Physics of the Space Environment
Physics of the Space Environment

Author: Tamas I. Gombosi

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-10-13

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 052159264X

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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the physical phenomena that result from the interaction of the sun and the planets - often termed space weather. Physics of the Space Environment explores the basic processes in the Sun, in the interplanetary medium, in the near-Earth space, and down into the atmosphere. The first part of the book summarizes fundamental elements of transport theory relevant for the atmosphere, ionosphere and the magnetosphere. This theory is then applied to physical phenomena in the space environment. The fundamental physical processes are emphasized throughout, and basic concepts and methods are derived from first principles. This book is unique in its balanced treatment of space plasma and aeronomical phenomena. Students and researchers with a basic mathematics and physics background will find this book invaluable in the study of phenomena in the space environment.

Physics of the Earth’s Space Environment
Physics of the Earth’s Space Environment

Author: Gerd Prölss

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 522

ISBN-13: 3642971237

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Presents the experimental results while explaining the underlying physics on the basis of simple reasoning and agumentation. Assumes only basic knowledge of of fundamental physics and mathematics as usually required for introductory college courses in science or engineering curricula. Derives more specifics of selected topics as each phenomenon considered ,epmasizing an intuitive over a rigorous mathematical approach. Directed at a broad group of readers and students.

Introduction to the Space Environment
Introduction to the Space Environment

Author: Thomas F. Tascione

Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13:

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This edition takes account of discoveries in space science since publication of the first edition. The bulk of the book develops the physics of the space environment, and the last two chapters apply these principles to electromagnetic wave propagation and spacecraft operation.

Physics of the Space Environment
Physics of the Space Environment

Author: Tamás I. Gombosi

Publisher:

Published: 2014-08-31

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 9781316178089

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Students and researchers with a basic math and physics background will find this book invaluable in the study of phenomena in the space environment.

The Space Environment
The Space Environment

Author: Alan C. Tribble

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2020-05-05

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 0691213070

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The breakup of the Space Shuttle Columbia as it reentered Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003, reminded the public--and NASA--of the grave risks posed to spacecraft by everything from insulating foam to space debris. Here, Alan Tribble presents a singular, up-to-date account of a wide range of less conspicuous but no less consequential environmental effects that can damage or cause poor performance of orbiting spacecraft. Conveying a wealth of insight into the nature of the space environment and how spacecraft interact with it, he covers design modifications aimed at eliminating or reducing such environmental effects as solar absorptance increases caused by self-contamination, materials erosion by atomic oxygen, electrical discharges due to spacecraft charging, degradation of electrical circuits by radiation, and bombardment by micrometeorites. This book is unique in that it bridges the gap between studies of the space environment as performed by space physicists and spacecraft design engineering as practiced by aerospace engineers.

The Space Environment and Its Effects on Space Systems
The Space Environment and Its Effects on Space Systems

Author: Vincent L. Pisacane

Publisher: Amer Inst of Aeronautics &

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 9781563479267

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This full-color textbook will help students and professionals understand the space environment and its impacts on spacecraft design, engineering, and performance. While the primary emphasis of the book is the Earth's environment and its effects on spacecraft, it also addresses the extraterrestrial environment and the effects of radiation on humans in space. The book begins with an introduction to the history of spacecraft failures, risk management reliability and quality assurance techniques, and parts reliability. It goes on to provide an overview of the structure of the Sun: the structure, origin, and models of the geomagnetic field; gravitational field of the Earth; Earth's magnetosphere and radiation environment; neutral environment including fundamentals of the kinetic theory of gasses; variation of pressure with altitude and hypoxia of humans; electromagnetic propagation; the effect of atomic oxygen of materials; plasma surrounding the Earth; transport and effects of photon

Introduction to Space Physics
Introduction to Space Physics

Author: Margaret G. Kivelson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-04-28

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 9780521457149

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All aspects of space plasmas in the Solar System are introduced and explored in this text for senior undergraduate and graduate students. Introduction to Space Physics provides a broad, yet selective, treatment of the complex interactions of the ionized gases of the solar terrestrial environment. The book includes extensive discussion of the Sun and solar wind, the magnetized and unmagnetized planets, and the fundamental processes of space plasmas including shocks, plasma waves, ULF waves, wave particle interactions, and auroral processes. The text devotes particular attention to space plasma observations and integrates these with phenomenological and theoretical interpretations. Highly coordinated chapters, written by experts in their fields, combine to provide a comprehensive introduction to space physics. Based on an advanced undergraduate and graduate course presented in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, the text will be valuable to both students and professionals in the field.

Space Physics
Space Physics

Author: C. T. Russell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-07-07

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 1107098823

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This textbook provides advanced undergraduates and graduates with up-to-date coverage of space physics from the Sun to the interstellar medium. Clear explanations of physical processes are presented alongside major new discoveries gained from space missions. End-of-chapter problems and specially developed computer-based exercises allow students to put the theory into practice.

Spacecraft--environment Interactions
Spacecraft--environment Interactions

Author: Daniel Hastings

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780521471282

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Introductory graduate textbook in spacecraft design and how space environment affects operations in space, for space scientists and engineers.

The Behavior of Systems in the Space Environment
The Behavior of Systems in the Space Environment

Author: R.N. Dewitt

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 944

ISBN-13: 940112048X

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A NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on the Behavior of Systems in the Space Environment was held at the Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland, from July 7 through July 19, 1991. This publication is the Proceedings of the Institute. The NATO Advanced Study Institute Program of the NATO Science Committee is a unique and valuable forum, under whose auspices almost one thousand international tutorial meetings have been held since the inception of the program in 1959. The ASI is intended to be primarily a high-level teaching activity at which a carefully defined subject is presented in a systematic and coherently structured program. The subject is treated in considerable depth by lecturers eminent; in their :(ield and of international standing. The subject is presented to other scientists who either will already have specialized in the field or possess an advanced general background. The ASI is aimed at approximately the post-doctoral level. This ASI emphasized the basic physics of the space environment and the engineering aspects of the environment's interactions with spacecraft.