Carl Str̜mer Auroral Pioneer /

• Main Authors: Egeland, Alv. (Author), Burke, William J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 393
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31457-5

This biography summarizes the seminal contributions to auroral and space science of Carl Str̜mer (1874 - 1957). He was the first to develop precise photographic methods to calculate heights and morphologies of diverse auroral forms during four solar cycles. Str̜mer independently devised numerical te...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Carl Str̜mer<U+0019>s Origins
• 3 Str̜mer<U+0019>s Auroral Studies
• 4 Mother-of-Pearl-, Noctilucent Clouds, Comets and Metors
• 5 Botanical Interests
• 6 Mathematical Analyses
• 7 Cooperation and conflict with Kristian Birkeland
• 8 Str̜mer the Man
• 9 The Str̜mer Family
• 10 Str̜mer<U+0019>s Accomplishments: In Retrospect
• 11 Carl Str̜mer<U+0019>s publications, biographies, and other sources. Appendix 1 Str̜mer<U+0019>s Trajectory Analyses
• Appendix 2 Auroral Height and Position Orientations
• Bibliography
• Index of names.