Convection and Substorms: Paradigms of Magnetospheric Phenomenology

Author:   Charles F. Kennel (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Volume:   2
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9780195085297


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   25 April 1996
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Charles F. Kennel (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.759kg
ISBN:  

9780195085297


ISBN 10:   0195085299
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   25 April 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction 2: The Teardrop Magnetosphere 3: The Bell-Like Magnetosphere 4: The Viscous Magnetosphere 5: The Reconnecting Magnetosphere 6: Correlation of Geomagnetic Activity with the Solar Wind 7: The Reconnection System 8: Bursty Magnetopause Reconnection and its Consequences 9: Bimodal Plasma Flow Sheet Flow 10: Convection for Northward Interplanetary Field 11: The Nightside Auroral Oval 12: The Auroral Substorm 13: The Geosynchronous and Auroral Substorms 14: Coordination of the Geosynchronous and Auroral Substorms 15: Triggered Substorms 16: On the Relation Between Convection and Substorms 17: Epilogue References

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. .. a well-supported claim of a shift in paradigm from the old quasi-steady picture of convection to a new, much more dynamic one .... Primarily, however, it provides enjoyment and stimulation for the educated reader, and I highly recommend it to all colleagues interested in the topic. --Eos


.. . a well-supported claim of a shift in paradigm from the old quasi-steady picture of convection to a new, much more dynamic one .... Primarily, however, it provides enjoyment and stimulation for the educated reader, and I highly recommend it to all colleagues interested in the topic. --Eos


"""... a well-supported claim of a shift in paradigm from the old quasi-steady picture of convection to a new, much more dynamic one .... Primarily, however, it provides enjoyment and stimulation for the educated reader, and I highly recommend it to all colleagues interested in the topic."" --Eos ""... a well-supported claim of a shift in paradigm from the old quasi-steady picture of convection to a new, much more dynamic one .... Primarily, however, it provides enjoyment and stimulation for the educated reader, and I highly recommend it to all colleagues interested in the topic."" --Eos"


<br>. .. a well-supported claim of a shift in paradigm from the old quasi-steady picture of convection to a new, much more dynamic one .... Primarily, however, it provides enjoyment and stimulation for the educated reader, and I highly recommend it to all colleagues interested in the topic. --Eos<br>


.,. a well-supported claim of a shift in paradigm from the old quasi-steady picture of convection to a new, much more dynamic one .... Primarily, however, it provides enjoyment and stimulation for the educated reader, and I highly recommend it to all colleagues interested in the topic. --Eos<br>


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Charles F. Kennel is Professor of Physics at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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