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1 online resource |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Front cover -- Half title -- Full title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction to space weather -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 Sunspots and solar wind -- 1.2 Geomagnetic field -- 1.3 Atmosphere -- Chapter 2 -- Disturbed space weather -- 2.1 Solar flares -- 2.2 Coronal mass ejections -- 2.3 Solar energetic particles -- 2.4 Geomagnetic disturbances (GMD) -- 2.5 Radiation belts -- Chapter 3 -- Technological vulnerability and statistics -- 3.1 Effects of solar flares -- 3.2 Effects of geomagnetic disturbances (GMD) |
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3.3 Effects of energetic particles -- 3.4 Statistics of extreme events -- 3.5 Outstanding space weather events -- 3.5.1 September 1-2, 1859: The Carrington event -- 3.5.2 May 14, 1921: The New York Railroad event -- 3.5.3 February 23, 1956: The greatest GLE event -- 3.5.4 February 11, 1958: The Tokyo aurora event -- 3.5.5 August 4, 1972: The high-speed and worst SEP event -- 3.5.6 March 13-14, 1989: The Hydro-Quebec blackout event -- 3.5.7 September-October, 1989: The MIR event -- 3.5.8 March 24, 1991: The super SC event -- 3.5.9 July 15, 2000: The Bastille Day event |
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3.5.10 October-November, 2003: The Halloween event -- 3.5.11 January 20, 2005: The second largest GLE event -- 3.5.12 July 23, 2012: The STEREO event -- 3.5.13 September 10, 2017: The Mars event -- Chapter 4 -- Forecasting space hazards -- 4.1 Forecasting solar flares -- 4.2 Arrival of coronal mass ejections -- 4.3 Forecasting substorms -- 4.4 Forecasting magnetic storms -- 4.5 Forecasting radiation belts -- 4.6 Forecasting ground level enhancements -- 4.7 Metrics for evaluating different forecast models -- Chapter 5 -- Toward the Moon and Mars |
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5.1 Predicting galactic cosmic rays (GCR) -- 5.2 Predicting solar energetic particles (SEP) -- 5.3 The Moon -- 5.4 Mars -- References -- Index -- Back cover |
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Space environment.
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Solar activity.
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Environnement spatial.
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Solar activity
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Space environment
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780128225387 |
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Print version: 0128225378 9780128225370 (OCoLC)1263864899 |
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Print version: EXTREME SPACE WEATHER. [S.l.] : ELSEVIER, 2022 0128225378 (OCoLC)1263864899 |
| ISBN |
9780128225387 (electronic bk.) |
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0128225386 (electronic bk.) |
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9780128225370 |
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0128225378 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000071686815 |
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AU@ 000071980853 |
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UKMGB 020519635 |
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