Space Weather- Physics and Effects
This book is a state-of-the-art review on the physics of space weather and on space weather impacts on human technology, including manned spaceflight. With contributions from a team of international experts, this comprehensive work covers all aspects of s
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Volker Bothmer and Ioannis A. Daglis
Space Weather ± Physics and Effects
Published in association with
Praxis Publishing Chichester, UK
Dr Volker Bothmer Institute for Astrophysics University of GoÈttingen GoÈttingen Germany
Dr Ioannis A. Daglis National Observatory of Athens Athens Greece
SPRINGER±PRAXIS BOOKS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES SUBJECT ADVISORY EDITOR: John Mason B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xiii
List of ®gures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xvii
List of tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii List of abbreviations and acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xxix
About the authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii List of contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxv 1
Introduction (Volker Bothmer and Ioannis Daglis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Space weather forecasting historically viewed through the lens of meteorology (George Siscoe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 Sibling sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Steps in the advance of environmental forecasting: the meteorological experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Relevant analogies between terrestrial weather and space weather 2.4 Steps in the advance of space weather forecasting
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