Understanding the sun and solar system plasmas [electronic resource] : future directions in solar and space physics / Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee.

Author/Creator:

Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee Corporate Author

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (40 p.)

Subjects:

Space plasmas.
Astrophysics.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""The Heliosphere: The Domain of Solar and Space Physics""; ""The Magnetic Sun""; ""Earth's Dynamic Magnetic Shield""; ""The Threshold of Space: Earth's Upper Atmosphere""; ""Storms in Space: Space Weather""; ""No Two Magnetospheres Are Alike""; ""The Sun's Galactic Environment: The Outer Limits and Beyond""; ""An Astrophysical Laboratory in Our Own Backyard""; ""Theory, Computer Modeling, Data Exploration, and Data Mining""; ""Technology: Enabling the Future""; ""Strengthening the Nation's Solar and Space Physics Enterprise""
""Further and More Abundant Knowledge""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-309-59271-2

OCLC:

559948788

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