Convection and substorms : paradigms of magnetospheric phenomenology / Charles F. Kennel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennel, Charles F., 1939-

Series:

International series on astronomy and astrophysics ; 2.

International series on astronomy and astrophysics ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magnetosphere.

Magnetospheric substorms.

Convection (Meteorology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (429 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The magnetosphere is the region where cosmic rays & the solar wind interact with the Earth's magnetic field, creating such phenomena as the northern lights & other aurorae. The configuration & dynamics of the magnetosphere are of interest to planetary physicists, geophysicists, plasma astrophysicists, & to scientists planning space missions. The circulation of solar wind plasma in the magnetosphere & substorms have long been used as the principle paradigms for studying this vital region. The author here presents a synthesis of the convection & substorm literatures, & an analysis of convection & substorm interactions; he also suggests that the currently accepted steady reconnection model may be advantageously replaced by a model of multiple tail reconnection events, in which many mutually interdependent reconnections occur.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. The Teardrop Magnetosphere; 3. The Bell-Like Magnetosphere; 4. The Viscous Magnetosphere; 5. The Reconnecting Magnetosphere; 6. Correlation of Geomagnetic Activity with the Solar Wind; 7. The Reconnection Substorm; 8. Bursty Magnetopause Reconnection; 9. Bimodal Plasma Sheet Flow; 10. Convection for Northward Interplanetary Field; 11. The Nightside Auroral Oval; 12. The Auroral Substorm; 13. The Geosynchronous Substorm; 14. Coordination of the Geosynchronous and Auroral Substorms; 15. Triggered Substorms; 16. On the Relation between Convection and Substorms

17. EpilogueReferences; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-401) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-756048-2

1-280-54001-X

9786610540013

0-19-535907-0

1-4294-1539-8

OCLC:

251536586