The Upper Atmosphere.

By: Contributor(s): London : Hutchinson, 1958Description: xii, 333 p. illus. (part col.) diagrs., tables. 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.51
LOC classification:
  • QC879 .M3 1958
Contents:
THE RELEVANT PHYSICS: Electricity and magnetism -- Waves -- Atoms, molecules, and gases -- THE ATMOSPHERE -- RESEARCH BY BALLOONS AND ROCKETS -- PROBING WITH SOUDNS WAVES: Sounds in the upper atmosphere -- Ground level ezplosions -- Rochet experiments -- Other experiments involving atmospherica density -- THE OZONOSPHERE AND THE IONOSPHERE: Radiation from the quiet sun -- The ozone layer -- Photochemical action of sunlight -- The quiet sun and the ionosphere -- LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT SKY: The northern lights -- The night air-glow -- The twilight flash -- Artifical high altitude glows -- AERIAL TIDES AND MAGNETIC EFFECTS: Aerial tides -- Quiet magnetic variations -- The armospheric dynamo -- Electromagnetic tidal effects-an armospheric moto -- SOLAR, MAGNETIC, AND IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES: Solar disturbances -- Magnetic disturbances -- Correlation between magnetic storms and solars disturbances -- Solar corpuscular streans and their terrestrial effects -- Radio fade-outs -- METEORS: Radio observations of meteors -- Ionization by meteors -- Determination of atmospheric properties -- The need for rocket observation -- COSMIC RAYS: The nature of cosmic rays -- Variations due to atmospheric effects -- Effects of the Earth's magnetic field -- Variations associated with solar radiation -- Constitution of the primary radiation -- ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES: Tracking and telemetry -- Scientific uses -- The first artificial satellites -- FUTURE POSSIBILITIES: Extension of ground-based studies -- Extension of rocket technique -- Extensions in physical technique -- Outstanding problems.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab QC879 .M3 1958 1 Available 50583000041636
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library CG QC879 .M3 1958 2 Available 50583010379703
Total holds: 0

Bibliography: p. 326.

THE RELEVANT PHYSICS: Electricity and magnetism --
Waves --
Atoms, molecules, and gases --
THE ATMOSPHERE --
RESEARCH BY BALLOONS AND ROCKETS --
PROBING WITH SOUDNS WAVES: Sounds in the upper atmosphere --
Ground level ezplosions --
Rochet experiments --
Other experiments involving atmospherica density --
THE OZONOSPHERE AND THE IONOSPHERE: Radiation from the quiet sun --
The ozone layer --
Photochemical action of sunlight --
The quiet sun and the ionosphere --
LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT SKY: The northern lights --
The night air-glow --
The twilight flash --
Artifical high altitude glows --
AERIAL TIDES AND MAGNETIC EFFECTS: Aerial tides --
Quiet magnetic variations --
The armospheric dynamo --
Electromagnetic tidal effects-an armospheric moto --
SOLAR, MAGNETIC, AND IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES: Solar disturbances --
Magnetic disturbances --
Correlation between magnetic storms and solars disturbances --
Solar corpuscular streans and their terrestrial effects --
Radio fade-outs --
METEORS: Radio observations of meteors --
Ionization by meteors --
Determination of atmospheric properties --
The need for rocket observation --
COSMIC RAYS: The nature of cosmic rays --
Variations due to atmospheric effects --
Effects of the Earth's magnetic field --
Variations associated with solar radiation --
Constitution of the primary radiation --
ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES: Tracking and telemetry --
Scientific uses --
The first artificial satellites --
FUTURE POSSIBILITIES: Extension of ground-based studies --
Extension of rocket technique --
Extensions in physical technique --
Outstanding problems.

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