energetic Particle Population in the Earth's Magnetosphere; Geomagnetic Response to Solar Activity; Ionospheric Effects of Solar Activity; Response of the Neutral Upper Atmosphere to Variations in Solar Activity; IV Progress in Forecasting Technology; Survey of Current Solar Forecast Centers

Identification and Adjustment of Psychological Factors to Improve Solar Patrol Observing Early Recognition of Major Solar Flares in H<*; Prediction of Proton Flares and Forbush Effects; Quantitative Short-Term Prediction of Proton and Nonproton Flares; Forecasting Flares from Inferred Magnetic Fields; Predicting Activity Levels for Specific Locations within Solar Active Regions; Index of Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60086-504-6

1-60086-285-3

OCLC:

922978680