Magnetoseismology : ground-based remote sensing of Earth's magnetosphere /

His book provides a comprehensive account of magnetoseismology - the tool to monitor space weather. Written by researcher on the forefront of this field, it conveys the physics behind the phenomena and the methods to detect and investigate them, the relevance to communication, power supply and many...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Menk, Frederick W.
Other Authors:	Waters, Colin L.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, [2013]
Subjects:	Magnetosphere. Magnetospheric physics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
1.1. Purpose of This Book
1.2. Solar Wind
1.3. Fluctuations in the Solar Wind
1.4. Early Observations of Geomagnetic Variations
1.5. Properties of Geomagnetic Variations
2. Magnetosphere and Ionosphere
2.1. Geomagnetic Field
2.2. Structure of Earth's Magnetosphere
2.3. Magnetospheric Current Systems
2.3.1. Magnetopause Current
2.3.2. Tail Current and Reconnection
2.3.3. Ring Current
2.3.4. Field-Aligned Currents
2.3.5. Ionospheric Currents
2.4. Radiation Belts
2.5. Inner Magnetosphere
2.6. Formation and Properties of the Ionosphere
2.7. Geomagnetic Disturbances
2.8. Space Weather Effects
3. ULF Plasma Waves in the Magnetosphere
3.1. Basic Properties of a Plasma
3.2. Particle Motions
3.2.1. Motions of Isolated Charged Particles
3.2.2. First Adiabatic Invariant
3.2.3. Second Adiabatic Invariant
3.2.4. Third Adiabatic Invariant
3.3. Low-Frequency Magnetized Plasma Waves
3.3.1. Equations of Linear MHD
3.3.2. Wave Equation
3.4. Shear Alfven Mode in a Dipole Magnetic Field
3.4.1. Toroidal Oscillation of Field Lines
3.5. MHD Wave Mode Coupling in One Dimension
3.6. Alternative Derivation of the Plasma Wave Equation, from Electromagnetism
4. Sources of ULF Waves
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Exogenic Sources
4.3. Boundary Instabilities
4.4. Field Line Resonances
4.5. Cavity and Waveguide Modes
4.6. Spatially Localized Waves
4.7. Ion Cyclotron Waves
5. Techniques for Detecting Field Line Resonances
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Variation in Spectral Power with Latitude
5.3. Variation of Phase with Latitude
5.4. Wave Polarization Properties
5.5. Spectral Power Difference and Division
5.6. Single Station H/D
5.7. Cross-Phase from Latitudinally Separated Sensors
5.8. Using ULF Wave Polarization Properties
5.9. Automated Detection Algorithms
6. Ground-Based Remote Sensing of the Magnetosphere
6.1. Estimating Plasma Mass Density
6.2. Travel Time Method of Tamao
6.3. Determining Electron Density
6.4. Verification of Ground-Based Mass Density Measurements
6.5. Determining Ion Concentrations
6.6. Field-Aligned Plasma Density
6.7. Plasma Density at Low Latitudes
6.8. Plasma Density at High Latitudes
7. Space Weather Applications
7.1. Magnetospheric Structure and Density
7.2. Plasmapause Dynamics
7.3. Density Notches, Plumes, and Related Features
7.4. Refilling of the Plasmasphere
7.5. Longitudinal Variation in Density
7.6. Solar Cycle Variations in Density
7.7. Determining the Open/Closed Field Line Boundary
7.8. Determining the Magnetospheric Topology at High Latitudes
7.9. Wave-Particle Interactions
7.10. Radial Motions of Flux Tubes
8. ULF Waves in the Ionosphere
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Electrostatic and Inductive Ionospheres
8.3. ULF Wave Solution for a Thin Sheet Ionosphere
8.4. ULF Wave Solution for a Realistic Ionosphere
8.5. FLRs and the Ionosphere
8.6. Remote Sensing ULF Electric Fields in Space
8.7. Quarter-Wave Modes
8.8. Detection of ULF Waves in the Ionosphere
8.9. Consequences for Radio Astronomy
9. Magnetoseismology at Other Planets and Stars
9.1. Magnetoseismology at Other Planets
9.2. Magnetoseismology of the Solar Corona
9.3. Introduction to Helioseismology and Asteroseismology
9.4. Field Line Resonances at Other Stars.