Comparative Aeronomy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nagy, Andrew F. (Editor), Balogh, Andr.̌ (Editor), Cravens, Thomas E. (Editor), Mendillo, Michael. (Editor), Mueller-Wodarg, Ingo. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI, 29
• Subjects: Geography.; Planetology.; Astrophysics.; Earth Sciences.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-87825-6

This volume provides eleven reviews by leading researchers in the fields of planetary science, aeronomy, and atmospheric science. Together they present the result of comparative studies of processes and systems aspects that control the general behaviour and structure of the upper atmospheres, ionosp...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Energy Deposition
• Relevant Cross Sections and Reaction Rates
• Neutral Atmosphere and Ionosphere Modeling
• Modelling of Plasma Flows and Related Phenomena
• Neutral Atmospheres
• Ionospheres
• Photoemission Phenomena in the Solar System
• Plasma Flow and Related Phenomena in Planetary Aeronomy
• Exospheres and Atmospheric Escape
• Atmospheric Escape and Evolution of Terrestrial Planets and Satellites
• Aeronomy of Extrasolar Planets.