Overview
Discusses recent advances and new problems in the exploration of the Sun's interior structure, solar dynamics and dynamo, mechanisms of sunspot and active regions formation, sources of solar irradiance variations and links between the subsurface dynamics, flaring and CME activity
Develops a synergy of investigations of the solar interior by helioseismology, surface magnetism and the atmospheric dynamics, by using both state-of-the-art observations and numerical simulations
Describes recent high-resolution observations from the ground and space, as well as realistic supercomputer simulations, which have led to a substantial progress in our understanding of the solar dynamics and magnetism from the interior to the atmosphere
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Front Matter
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About this book
Discusses recent advances and new problems in the exploration of the Sun's interior structure, solar dynamics and dynamo, mechanisms of sunspot and active regions formation, sources of solar irradiance variations and links between the subsurface dynamics, flaring and CME activity.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) mission has provided a large amount of new data on solar dynamics and magnetic activities during the rising phase of the current and highly unusual solar cycle. These data are complemented by the continuing SOHO mission and by ground-based observatories that include the GONG helioseismology network and the New Solar Telescope. Also, the observations are supported by realistic numerical simulations on supercomputers. This unprecedented amount of data provides a unique opportunity for multi-instrument investigations that address fundamental problems of the origin of solar magnetic activity at various spatial and temporal scales. This book demonstrates that the synergy of high-resolution multi-wavelength observations and simulations is a key to uncovering the long-standing puzzles of solar magnetism and dynamics.
This volume is aimed at researchers and graduate students active in solar physics and space science.
Originally published in Solar Physics journal, Vol. 287/1-2, 2013.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Nagi N. Mansour is a NASA Chief Division Scientist and Deputy Director of the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University.
Dr. Alexander G. Kosovichev is a Senior Research Scientist at Stanford University and Co-Investigator of the Solar Dynamics Observatory Mission.
Dr. Rudolf Komm is a Research Scientist at the National Solar Observatory, and a leading expert in helioseismology, dynamics of the solar convection zone, and the solar activity cycle.
Dr. Dana Longcope is a Professor at the Physics Department of Montana State University and the 2003 winner of the Karen Harvey Prize from the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Solar Dynamics and Magnetism from the Interior to the Atmosphere
Editors: Nagi N. Mansour, Alexander G. Kosovichev, Rudolf Komm, Dana Longcope
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-8005-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8004-5Published: 04 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4956-4Published: 24 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-8005-2Published: 03 December 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 454
Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Originally published in Solar Physics, Vol. 287/1-2, 2013
Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)