A Problem-Solving Workbook on Ionospheric and Space Physics

ISBN-13: 9781119628880 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 350 str.

Pradipta

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Chapman Theory of Ionospheric Layer FormationChapter 2. Magnetic Fields Resulting from the Equatorial Electrojet CurrentChapter 3. Phase and Group Velocities of Acoustic-Gravity WavesChapter 4. Wind Shear, Sporadic-E Layer, and Kelvin-Helmholtz InstabilityChapter 5. Brunt-Vaisala Frequency and Convective InstabilityChapter 6. Whistler Waves in the Ionosphere and MagnetosphereChapter 7. Radio Wave Absorption in the D-region IonosphereChapter 8. The Sun is Down, the Equatorial Plasma Bubbles are UpChapter 9. Drunken Forest in Space: Why do the Bubbles Tilt?Chapter 10. Linking Two Hemispheres: Geomagnetic Field ConjugacyChapter 11. Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Revisited diagnostic instruments and techniquesChapter 12. Ionosonde: Sensing Ionospheric Plasmas from the GroundChapter 13. Fundamentals of GPS Total Electron Content (TEC) MeasurementsChapter 14. Barker Codes and Radar Pulse CompressionChapter 15. Abel Inversion of Ionosonde Trace DataChapter 16. Direction-scan Radar and DeconvolutionChapter 17. Bragg Scattering and Ionospheric RadarsChapter 18. Witchcraft: Poor Man's Abel Inversion of IonogramsChapter 19. Fabry-Perot Interferometers and the Optical AirglowChapter 20. Don't Put out the Glow: What in Heaven is this Rayleigh" Unit?Chapter 21. Focus! Parabolic Ionospheric Layer ApproximationChapter 22. Fast and Furious: Zonal Drift applying basic physics to space physicsChapter 23. Seeing Ghost: Slab Thickness of a Transparent LayerChapter 24. Reflectometry: A Classical Mechanics AnalogyChapter 25. Doppler Effects in Reaction/Refraction of Electromagnetic WavesChapter 26. Magnetic Mirrors and the Loss ConeChapter 27. Kolmogorov's 5/3 Law: An Order in DisordersChapter 28. Pushed to the Limit: True Resolution in SpectroscopyChapter 29. MIR Mortals: Rapid Depressurization in SpaceChapter 30. The Gradient-B Plasma Drift DemystifiedChapter 31. No Escape: Charged Particles in Magnetic FieldChapter 32. EXB Drift for Explorers

O autorze

Rezy Pradipta, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist at Boston College, MA, USA.