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Title Solar wind : emission, technologies, and impacts / Carlos Daniel Escaropa Borrega and Angela Fernanda Beirós Cruz, editors
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 141 p.)
Series Energy, science, engineering and technology
Physics research and technology
Energy science, engineering and technology series.
Physics research and technology.
Contents SOLAR WIND ; SOLAR WIND ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; POSSIBLE IMPACT OF THE ASTRONOMICAL ASPECTS ON THE VIOLENT CYCLONIC MOTIONS IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. ASTRONOMICAL ASPECTS OF VIOLENT CYCLONIC MOTIONS; 2.1. Some Global Characteristics of Hurricanes -- Places of Origin and Time of Beginning ; 2.2. Daily and Yearly Solar Irradiation of the Earth Surface and Hurricane Appearances; 2.3. Astrophysical Aspects -- Perturbations in Solar Radiations and Solar Wind ; 2.3.1. Solar and Geomagnetic Activities
3. SOME POSSIBLE INFLUENCE OF THE SW ON THE FORMATION OF CYCLONES 3.1. Theoretical Approach of Particle Penetration in the Earth's Atmosphere ; 3.2. Some Particular Cases of Violent Cyclonic Motions and Their Connection with the Solar Wind ; 3.2.1. Tornado in Ireland ; 3.2.2. Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma ; 3.2.3. Statistical Analysis; 3.2.4. Short Description of Space Weather Environment -- The Lunar Phases and Hurricanes ; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT ; REFERENCES ; PLANETARY BEAT, SOLAR WIND AND TERRESTRIAL CLIMATE ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; PLANETARY BEAT ; SOLAR WIND
1. The Shielding Capacity2. Geomagnetics ; 3. Pressure ; 4. Gravity ; 5. Rotation ; 6. Impact ; SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL INTERACTION ; 1. Luminosity ; 2. Cloud Formation ; 3. Wind ; 4. Ocean Circulation ; 5. Integration of Variables ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; WAS THE IDEA OF SOLAR WIND WAFTING AROUND EVEN BEFORE THE PARKER FORMULATION? ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. EARLIER OBSERVATIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENT ; REFERENCES ; SOLAR WIND INFLUENCE ON ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES IN WINTER ANTARCTICA; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION
IMF VARIATIONS AS A DETERMINING FACTOR FOR THE CLOUDINESS ABOVE VOSTOK A DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ABOVE ANTARCTICA; SUDDEN WARMINGS IN THE CENTRAL ANTARCTIC AND THEIR RELATION TO THE DISTURBED SOLAR WIND; Impact of the Disturbed Solar Wind on Atmospheric Pressure; ANOMALOUS WINDS AT THE ANTARCTIC STATIONS AND THEIR RELATION TO THE IMF BZ; SOI AND ITS RELATION TO ANOMALOUS WIND SYSTEM IN ANTARCTICA ; MECHANISMS SUGGESTED TO EXPLAIN THE SOLAR WIND INFLUENCE ON THE ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES
EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING EVIDENCES OF THE SOLAR WIND ENERGY INFLUENCE ON THE EARTH ATMOSPHERE ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; OBSERVATIONS ; PARAMETERIZATION OF THE HEATING IN THE MIDDLE STRATOSPHERE DUE TO THE SOLAR WIND INDUCED ELECTRIC CURRENTS; 1. Peak of Heavy Ion Density in the Earth's Stratosphere and its Influence on the Middle Atmosphere Processes ; 2. Quantitative Estimation of the Effects by the Electric Currents in the Middle Stratosphere ; 3. Quantitative Calculation of Changes in Thermal Regime of the Stratosphere Caused by Electric Currents with Realistic Input Parameters
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Solar wind.
SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
Solar wind
Form Electronic book
Author Escaropa Borrega, Carlos Daniel
Beirós Cruz, Angela Fernanda
LC no. 2021699405
ISBN 9781620819845
1620819848