Atmospheres in the Solar System Comparative Aeronomy

by Mendillo, Michael; Nagy, Andrew; Waite, J. H.

• ISBN13: 9780875909899
• ISBN10: 0875909892
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-21
• Publisher: American Geophysical Union

Summary

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 130.

Atmospheres are crucial components of our universe. They are the only observable regions of stars and giant planets, both within and beyond our solar system. Some terrestrial-size bodies (Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan and Triton) have permanent atmospheres while others (e.g., Mercury, Moon, Io, and Europa) have tenuous gaseous envelopes that change daily. Comets are tiny bodies by planetary yardsticks, but their atmospheres can be the largest visible objects in the night sky. Atmospheric science strives to understand how such a diverse set of atmospheres form, evolve, and disappear.

Author Biography

Michael Mendillo and Andrew Nagy are the authors of Atmospheres in the Solar System: Comparative Aeronomy, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Michael Mendillo
Andrew Nagy
J. H. Waite
Introduction	1	(6)
Michael Mendillo
Andrew Nagy
J. H. Waite
I. Overviews
Aeronomic Systems on Planets, Moons, and Comets	7	(16)
Darrell F. Strobel
Solar System Upper Atmospheres: Photochemistry, Energetics, and Dynamics	23	(16)
G. Randall Gladstone
Roger V. Yelle
T. Majeed
Solar System Ionospheres	39	(16)
Andrew F. Nagy
Thomas E. Cravens
Auroral Processes in the Solar System	55	(22)
Marina Galand
Supriya Chakrabarti
Airglow Processes in Planetary Atmospheres	77	(20)
T. G. Slanger
B. C. Wolven
II. Interactions Between Planetary and Small Body Atmospheres with the Surrounding Plasma Medium
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling at Earth, Jupiter, and Beyond	97	(18)
B. H. Mauk
B. J. Anderson
R. M. Thorne
Comparison of Auroral Processes: Earth and Jupiter	115	(26)
J. H. Waite
Dirk Lummerzheim
Numerical Techniques Associated with Simulations of the Solar Wind Interactions with Non-Magnetized Bodies	141	(10)
Stephen H. Brecht
Plasma Flow Past Cometary and Planetary Satellite Atmospheres	151	(20)
Michael R. Combi
Tamas I. Gombosi
Konstantin Kabin
III. Chemistry, Energetics and Dynamics
Wave Coupling in Terrestrial Planetary Atmospheres	171	(20)
Jeffrey M. Forbes
Exospheres and Planetary Escape	191	(12)
Donald M. Hunten
Surface Boundary Layer Atmospheres	203	(18)
R. E. Johnson
Solar Ultraviolet Variability Over Time Periods of Aeronomic Interest	221	(14)
Thomas N. Woods
Gary J. Rottman
Meteoric Material---An Important Component of Planetary Atmospheres	235	(10)
Joseph M. Grebowsky
Julianne I. Moses
W. Dean Pesnell
Current Laboratory Experiments for Planetary Aeronomy	245	(16)
David L. Huestis
IV. Models of Aeronomic Systems
Simulations of the Upper Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets	261	(28)
Stephen W. Bougher
Raymond G. Roble
Timothy Fuller-Rowell
Thermospheric General Circulation Models for the Giant Planets: The Jupiter Case	289	(10)
G.H. Millward
S. Miller
A.D. Aylward
I. C. F. Muller-Wodarg
N. Achilleos
Ionospheric Models for Earth	299	(8)
R. W. Schunk
The Application of General Circulation Models to the Atmospheres of Terrestrial-Type Moons of the Giant Planets	307	(12)
I. C. F. Muller-Wodarg
The Extreme Ultraviolet Airglow of N2 Atmospheres	319	(10)
Michael H. Stevens
V. Observational Applications
The Application of Terrestrial Aeronomy Groundbased Instruments to Planetary Studies	329	(10)
Michael Mendillo
Fred Roesler
Chester Gardner
Michael Sulzer
Ultraviolet Remote Sensing Techniques for Planetary Aeronomy	339	(14)
John T. Clarke
Larry Paxton
Mass Spectrometry for Planetary Science	353	(16)
David T. Young
VI. Atmospheres of Other Worlds
A Possible Aeronomy of Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets	369	(12)
W. A. Traub
K. W. Jucks
Can Conditions for Life be Inferred From Optical Emissions of Extra-Solar-System Planets?	381
Harald U. Frey
Dirk Lummerzheim