Subsections
[Cr:4, Lc:3, Tt:1, Lb:0]
- Neutral atmosphere
Structure of the atmosphere – Physics and Chemistry of the mesosphere and thermosphere – Airglow – Winds and waves – Formation of the ionosphere
- Ionosphere
Layering into the D, E and F regions – Topside ionosphere – Conductivities – Current systems: EEJ, Sq and AEJ – Equatorial ionization anomaly – Ionospheric instabilities in the E-region – instabilities in the F-region – Midnight temperature maximum and F-region collapse
- Magnetosphere
Magnetosphere above the ionosphere – Magnetopause – Geomagnetic tail – Plasma and neutral sheets – Radiation belts – Plasmasphere – Reconnection and interaction of solar wind plasma – Geomagnetic disturbances – Aurorae – Disturbance effects in the ionosphere-thermosphere system
- Broad perspective
Overview of ionospheres and magnetospheres of other planets
- J. K. Hargreaves, The Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Cambridge University Press
- R. Schunk, A. Nagy, Ionospheres, Cambridge University Press
- M. G. Kivelson, C. T. Russell, Introduction to Space Physics, Cambridge University Press
- M. C. Kelley, The Earth’s Ionosphere, Academic Press
- H. Rishbeth, O. K. Garriot, Introduction to Ionospheric Physics, Academic Press
- M. H. Rees, Physics and Chemistry of the Upper Atmosphere, Cambridge University Press
- Y. Kamide, A. Chian (Eds), Handbook of Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Springer-Verlag
