Cross-Scale Coupling and Energy Transfer in the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System provides a systematic understanding of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere dynamics. Cross-scale coupling has become increasingly important in the Space Physics community. Although large-scale processes can specify the averaged state of the system reasonably well, they cannot accurately describe localized and rapidly varying structures in space in actual events. Such localized and variable structures can be as intense as the large-scale features.
This book covers observations on quantifying coupling and energetics and simulation on evaluating impacts of cross-scale processes. It includes an in-depth review and summary of the current status of multi-scale coupling processes, fundamental physics, and concise illustrations and plots that are usable in tutorial presentations and classrooms. Organized by physical quantities in the system, Cross-Scale Coupling and Energy Transfer in the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System reviews recent advances in cross-scale coupling and energy transfer processes, making it an important resource for space physicists and researchers working on the magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Chapter 1. Multiscale processes in the M-I-T system - p. 1 9. Chapter 2. Auroral structures: Revealing the importance of meso-scale M-I coupling - p. 65 10. Chapter 3. Density, irregularity, and instability - p. 103 11. Chapter 4. Energetic particle dynamics, precipitation, and conductivity - p. 217 12. Chapter 5. Electromagnetic energy input and dissipation - p. 305 13. Chapter 6. Kinetics, ionization and electromagnetic waves - p. 357 14. Abstract - p. 357 15. Acknowledgments - p. 357 16. 6.1 Kinetic processes and their feedback to larger scales - p. 357 17. 6.2 Fast calculation of particle-impact ionization from precipitating energetic electrons and protons in the Earth’s atmosphere - p. 386 18. 6.3 Electromagnetic fields of magnetospheric disturbances in the conjugate ionospheres: Current/voltage dichotomy - p. 406 19. References - p. 430 20. Chapter 7. Ionosphere-thermosphere interaction - p. 441 21. Index - p. 547
Cross-Scale Coupling and Energy Transfer in the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System provides a systematic understanding of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere dynamics. Cross-scale coupling has become increasingly important in the Space Physics community. Although large-scale processes can specify the averaged state of the system reasonably well, they cannot accurately describe localized and rapidly varying structures in space in actual events. Such localized and variable structures can be as intense as the large-scale features.
This book covers observations on quantifying coupling and energetics and simulation on evaluating impacts of cross-scale processes. It includes an in-depth review and summary of the current status of multi-scale coupling processes, fundamental physics, and concise illustrations and plots that are usable in tutorial presentations and classrooms. Organized by physical quantities in the system, Cross-Scale Coupling and Energy Transfer in the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System reviews recent advances in cross-scale coupling and energy transfer processes, making it an important resource for space physicists and researchers working on the magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Chapter 1. Multiscale processes in the M-I-T system - p. 1 9. Chapter 2. Auroral structures: Revealing the importance of meso-scale M-I coupling - p. 65 10. Chapter 3. Density, irregularity, and instability - p. 103 11. Chapter 4. Energetic particle dynamics, precipitation, and conductivity - p. 217 12. Chapter 5. Electromagnetic energy input and dissipation - p. 305 13. Chapter 6. Kinetics, ionization and electromagnetic waves - p. 357 14. Abstract - p. 357 15. Acknowledgments - p. 357 16. 6.1 Kinetic processes and their feedback to larger scales - p. 357 17. 6.2 Fast calculation of particle-impact ionization from precipitating energetic electrons and protons in the Earth’s atmosphere - p. 386 18. 6.3 Electromagnetic fields of magnetospheric disturbances in the conjugate ionospheres: Current/voltage dichotomy - p. 406 19. References - p. 430 20. Chapter 7. Ionosphere-thermosphere interaction - p. 441 21. Index - p. 547
