The Atmosphere and Ionosphere

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Ionization of Excited Atoms in Thermal Collisions

   • N. N. Bezuglov, Gennady V. Golubkov, A. N. Klyucharev

   Pages 1-60

3. Elementary Processes Involving Rydberg Molecules in a Strong Laser Field

   • Gennady V. Golubkov

   Pages 61-78

4. Nanoaerosols in the Atmosphere

   • A. A. Lushnikov

   Pages 79-164

5. Electromagnetic Drivers in the Upper Atmosphere: Observations and Modeling

   • A. A. Namgaladze, M. Förster, B. E. Prokhorov, O. V. Zolotov

   Pages 165-219

6. Discharge Processes in a Stratosphere and Mesosphere During a Thunderstorm

   • K. V. Khodataev

   Pages 221-250

7. Vortex Plasmoids Created by High-Frequency Discharges

   • A. I. Klimov

   Pages 251-273

8. Back Matter

   Pages 275-284

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The book presents a collection of articles devoted to atmospheric and ionospheric science reported during the Conference “Atmosphere, Ionosphere, Safety” held in Kaliningrad, Russia in July 2010. It consists of reviews devoted to physics of elementary processes, aerosols, ionosphere dynamics, microwave discharges and plasmoids. Such a wide range of topics presents a comprehensive analysis of this atmospheric science including trends and questions which exist to be solved.

• "Compass 2" satellite
• aerosols
• atmosphere
• ball lightning
• dynamic processes
• electrodynamic coupling
• ionosphere
• fluid- and aerodynamics

• , Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

  Vladimir Bychkov

• Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

  Gennady Golubkov

• , Institute of Energy Problems of Chemical, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

  Anatoly Nikitin

Vladimir L. Bychkov is a leading researcher at the Department of Physics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. He has 35 years of experience in plasma physics studies, the physics of elementary processes, gas discharges, plasma chemistry and ball lightning.
Gennady V. Golubkov is a leading scientist at the Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has 40 years of experience in quantum scattering theory, the theory of atom-molecular processes, and of low temperature plasma.
Anatoly I. Nikitin is a principle researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Energy Problems of Chemical Physics in Moscow. He has 45 years of experience in quantum electronics research, chemical physics, plasma physics and chemistry, and ball lightning.

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