The Space Physics and Aeronomy collection is a five-volume set of books presenting the latest scientific observations, models, and theories. Arranged sequentially, the books examine the Sun and the solar wind, magnetospheres in the Solar system, Earth's ionosphere, Earth's upper atmosphere, and the effects of space weather.
Volume 1: Solar Physics and Solar Wind - A comprehensive view of our Sun at the start of a new era in solar and heliospheric physics
Volume 2: Magnetospheres in the Solar System - An overview of current knowledge and future research directions in magnetospheric physics
Volume 3: Ionosphere Dynamics and Applications - A comprehensive review of global ionospheric research from the polar caps to equatorial regions
Volume 4: Upper Atmosphere Dynamics and Energetics - A comprehensive overview of the structure and variability of the upper atmosphere
Volume 5: Space Weather Effects and Applications - Examines how solar and terrestrial space phenomena affect sophisticated technological systems
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Table of Contents
Space Physics and Aeronomy, Volume 1, Solar Physics and Solar Wind
List of Contributors vii
Preface ix
1. The Solar Wind
Alexis P. Rouillard, Nicholeen Viall, Viviane Pierrard, Christian Vocks, Lorenzo Matteini, Olga Alexandrova, Aleida K. Higginson, Benoit Lavraud, Michael Lavarra, Yihong Wu, Rui Pinto, Alessandro Bemporad, and Eduardo Sanchez-Diaz 1
2. The Heating of the Solar Corona
Nicholeen M. Viall, Ineke De Moortel, Cooper Downs, James A. Klimchuk, Susanna Parenti, and Fabio Reale 35
3. Solar Magnetism and Radiation
Gordon Petrie, Serena Criscuoli, and Luca Bertello 83
4. Solar Energetic Particles
Christina M.S. Cohen, Gang Li, Glenn M. Mason, Albert Y. Shih, and Linghua Wang 133
5. Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections
Barbara J. Thompson, Jiong Qiu, Noe Lugaz, and David F. Webb 179
6. Fine-Scale Features of the Sun’s Atmosphere: Spicules and Jets
Alphonse C. Sterling 221
7. Solar Interior
Mark Linton, Mausumi Dikpati, and Rachel Howe 251
Index 301
Space Physics and Aeronomy, Volume 2, Magnetospheres in the Solar System
List of Contributors ix
Preface xvi
Part I: The Earth Magnetosphere 1
1 A Brief History of the Magnetosphere 3
David J. Southwood
2 Large-Scale Structure and Dynamics of the Magnetosphere 15
David G. Sibeck and Kyle R. Murphy
3 The Equations of the Magnetosphere 37
Herbert Gunell
Part II: Fundamental Processes 47
4 Magnetic Reconnection in the Near-Earth Magnetotail 49
Tsugunobu Nagai
5 Turbulence and Complexity of Magnetospheric Plasmas 67
Marius Echim, Tom Chang, Peter Kovacs, Anna Wawrzaszek, Emiliya Yordanova, Yasuhito Narita, Zoltan Vörös, Roberto Bruno, Wieslaw Macek, Kalevi Mursula, and Giuseppe Consolini
6 Wave--Particle Interactions in the Earths Magnetosphere 93
Richard M. Thorne, Jacob Bortnik, Wen Li, and Qianli Ma
7 Cross-Scale Energy Transport in Space Plasmas: Applications to the Magnetopause Boundary 109
Katariina Nykyri, Xuanye Ma, and Jay Johnson
Part III: Solar Wind--Magnetosphere Coupling 123
8 Solar Wind Interaction with Earths Bow Shock 125
Georges. K. Parks, Ensang Lee, Zhongwei W. Yang, Naiguo Lin, Suiyan Y. Fu, and Ying Liu
9 The Magnetosheath 137
Yasuhito Narita, Ferdinand Plaschke, and Zoltán Vörös
10 Dayside Magnetopause Processes 153
Stephen A. Fuselier
11 The Polar Cusps of the Earths Magnetosphere 163
Benoit Lavraud and Karlheinz J. Trattner
12 The Earths Low-Latitude Boundary Layer 177
Takuma K. M. Nakamura
Part IV: Magnetosphere--Ionosphere Coupling 193
13 Field-Aligned Currents in the Magnetosphere--Ionosphere 195
Hermann Lühr and Guram Kervalishvili
14 Ionospheric Ion Acceleration and Transport 207
Andrew W. Yau, Takumi Abe, Mats André, Andrew D. Howarth, and William K. Peterson
