Handbook of Geophysics and the Space Environment

Abstract

This fourth edition of the Air Force Handbook of Geophysics and the Space Environment has been completely revised. It begins with chapters on the sun and its emissions, then treats the earth's magnetic field and the radiation belts, and follows with chapters on the ionosphere and the aurora. The subject of electrical charging of space vehicles has been of special concern to the Air Force and has been included to aid the designers interested in that problem. The next group of chapters deals with properties of the atmosphere, and the handbook concludes with chapters on the earth sciences and infrared astronomy. Keywords: Geophysics; Sun; Solar wing; Solar irradiance; Radiation belts; Ionosphere; Aurora; Air glow; Density; Temperature; Pressure; Winds; Earth atmosphere; Gravity; Geodesy; Infrared astronomy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 05, 1985
Accession Number
ADA167000

Entities

People

  • Adolph S. Jursa

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Computational Science
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Metamaterials
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Electromagnetic Shielding
  • Energy Transfer
  • Geography
  • Heat Energy
  • Lepidoptera
  • Measurement
  • Metamaterial Absorbers
  • Meteorology
  • Quantum Yields
  • Refraction
  • Scattering
  • Telemetry Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space