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Physics of the aurora and airglow

Main Author: Chamberlain, Joseph W. 1928-2004.
Other Authors: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Geophysical Union, [1995]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 704 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Classics in geophysics.
Subjects:
Auroras.
Meteorological optics.
Radiation.
Auroras -- Bibliography.
Meteorological optics -- Bibliography.
Table of Contents:
  • Radiation in Spectral Lines
  • Scattering of Radiation in Finite Atmospheres
  • Magnetic Fields, Charged Particles, and the Upper Atmosphere
  • Occurrence of Aurorae in Space and Time
  • Auroral Spectroscopy and Photometry
  • The Radio-Aurora
  • Physical Processes in the Auroral Atmosphere
  • Auroral Particles in Space
  • The Airglow Spectrum
  • Analysis of Twilight Observations for Emission Heights
  • Theory of the Twilight and Day Airglow
  • Spectral Photometry of the Nightglow
  • Excitation of the Nightglow.

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