15 Cold Ionospheric Ions in the Magnetosphere 219
Mats André, Sergio Toledo-Redondo, and Andrew W. Yau
16 Magnetosphere--Ionosphere Coupling of Precipitating Electrons and Ionospheric Conductance 229
George V. Khazanov, David G. Sibeck, and Mike Chu
Part V: The Dynamic Magnetosphere 243
17 Magnetotail Processes 245
Joachim Birn, Andrei Runov, and Yuri Khotyaintsev
18 The Active Magnetosphere: Substorms and Storms 277
Yukitoshi Nishimura and Larry R. Lyons
19 The Northward IMF Magnetosphere 293
Robert C. Fear
20 A Brief Review of the Ring Current and Outstanding Problems 311
Raluca Ilie, Muhammad Fraz Bashir, and Elena A. Kronberg
21 Source, Loss, and Transport of Energetic Particles Deep Inside Earths Magnetosphere (L < 4) 323
Xinlin Li, Richard S. Selesnick, Hong Zhao, Daniel N. Baker, J. Bernard Blake, and Michael A. Temerin
22 The Plasmasphere: Its Interactions and Dynamics 335
Fabien Darrouzet, Dennis L. Gallagher, and Johan De Keyser
23 Impact of Ionospheric Ions on Magnetospheric Dynamics 353
Elina A. Kronberg, Elena E. Grigorenko, Raluca Ilie, Lynn Kistler, and Dan Welling
Part VI: Planetary Magnetic Fields 365
24 Planetary Magnetic Fields 367
Karl-Heinz Glassmeier and Daniel Heyner
Part VII: Induced Magnetospheres 391
25 Induced Magnetospheres: Mars 393
Jasper S. Halekas, Janet G. Luhmann, Eduard Dubinin, and Yingjuan Ma
26 Induced Magnetospheres: Titan 407
César Bertucci
27 Birth of a Magnetosphere 427
Hans Nilsson, Etienne Behar, James L. Burch, Christopher M. Carr, Anders I. Eriksson, Karl-Heinz Glassmeier, Pierre Henri, Marina Galand, Charlotte Goetz, Herbert Gunell, and Tomas Karlsson
28 Induced Magnetospheres: Atmospheric Escape 441
David A. Brain
Part VIII: Giant Planet Magnetospheres 453
29 The Magnetodisk Regions of Jupiter and Saturn 455
Nicholas Achilleos, Patick Guio, Flavien Hardy, Chris Paranicas, and Arianna M. Sorba
30 Fast Rotating Magnetospheres: Jupiter and Saturn Plasma Sources, Loss and Transport 471
Abigail M. Rymer
31 Gas Giant Magnetosphere--Ionosphere--Thermosphere Coupling 485
Licia C. Ray and Japheth N. Yates
32 The Radiation Belts of Jupiter and Saturn 499
Elias Roussos and Peter Kollmann
33 Asymmetrical Magnetospheres: Uranus and Neptune 515
Christopher S. Arridge and Carol Paty
Part IX: Mini-magnetospheres and Moon--Magnetosphere Interactions 535
34 A Dungey Cycle in the Life of Mercurys Magnetosphere 537
James A. Slavin, Suzanne M. Imber, and Jim M. Raines
35 The Magnetosphere of Ganymede 557
Xianzhe Jia and Margaret G. Kivelson
36 Overview of Moon--Magnetosphere Interactions 575
Joachim Saur
Part X: Investigating Magnetospheric Processes 595
37 Global Simulations 597
Joachim Raeder, Kai Germaschewski, William D. Cramer, and John Lyon
38 Kinetic Modeling in the Magnetosphere 607
Stefano Markidis, Vyacheslav Olshevsky, Gábor Tóth, Yuxi Chen, Ivy Bo Peng, Giovanni Lapenta, and Tamas Gombosi
39 Data-Based Modeling of the Earth's Magnetic Field 617
Nikolai Tsyganenko, Varvara Andreeva, Marina Kubyshkina, Mikhail Sitnov, and Grant Stephens
40 Multispacecraft Measurements In The Magnetosphere 637
Malcolm W. Dunlop, TieYan Wang, XiangCheng Dong, Stein Haarland, QuanQi Shi, HuiShan Fu, Johan De Keyser, Chao Shen, ZhaoJin Rong, Christophe Phillippe Escoubet, ZuYin Pu, and Jonathan Eastwood
41 Exploring Small Scales with MMS 657
James L. Burch and Kyoung-Joo Hwang
42 Global Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) Imaging of Magnetospheres 673
Pontus C. Brandt
43 Laboratory Experiments: Putting Space into the Lab 699
Mark Koepke
Part XI: Future Directions 715
44 Challenges in Modeling the Outer Magnetosphere 717
Gábor Tóth, Yuxi Chen, Zhenguang Huang, and Bart van der Holst
45 Does a Magnetosphere Protect the Ionosphere? 729
