LIBRARY

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Auroral physics

David J. Knudsen, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2021

"This volume surveys our current scientific understanding of the terrestrial aurora. It is organized into eleven reviews detailing theoretical and observational aspects of characteristic auroral morphologies, and how these in turn are organized [...]

Cometary science : insights from 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Nicolas Thomas, Author ; International Space Science Institute, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2021

This book gives a status report on where we stand today in studies of cometary nuclei and their immediate environment. The papers were derived from a Horizon 2020 project called MiARD (Multi-instrument Analysis of Rosetta Data), which was design[...]

Ocean worlds : habitability in the outer solar system and beyond

Athena Coustenis, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2021

This book examine the more remote provinces of our solar system, focusing on the icy moons of the giant planets, like Europa and Titan, as well as bodies like Ceres and putative extrasolar ocean worlds. Their potential for subsurface liquid wate[...]

Clusters of galaxies : physics and cosmology

Andrei Bykov, Editor ; Jelle Kaastra, Editor ; Markus Bruggen, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2020

Clusters of galaxies are large assemblies of galaxies, hot gas and dark matter bound together by gravity. Galaxy clusters are now one of the most important cosmological probes to test the standard cosmological models. Constraints on the Dark Ene[...]

The delivery of water to protoplanets, planets and satellites

Alessandro Morbidelli, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2019

The book describes how water influences the geophysical evolutions of bodies and how it is in turn affected by such evolutions. Processes like atmospheric escape under the effect of stellar irradiation and collisional impacts are discussed in d[...]

Exploring the Earth system with imaging spectroscopy

Saskia Foerster, Editor ; Luis Guanter, Editor ; Teodolina Lopez, Editor ; José Moreno, Editor ; Michael Rast, Editor ; Michael E. Schaepman, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2019

This volume presents a broad overview of the requirements, capabilities, challenges and future directions of spaceborne imaging spectroscopy to explore the Earth's surface for a range of application domains. These include mine exploration, soil [...]

The scientific foundation of space weather

New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2019

This book provides an in-depth review of all aspects of space weather. Written by world-leading experts, these sixteen review papers cover everything from space weather's origin on the Sun and its propagation in interplanetary space to its impa[...]

Supernovae

Andrei Bykov, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2019

The book provides insights on current progress in the field and presents open-ended questions for future supernova studies.

Earth's magnetic field : understanding geomagnetic sources from the earth's interior and its environment /

Claudia Stolle, Editor ; Nils Olsen, Editor ; Arthur D. Richmond, Editor ; H. J. Opgenoorth, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2018

This volume provides a comprehensive view on the different sources of the geomagnetic field both in the Earth's interior and from the field's interaction with the terrestrial atmosphere and the solar wind. It combines expertise from various rele[...]

High performance clocks with special emphasis on geodesy and geophysics and applications to other bodies of the solar system

Rafael Rodrido, Editor ; Veronique Dehant, Editor ; Leonid L. Gurvits, Editor ; Michael Kramer, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2018

This contributed volume arose from the idea of assembling scientists from space research and ground development, time transfer techniques and radio science missions, the time-frequency community, and both the geodesy-geophysics and solar sys[...]

Solar magnetic fields : from measurements towards understanding /

André Balogh, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2018

This volume provides an in-depth review of all aspects of solar magnetic fields. Written by world-leading experts, these thirteen papers cover all regions of the subject from the solar interior, photosphere, chromosphere, active regions, and co[...]

Helioseismology and dynamics of the solar interior

M.J. Thompson, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2017

The articles republished in this book survey and summarize recent research in helioseismology as well as studies of the interior structure, dynamics and magnetism of the solar interior that are being tested and refined using the helioseismic re[...]

Remote sensing and water resources

Anny Cazenave, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2016

This book is a collection of overview articles showing how space-based observations, combined with hydrological modeling, have considerably improved our knowledge of the continental water cycle and its sensitivity to climate change. Two main is[...]

The strongest magnetic fields in the universe

V.S. Beskin, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2016

The chapters describe the magnetic fields in non-degenerate strongly magnetized stars, degenerate stars (such as white dwarfs and neutron stars), exotic members called magnetars, and in their environments, as well as magnetic fields in the envi[...]

Solar activity cycle

André Balogh, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2015

A collection of papers edited by four experts in the field, this book sets out to describe the way solar activity is manifested in observations of the solar interior, the photosphere, the chromosphere, the corona and the heliosphere.

The earth's hydrological cycle

Lennart Bengtsson, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2014

This book gives a comprehensive presentation of our present understanding of the Earth's hydrological cycle and the problems, consequences and impacts that go with this topic

Microphysics of cosmic plasmas

André Balogh, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2014

This title presents a review of the detailed aspects of the physical processes that underlie the observed properties, tructures and dynamics of cosmic plasmas.

Cosmic rays in the heliosphere : temporal and spatial variations /

B. Heber, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2013

Leading scientists in the field assess the current state of our understanding of the spatial and temporal variations of galactic and anomalous cosmic rays in the heliosphere, and their relation to effects of the Sun

Large-scale magnetic fields in the universe

A. Balogh, Editor ; Rudolf A. Treumann, Editor ; Rainer Beck, Editor ; Andrei Bykov, Editor ; Lawrence Widrow, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2013

This book discusses magnetic fields in all relevant astrophysical contexts, from the interstellar medium to the scales of galaxies and clusters of galaxies. Magnetic fields are described in their very diverse environments, from stellar winds to[...]

Quantifying the martian geochemical reservoirs

Michael Toplis, Editor ; James Bell, Editor ; Eric Chassefiere, Editor ; Christophe Sotin, Editor ; Tilman Spohn, Editor ; Michel Blanc, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2013

This book provides an overview of current knowledge of the past and present Martian geochemical reservoirs, from the accretionary history to the secondary alteration processes at the surface. In addition to the detailed description of data from [...]

Dynamic coupling between earth's atmospheric and plasma environments

H. J. Opgenoorth, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2012

This book describes the relationship between the atmosphere and the external plasma of Earth in an unconventional manner.

The plasma environment of Venus, Mars and Titan

K. Szego, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2012

The earth's cryosphere and sea level change

Lennart O. Bengtsson, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2011

This book gives a comprehensive overview of our present understanding of the Earth’s cryosphere, its changes and their consequences for mean sea level changes. Since the middle of the 19th century there has been an increase of sea level height b[...]

Terrestrial magnetism

G. Hulot | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2011

Planetary magnetism

Ulrich R. Christensen | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2010

Satellites of the outer solar system : exchange processes involving the interiors

O. Grasset, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2010

The Origin and Dynamics of Solar Magnetism

Milton O. Thompson, Editor ; A. Balogh, Editor ; J. L. Culhane, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2009

Probing the nature of gravity : confronting theory and experiments in space

C.W.F. Everitt ; et al. | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2009

Comparative Aeronomy

Andrew F. Nagy ; et al. | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2008

Mercury

André Balogh, Editor ; L. V. Ksanfomaliti, Editor ; R. Von Steiger, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2008