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Electric Currents in Geospace and Beyond


Electric Currents in Geospace and Beyond


Geophysical Monograph Series, Band 235 1. Aufl.

von: Andreas Keiling, Octav Marghitu, Michael Wheatland

211,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 27.03.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9781119325789
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 568

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<p>Electric currents are fundamental to the structure and dynamics of space plasmas, including our own near-Earth space environment, or “geospace.”This volume takes an integrated approach to the subject of electric currents by incorporating their phenomenology and physics for many regions in one volume. It covers a broad range of topics from the pioneers of electric currents in outer space, to measurement and analysis techniques, and the many types of electric currents. </p> <ul> <li>First volume on electric currents in space in over a decade that provides authoritative up-to-date insight on the current status of research</li> <li>Reviews recent advances in observations, simulation, and theory of electric currents</li> <li>Provides comparative overviews of electric currents in the space environments of different astronomical bodies</li> </ul> <p><i>Electric Currents in Geospace and Beyond</i> serves as an excellent reference volume for a broad community of space scientists, astronomers, and astrophysicists who are studying space plasmas in the solar system.<br /><br />Read an interview with the editors to find out more: <br /><a href="https://eos.org/editors-vox/electric-currents-in-outer-space-run-the-show">https://eos.org/editors-vox/electric-currents-in-outer-space-run-the-show</a></p>
<p>Dedication v</p> <p>Contributors ix</p> <p>Preface xiii</p> <p><b>Part I: Introduction</b></p> <p>1 Pioneers of Electric Currents in Geospace 3<br /><i>Asgeir Brekke</i></p> <p>2 Current Systems in Planetary Magnetospheres: A Comparative Overview 17<br /><i>Krishan K. Khurana and Jiang Liu</i></p> <p>3 Electric Currents in the Solar Atmosphere 43<br /><i>Gregory D. Fleishman and Alexei A. Pevtsov</i></p> <p>4 Multipoint Analysis of Electric Currents in Geospace Using the Curlometer Technique 67<br /><i>M. W. Dunlop, S. Haaland, X‐C. Dong, H. R. Middleton, C. P. Escoubet, Y.-Y. Yang, Q.-H. Zhang, J‐K. Shi, and C. T. Russell</i></p> <p>5 Inferring Currents from the Zeeman Effect at the Solar Surface 81<br /><i>Graham Barnes and K. D. Leka</i></p> <p><b>Part II: Ring Currents</b></p> <p>6 ENA Imaging of Planetary Ring Currents 95<br /><i>P. C. Brandt, S. Y. Hsieh, R. DeMajistre, and D. G. Mitchell</i></p> <p>7 Terrestrial Ring Current: A Review of Cluster Results Based on the Curlometer Technique 115<br /><i>I. Dandouras, S. Rochel‐Grimald, C. Vallat, and M. W. Dunlop</i></p> <p>8 The Nature of Jupiter’s Magnetodisk Current System 127<br /><i>N. Achilleos</i></p> <p>9 The Ring Current of Saturn 139<br /><i>N. Sergis, E. J. Bunce, J. F. Carbary, S. W. H. Cowley, X. Jia, D. C. Hamilton, S. M. Krimigis, D. G. Mitchell, and M. K. Dougherty</i></p> <p><b>Part III: Current Sheets</b></p> <p>10 Review on the Characteristics of the Current Sheet in the Earth’s Magnetotail 157<br /><i>A. T. Y. Lui</i></p> <p>11 Recent Advances Regarding the Mars Magnetotail Current Sheet 177<br /><i>Michael W. Liemohn and Shaosui Xu</i></p> <p>12 Current Sheets at the Giant Planets 191<br /><i>Christopher S. Arridge and Carley J. Martin</i></p> <p>13 Planetary Magnetopause and Heliopause Current Sheets 207<br /><i>E. S. Belenkaya</i></p> <p>14 MHS