Space Weather [Elektronisk resurs] / Mike Hapgood.

• Introduction: what is space weather? -- The physics of space weather -- The role of research in mitigating space-weather risks -- Some critical issues in space weather research -- Looking to the future. 

• Space weather—changes in the Earth's environment that can often be traced to physical processes in the Sun—can have a profound impact on critical Earth-based infrastructures such as power grids and civil aviation. Violent eruptions on the solar surface can eject huge clouds of magnetized plasma and particle radiation, which then propagate across interplanetary space and envelop the Earth. These space weather events can drive major changes in a variety of terrestrial environments, which can disrupt, or even damage, many of the technological systems that underpin modern societies. The aim of this book is to offer an insight into our current scientific understanding of space weather, and how we can use that knowledge to mitigate the risks it poses for Earth-based technologies. It also identifies some key challenges for future space-weather research, and considers how emerging technological developments may introduce new risks that will drive continuing investigation. 

Ämnesord

Space environment  (LCSH)

Space environment  (LCSH)

Astrometeorology  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

629.416 (DDC)

Prde (kssb/8 (machine generated))