(Geophysical Monograph Series) 1st Edition
by Paul M. Kintner Jr. (Editor), Anthea J. Coster (Editor), Tim Fuller-Rowell (Editor), Antony J. Mannucci (Editor), Michael Mendillo (Editor), Roderick Heelis (Editor)
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 181.
Filling
the need for a 20-year lag in substantial consideration of the
midlatitude ionosphere, this volume focuses on work that takes advantage
of GPS and UV imaging from satellites over the past decade, two methods
that have profoundly transformed our understanding of this stratum of
the atmosphere. Its interdisciplinary content brings together
researchers of the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere,
polar and equatorial ionospheres, and space weather. Modeling and
assimilative imaging of the ionosphere and thermosphere show for the
first time the complex and global impact of midlatitude ionospheric
storms.
The editors invited the leading experts in the following areas to contribute the chapters herein:
- Characterization of Midlatitude Storms
- Electric Field Coupling From the Heliosphere and Inner Magnetosphere
- Thermospheric Control of the Midlatitude Ionosphere
- Ionospheric Irregularities
- Experimental Methods and New Techniques
These
themes were chosen to create a path for understanding the midlatitude
ionosphere. They continue to be largely valid and represent a coherent
division of the subject matter. They will be critical for understanding
space weather during the upcoming solar maximum.
This book was inspired by the Chapman Conference of the same name held January 2007.