Models of Current Layers in the Solar Atmosphere 219<br /><i>Clare E. Parnell</i></p> <p>15 Large‐Scale Current Sheets in Flares and CMEs 239<br /><i>Jun Lin and Lei Ni</i></p> <p><b>Part IV: Field‐Aligned Currents</b></p> <p>16 A Review of Birkeland Current Research Using AMPERE 259<br /><i>John C. Coxon, Stephen E. Milan, and Brian J. Anderson</i></p> <p>17 Birkeland Currents at Mercury: Review and Comparison With Earth 279<br /><i>Brian J. Anderson, Catherine L. Johnson, Haje Korth, and Lydia C. Philpott</i></p> <p>18 Recent Advances in the Study of Upward Field‐aligned Currents Generated Near the Earth’s Magnetopause Boundary 303<br /><i>Simon Wing, Jay R. Johnson, and Marius Echim</i></p> <p>19 The Current System of Dipolarizing Flux Bundles and Their Role as Wedgelets in the Substorm Current Wedge 323<br /><i>Jiang Liu, V. Angelopoulos, Zhonghua Yao, Xiangning Chu, Xu‐Zhi Zhou, and A. Runov</i></p> <p>20 Cusp Current System: An Energy Source View 339<br /><i>M. Yamauchi and R. Slapak</i></p> <p>21 Magnetospheric and Atmospheric Controls of Giant Planet Auroral Currents 359<br /><i>L. C. Ray</i></p> <p>22 The Ambivalent Role of Field‐Aligned Electric Currents in the Solar Atmosphere 371<br /><i>Manolis K. Georgoulis</i></p> <p>23 Solar Active Region Electric Currents Before and During Eruptive Flares 391<br /><i>B. Schmieder and G. Aulanier</i></p> <p><b>Part V: Ionospheric Currents</b></p> <p>24 Review of Data Analysis Techniques for Estimating Ionospheric Currents Based on MIRACLE and Satellite Observations 409<br /><i>H. Vanhamäki and L. Juusola</i></p> <p>25 Earth’s Ionosphere: Theory and Phenomenology of Cowling Channels 427<br /><i>Akimasa Yoshikawa and Ryoichi Fujii</i></p> <p>26 Ionospheric Currents at Mars and Their Electrodynamic Effects 445<br /><i>Matthew Fillingim</i></p> <p>27 Ionospheric Currents due to Ionosphere‐Magnetosphere Coupling at Jupiter and Saturn 459<br /><i>G. J. Hunt, S. W. H. Cowley, and J. D. Nichols</i></p> <p><b>Part VI: Other Current Systems</b></p> <p>28 The Bow Shock Current System 479<br /><i>Ramon E. Lopez</i></p> <p>29 Current Systems of Inert Moons 497<br /><i>M. Holmström and S. Fatemi</i></p> <p>30 Currents in Cometary Comae 513<br /><i>Martin Volwerk</i></p> <p>Index 535</p>
<p> <b>Andreas Keiling,</b> <i>University of California, Berkeley, USA</i> <p><b>Octav Marghitu,</b> <i>Institute of Space Sciences, Romania</i> <p><b>Michael Wheatland,</b> <i>University of Sydney, Australia</i>
<p> Electric currents are fundamental to the structure and dynamics of space plasmas, including our own near-Earth space environment, or "geospace." This volume takes an integrated approach to the subject of electric currents by incorporating their phenomenology and physics for many regions in one volume. <i>Electric Currents in Geospace and Beyond</i> covers a broad range of topics from the pioneers of electric currents in outer space, to measurement and analysis techniques, and the many types of electric currents. <ul> <li>First volume on electric currents in space in over a decade that provides authoritative up-to-date insight on the current status of research</li> <li>Reviews recent advances in observations, simulation, and theory of electric currents</li> <li>Provides comparative overviews of electric currents in the space environments of different astronomical bodies</li> </ul> <br> <p> <i>Electric Currents in Geospace and Beyond</i> serves as an excellent reference volume for a broad community of space scientists, astronomers, and astrophysicists who are studying space plasmas in the solar system.

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