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Title: An Introduction to Space Weather Author(s): Mark Moldwin Pages: 156 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication date: 2008 Language: English Format: PDF ISBN-10: 0521861497 ISBN-13: Description: Space weather is an emerging field of space science focused on understanding
societal and technological impacts of the solarterrestrial
relationship. The Sun, which has tremendous influence on Earths space
environment, releases vast amounts of energy in the form of electromagnetic
and particle radiation that can damage or destroy satellite,
navigation, communication, and power distribution systems, and injure
or kill astronauts. This textbook introduces the relationship between the
Sun and Earth, and shows how it impacts our technological society.
One of the first undergraduate textbooks on space weather aimed at
non-science majors, it uses practical aspects of space weather to introduce
space physics and give students an understanding of the SunEarth
relationship. Definitions of important terms are given throughout the
text. Each chapter contains key concepts, supplements, and review questions
to help students understand the materials covered. This textbook
is ideal for introductory space physics courses.
Mark B. Moldwinis Professor of Space Physics in the Department of
Earth and Space Sciences and the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary
Physics, University of California, Los Angeles. His primary research
interests are magnetospheric and heliospheric plasma physics, and precollege
space science education and outreach activities.
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