The Earth's Ionosphere

Although interesting in its own right, is a great concern for communication and navigation. Every so-called system uses trans-ionospheric propagation of radiowaves, waves which must traverse the often turbulent ionosphere. Understanding this turbulence and predicting the National Space Weather program. Acquiring such a prediction capability will be the most important element of the book, the plasma physics and the electronics of the system.

* Fully updated to reflect on the first years of publication
* Explores the buffeting of the ionosphere
* Unique text appropriate for both refence and for coursework.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Introductory and Background Material

Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Ionospheric and Magnetospheric Plasma Dynamics

Chapter 3 Dynamics and Electrodynamics of the Equatorial Zone

Chapter 4 Equatorial Plasma Instabilities and Mesospheric Turbulence

Chapter 5 Hydro- and Electro-dynamics of The Mid-Latitude Ionosphere

Chapter 6 Waves and Instabilities at Mid-Latitudes

Chapter 7 Dynamics and Electrodynamics of the Mesosphere

Chapter 8 High-Latitude Electrodynamics

Chapter 9 Ionospheric Response to Electric Fields

Chapter 10 Instabilities and Structure in the High-Latitude Ionosphere

Appendix A Ionospheric Measurement Techniques

Appendix B Reference Material and Equations