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9780792367123

Cosmic Rays and Earth

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  • ISBN13:

    9780792367123

  • ISBN10:

    079236712X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-12-01
  • Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub
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Summary

This book summarizes the results from the detection of cosmic rays at the surface and in the lower atmosphere of Earth during the fifty years since the invention of the neutron monitor by John A. Simpson in 1948. The properties of solar and galactic cosmic rays in the heliosphere, such as Forbush decreases, modulations by solar and heliosphere parameters, the physical processes that govern them, and their connection to Space Weather, are reviewed. This interdisciplinary compilation provides links between cosmic ray physics, geophysics, terrestrial climate, and human activity and health.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Cosmic Rays and Earth - a Summary
4(7)
J. W. Bieber
E. Eroshenko
P. Evenson
E. O. Fluckiger
R. Kallenbach
The Cosmic Ray Nucleonic Component: The Invention and Scientific Uses of the Neutron Monitor - Keynote Lecture
11(24)
J. A. Simpson
COSMIC RAY OBSERVATIONS NEAR EARTH
Solar Energetic Particles
35(20)
J. M. Ryan
J. A. Lockwood
H. Debrunner
Coronal Mass Ejections and Forbush Decreases
55(24)
H. V. Cane
Large Scale Modulation: View From the Earth
79(28)
A. Belov
Neutron Monitor Records in Broader Historical Context
107(14)
J. Beer
Particle Scattering by Magnetic Fields
121(32)
W. Droge
Cosmic Rays in Relation to Space Weather
153(22)
K. Kudela
M. Storini
M. Y. Hofer
A. Belov
Cosmic Rays and Earth's Climate
175(12)
H. Svensmark
Cosmic Ray Implications for Human Health
187(20)
M. A. Shea
D. F. Smart
Muon Observations
207(22)
M. L. Duldig
THE GLOBAL NEUTRON MONITOR NETWORK
Fifty Years of Cosmic Radiation Data
229(34)
M. A. Shea
D. F. Smart
Integration of Neutron Monitor Data With Spacecraft Observations: A Historical Perspective
263(22)
F. B. Mcdonald
Design and Co-ordination of Multi-Station International Neutron Monitor Networks
285(20)
H. Moraal
A. Belov
J. M. Clem
Magnetospheric Models and Trajectory Computations
305(30)
D. F. Smart
M. A. Shea
E. O. Fluckiger
Neutron Monitor Response Functions
335(26)
J. M. Clem
L. I. Dorman
Neutron Monitor Design Improvements
361(20)
P H. Stoker
L. I. Dorman
J. M. Clem
Public Access to Neutron Monitor Datasets
381(22)
R. Pyle
EPILOGUE
List of Acronyms 403(2)
Author Index 405(1)
List of Participants 406

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