Plasma Diagnostics from the Aurora to the Interstellar Medium
Astronomy has been associated with the detection of electromagnetic waves or photons from within and beyond the solar system, ranging from Radio to Gamma-ray Astronomy. Particle Astrophysics, including Neutrino and Dark-Matter Astrophysics today, started with the discovery of cosmic rays in 1911. The Space Age expanded particle observations to in-situ studies of lower energy electrons and ions with a variety of charge states in space plasmas traversed by spacecraft. Remote observation of space plasmas became possible only after the discovery of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) in space in 1950.
This book is a primer for those who wish to learn more about the origins of ENAs, related detection techniques, and how ENA images and spectra can be used to study space plasmas beyond the reach of spacecraft. It tells a comprehensive story from the first encounters with ENAs in the Earth's magnetosphere to Neutral-Atom Astronomy of the edge of the heliosphere and the interstellar medium. This story includes how ion mass spectrographs evolved into ENA imagers, overcoming the technical challenges, how to extract information from ENA data, and a variety of diagnostic applications on the magnetosphere, interplanetary space, other solar-system objects, the heliospheric boundary, the local interstellar medium, and a glimpse into the future of Neutral-Atom Astronomy.
Special issue jointly organized between Biogeosciences, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, and Geoscientific Model Development. This publication is an outcome of the ISSI Working Group on “Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation: How to Consistently Assimilate Multiple Data Streams”.
Book resulting from the ISSI Team #215 "Zonal Jets and Eddies - Planetary Science and Satellite Oceanography at the Crossroads" led by Boris Galperin
Satellite remote sensing, in particular by radar altimetry, is a crucial technique for observations of the ocean surface and of many aspects of land surfaces, and of paramount importance for climate and environmental studies. This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the satellite altimetry techniques and related missions, and reviews the most-up-to date applications to ocean dynamics and sea level. It also discusses related space-based observations of the ocean surface and of the marine geoid, as well as applications of satellite altimetry to the cryosphere and land surface waters; operational oceanography and its applications to navigation, fishing and defense.
Book resulting from the ISSI Team #224 "Characterizing stellar and exoplanetary environments via observations and advanced modelling techniques" led by H. Lammer (2015)
Planetary and Space Science, 102, 2014
Special Issue resulting from the ISSI Team #179 "Phobos and Deimos – After Mars Express, Before Phobos Grunt" led by J. Oberst
e-book edited by Markus J. Aschwanden
Book resulting from the ISSI Team #236 Self-Organized Criticality and Turbulence
Book resulting from the ISSI Team #124 "Evolution of Exoplanet Atmospheres and their Characterisation" led by H. Lammer
Demonstrates strength and limitations of radionuclides as analytic tools
Written for a multi-disciplinary research readership
Background knowledge carefully explained in boxes
Contains chapter and section summaries, detailed derivations of results and many detailed illustrations
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the Astrophysics and Space Science Library book series (ASSL, volume 385)
Issue resulting from the ISSI Team #177 "Nano Dust in the Solar System: Formation, Interactions and Detection" led by I. Mann
