Science of Space Environment Book

This book describes the basic physical images of the space environment extending from the sun to the earth as well as series of phenomena caused by its solar activities. Special emphasis is placed on how fluctuations in the space environment affect space itself and our social systems here on earth. Contents An overview of the Space Environment/The Sun and Solar Winds/The Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation/The Magnetosphere and Particle Activity/The Space Radiation Environment and Utilizing Cosmic Information/The Geospace Radio Environment

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Five specialists provide an introductory text for those involved in the development and utilization of the space environment, as well as for engineering and graduate students interested in the field. The five chapters cover the major phenomena observed in space from the sun through Earth's upper atmosphere, the solar activities and solar wind that control conditions in space, the basic physics of the ionosphere and its effects on radio propagation, the phenomena occurring in the magnetosphere, the presence of radiation in space and the problems it creates, and radio phenomena in space from the point of view of the radio-noise environment surrounding the Earth. Edited by two of the authors, Ondoh and Marubashi (both of the Communications Research Laboratory, MPT). The book is co-published with Ohmsha, which uses ISBN 4-274-9038-2. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR