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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      24 November 2009
      28 January 1998
      ISBN:
      9780511600098
      9780521430913
      9780521675550
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511600098
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.875kg, 374 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (253 x 177 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.649kg, 376 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Atmospheric Science and Meteorology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Planetary Science and Astrobiology
      Series:
      Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series
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    Subjects:
    Atmospheric Science and Meteorology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Planetary Science and Astrobiology
    Series:
    Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series
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    This is the first monograph to describe the historical development of ideas concerning the plasmasphere by the pioneering researchers themselves. The plasmasphere is a cold thermal plasma cloud encircling the Earth, terminating abruptly at a radial distance of 30,000 km over a sharp discontinuity known as the plasmapause. The volume commences with an account of the difficulties met in USSR by Gringauz to publish his early discoveries from Soviet rocket measurements, and the contemporaneous breakthroughs by Carpenter in the USA from ground-based whistler measurements. The authors then update our picture of the plasmasphere by presenting experimental and observational results of the past three decades, and mathematical and physical theories proposed to explain its formation. The volume will be invaluable for researchers in space physics, and will also appeal to those interested in the history of science.

    Reviews

    ‘ … this beautiful book has to be saluted. It will, without question, be a reference for all those who work in the field, and a fascinating story for those interested in the Earth’s environment.’

    P. Décréau Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

    ‘In this exciting period of plasmaspheric research, this book is very timely and will help motivate and prepare newcomers to tackle the emerging challenges in the field. I am glad to have this book in my collection.’

    Source: EOS

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