Solar-terrestrial physics is concerned with the near-Earth space environment, that is with the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere. It deals with this region, now often termed geospace, in both its ideal, steady-state situation and its transient response to dramatic events occurring on the Sun or in the interplanetary medium.
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Publication status:
Published
Author(s):
Authors: Rycroft, M.J.
Date:
1 January, 1989
Journal/Source:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences / 328