Romain Maggiolo and Herbert Gunell
46 Some Unsolved Problems of Magnetospheric Physics 743
Michael H. Denton
47 Instigators of Future Change in Magnetospheric Research 753
Michael W. Liemohn, Amy M. Keesee, L. Kepko, and Mark B. Moldwin
Index 765
Space Physics and Aeronomy, Volume 3, Ionosphere Dynamics and Applications
List of Contributors vii
Preface xi
Part I: The Polar Cap and Auroral Ionosphere 1
1 Magnetospheric Energy Input to the Ionosphere 3
Cheryl Huang
2 High Latitude Ionospheric Convection 21
Stephen E. Milan and Adrian Grocott
3 Multiscale Dynamics in the High-Latitude Ionosphere 49
Yukitoshi Nishimura, Yue Deng, Larry R. Lyons, Ryan M. McGranaghan, and Matthew D. Zettergren
4 Recent Advances in Polar Cap Density Structure Research 67
Shasha Zou, Gareth W. Perry, and John C. Foster
5 Polar Cap O+ Ion Outflow and Its Impact on Magnetospheric Dynamics 83
Binzheng Zhang and Oliver J. Brambles
Part II: The Subauroral and Midlatitude Ionosphere 115
6 Ionospheric Storm-Enhanced Density Plumes 117
John C. Foster, Shasha Zou, Roderick A. Heelis, and Philip J. Erickson
7 Ion Outflow and Lobe Density: Interhemispheric Asymmetries 127
Stein Haaland, Bjørn Lybekk, Lukas Maes, Karl Magnus Laundal, Arne Pedersen, Paul Tenfjord, Anders Ohma, Nikolai Østgaard, Jone Reistad, and Kristian Snekvik
8 Mesoscale and Small-Scale Structure of the Subauroral Geospace 139
Evgeny Mishin and Anatoly Streltsov
Part III: The Low-Latitude Ionosphere 159
9 Equatorial Ionospheric Electrodynamics 161
Bela G. Fejer and Astrid Maute
10 Theory and Modeling of Equatorial Spread F 185
Joe D. Huba
11 Observations of Equatorial Spread F: A Working Hypothesis 201
Roland T. Tsunoda
12 The Equatorial Electrojet 281
Hermann Lühr, Patrick Alken, and Yun-Liang Zhou
13 Equatorial Ionization Anomaly Variations During Geomagnetic Storms 301
Xiaoli Luan
Part IV: Global Ionospheric Processes 313
14 Penetration of the Magnetospheric Electric Fields to the Low Latitude Ionosphere 315
Takashi Kikuchi
15 Ionosphere and Thermosphere Coupling at Mid- and Subauroral Latitudes 339
Shun-Rong Zhang
16 Sudden Stratospheric Warming Impacts on the Ionosphere-Thermosphere System: A Review of Recent Progress 369
Larisa P. Goncharenko, V. Lynn Harvey, Huixin Liu, and Nicholas M. Pedatella
17 Ionospheric Dynamics and Their Strong Longitudinal Dependences 401
Endawoke Yizengaw
18 Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances 421
Yuichi Otsuka
Part V: Ionospheric Impacts on Applications 439
19 Ionospheric Effects on HF Radio Wave Propagation 441
Manuel A. Cervera, Trevor J. Harris, David A. Holdsworth, and David J. Netherway
20 Ionospheric Scintillation Effects on Satellite Navigation 493
Seebany Datta-Barua, Eric Altshuler, Todd Walter, and Sam Pullen
21 Ionospheric Disturbances Related to Earthquakes 511
Kosuke Heki
22 Atmospheric and Ionospheric Disturbances Caused by Tsunamis 527
Michael P. Hickey
Index 543
Space Physics and Aeronomy, Volume 4, Upper Atmosphere Dynamics and Energetics
List of Contributors vii
Preface xi
Part I Energetics and Dynamics of the Upper Atmosphere
1 Joule Heating in the Thermosphere
Arthur D. Richmond 3
2 Momentum and Energy Budgets in the High-Latitude Lower Thermospheric Wind System
Young-Sil Kwak and Arthur D. Richmond 19
3 Upper Thermospheric Winds: Forcing, Variability, and Effects
Wenbin Wang, Alan G. Burns, and Jing Liu 41
4 Influence of Nonhydrostatic Processes on the Ionosphere-Thermosphere
Yue Deng, Cissi Y. Lin, Qingyu Zhu, and Cheng Sheng 65
5 The Middle- and Low-Latitude Neutral Wind Dynamo
Astrid Maute 79
Part II Upper Atmospheric Composition
6 Neutral Composition in the Upper Atmosphere
Alan G. Burns, Wenbin Wang, and Liying Qian 107
7 Storm-Time Neutral Composition Changes in the Upper Atmosphere
