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Dynamics of the Magnetosphere

Proceedings of the A.G.U. Chapman Conference ‘Magnetospheric Substorms and Related Plasma Processes’ held at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M., U.S.A. October 9–13, 1978

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. S.-I. Akasofu

    1. Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 78)

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Table of contents (32 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Interplanetary Magnetic Field and the Magnetosphere

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Control of the Magnetopause by the Interplanetary Magnetic Field

      • C. T. Russell
      Pages 3-21

    3. Polar Cap Variations and the Interplanetary Magnetic Field

      • Ching-I. Meng
      Pages 23-46

    4. IMF Changes and Polar-Cap Electric Fields and Currents

      • J. L. Burch, R. A. Heelis
      Pages 47-62

    5. Interplanetary Magnetic Field Changes and the Magnetotail

      • Michael N. Caan
      Pages 63-75

    6. Transport Mechanisms at the Magnetopause

      • Bengt U. Ö. Sonnerup
      Pages 77-100

    7. The Configuration of Dayside Merging

      • N. U. Crooker
      Pages 101-119

    8. Dayside Aurora, A Signature of the Dayside Cusp and its Correlation with Substorm Currents

      • S. B. Mende, R. H. Eather, E. J. Weber
      Pages 121-139

  3. Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Dynamics of the Magnetospheric Plasma

      • R. A. Wolf, M. Harel
      Pages 143-163

    3. Large-Scale Characteristics of Birkeland Currents

      • T. A. Potemra, T. Iijima, N. A. Saflekos
      Pages 165-199

    4. The Auroral Electrojets

      • Gordon Rostoker
      Pages 201-211

    5. Studies of Currents and Electric Fields in the Auroral Zone Ionosphere using Radar Auroral Backscatter

      • Raymond A. Greenwald
      Pages 213-248

    6. Electric Fields and Currents in the Earth’s Magnetosphere

      • V. M. Mishin, A. D. Bazarzhapov, G. B. Shpynev
      Pages 249-268

    7. Magnetic Substorm Characteristics Described by Magnetic Potential Maps for 26 – 28 March 1976

      • H. W. Kroehl, A. D. Richmond
      Pages 269-286

  4. Plasma Processes in the Magnetosphere

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287
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    2. The Role of Microturbulence on Collisionless Reconnection

      • K. Papadopoulos
      Pages 289-309

    3. Macroinstabilities of the Magnetotail

      • K. Schindler
      Pages 311-326

    4. Substorms and Magnetospheric Energy Transfer Processes

      • Daniel W. Swift
      Pages 327-340
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About this book

The Los Alamos Chapman Conference on Magnetospheric Substorms and Related Plasma Processes can be considered the fourth in a series devoted to magnetospheric substorms, after the Moscow (1971), Houston (1972), and Bryce Mountain (1974) meetings. The main motivation for organizing the Los Alamos Conference was that magnetospheric substorm studies have advanced enough to the point of bringing experimenters, analysts and theorists together to discuss major substorm problems with special emphasis on theoretical interpretations in terms of plasma processes. In spite of an extremely heavy schedule from 8:30 A.M. to 10:00 P.M., every session was conducted in an enjoyable and spirited atmosphere. In fact, during one of the afternoons that we had put aside for relaxation, John Winckler led a group of the attendees in a climb to the ceremonial cave of a prehistoric Indian ruin at Bandelier National Monument, near Los Alamos under a crystal blue sky and a bright New Mexico sun. There, they danced as the former dwellers of the pueblo had, perhaps as an impromptu evocation of a magnetospheric event.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

    S.-I. Akasofu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dynamics of the Magnetosphere

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the A.G.U. Chapman Conference ‘Magnetospheric Substorms and Related Plasma Processes’ held at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M., U.S.A. October 9–13, 1978

  • Editors: S.-I. Akasofu

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9519-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1980

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1052-9Due: 31 December 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-9521-5Published: 28 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9519-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 657

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Geomorphology

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