Yongliang Zhang and Larry J. Paxton 115
8 Neutral Hydrogen in the Terrestrial Thermosphere and Exosphere: A Ground-Based Perspective
Edwin Mierkiewicz 135
Part III Low and Upper Atmosphere Coupling Through Waves
9 Atmosphere-Ionosphere (A-I) Coupling by Solar and Lunar Tides
Jeffrey M. Forbes 159
10 Planetary Waves and Their Impact on the Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Ionosphere
Jia Yue, Ruth Lieberman, and Loren C. Chang 183
11 Longitudinal Variation in the Mass Density of the Thermosphere: A GAIA Simulation
Yasunobu Miyoshi 217
Part IV Upper Atmosphere Structure and Variability
12 Equatorial Thermosphere Anomaly
Jiuhou Lei 229
13 Structured Storm-Time Polar Ionosphere and Its Drivers: A Review
Jing Liu, Wenbin Wang, Alan G. Burns, and Qinghe Zhang 239
14 Solar Flare Effects on the Thermosphere and Ionosphere
Liying Qian and Thomas N. Woods 253
15 Day-to-Day Variability of the Thermosphere and Ionosphere
Huixin Liu, Yosuke Yamazaki, and Jiuhou Lei 275
16 Response of the Ionosphere to Varying Solar Fluxes
Libo Liu, Yiding Chen, and Huijun Le 301
17 Long-Term Trends in the Upper Atmosphere
Jan Lastovicka 325
Part V Upper Atmosphere Data Assimilation
18 Inference of Hidden States by Coupled Thermosphere-Ionosphere Data Assimilation: Applications to Observability and Predictability of Neutral Mass Density
Tomoko Matsuo and Chih-Ting Hsu 345
Part VI Upper Atmosphere Observations
19 The Ground-Based Airglow Imager Network in China: Recent Observational Results
Jiyao Xu, Qinzeng Li, Longchang Sun, Xiao Liu, Wei Yuan, Wenbin Wang, Jia Yue, Shunrong Zhang, Weijun Liu, Guoying Jiang, Kun Wu, Hong Gao, and Chang Lai 367
20 MLT Science Enabled by Atmospheric Lidars
Chiao-Yao She, Alan Z. Liu, Tao Yuan, Jia Yue, Tao Li, Chao Ban, and Jonathan S. Friedman 395
21 Remote Sensing of Magnetic Fields Induced by Electrojets From Space: Measurement Techniques and Sensor Design
Jeng-Hwa Yee, Jesper Gjerloev, and Dong Wu 451
22 Remote Sensing of Global Lower Thermospheric Winds: Sensing Techniques and Sensor Design
Jeng-Hwa Yee, Imran Mehdi, Darren Hayton, Jose Siles, and Dong Wu 469
23 Exploring the Upper Atmosphere: Using Optical Remote Sensing
Larry J. Paxton, Yongliang Zhang, Hyosub Kil, and Robert K. Schaefer 487
Index 523
Space Physics and Aeronomy, Volume 5, Space Weather Effects and Applications
List of Contributors vii
Preface ix
Introduction: Space Weather Underlies Reliable Technologies 1
Louis J. Lanzerotti, Philip J. Erickson, and Anthea J. Coster
1. Effects of Space Radiation on Contemporary Space]Based Systems I: Single Event Upsets, Spacecraft Charging, Degradation of Electronics, and Attenuation on Fiber Cabling 3
Daniel N. Baker and Michael Bodeau
2. Effects of Space Radiation on Contemporary Space]Based Systems II: Spacecraft Internal and External Charging and Discharging Effects 13
Michael Bodeau and Daniel N. Baker
3. Effects of Space Radiation on Humans in Space Flight 63
Lawrence W. Townsend
4. Space Weather Radiation Effects on High]Altitude/]Latitude Aircraft 79
Christopher J. Mertens and W. Kent Tobiska
5. Remaining Issues in Upper Atmosphere Satellite Drag 111
Jeffrey P. Thayer, W. Kent Tobiska, Marcin D. Pilinski, and Eric K. Sutton
6. Solar Radio Burst Effects on Radio] and Radar]Based Systems 141
Dale E. Gary and Timothy S. Bastian
7. Space Weather Influences on HF, UHF, and VHF Radio Propagation 153
Gary S. Bust, William Liles, and Cathryn Mitchell
8. GNSS/GPS Degradation from Space Weather 165
Anthea J. Coster and Endawoke Yizengaw
9. Geomagnetic Field Impacts on Ground Systems 183
John Kappenman and William Radasky
Epilogue: The Road to Future Progress in Space Weather Understanding 215
Philip J. Erickson, Louis J. Lanzerotti, and Anthea J. Coster
Index 217