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Aplin, Karen |
Electrifying Atmospheres: Charging, Ionisation and Lightning in the Solar System and Beyond |
I07024 |
2013 |
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Leblanc, Fran??ois |
Planetary Atmospheric Electricity |
I06884 |
2008 |
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| Title | Electrifying Atmospheres: Charging, Ionisation and Lightning in the Solar System and Beyond |
| Author(s) | Aplin, Karen |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2013. |
| Description | X, 57 p. 12 illus., 4 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Electrical processes take place in all planetary atmospheres. There is evidence for lightning on Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, it is possible on Mars and Titan, and cosmic rays ionise every atmosphere, leading to charged droplets and particles. Controversy surrounds the role of atmospheric electricity in physical climate processes on Earth; here, a comparative approach is employed to review the role of electrification in the atmospheres of other planets and their moons. This book reviews the theory, and, where available, measurements, of planetary atmospheric electricity, taken to include ion production and ion-aerosol interactions. The conditions necessary for a global atmospheric electric circuit similar to Earth???s, and the likelihood of meeting these conditions in other planetary atmospheres, are briefly discussed. Atmospheric electrification is more important at planets receiving little solar radiation, increasing the relative significance of electrical forces. Nucleation onto atmospheric ions has been predicted to affect the evolution and lifetime of haze layers on Titan, Neptune and Triton. For planets closer to Earth, heating from solar radiation dominates atmospheric circulations. Mars may have a global circuit analogous to the terrestrial model, but based on electrical discharges from dust storms, and Titan may have a similar global circuit, based on transfer of charged raindrops. There is an increasing need for direct measurements of planetary atmospheric electrification, in particular on Mars, to assess the risk for future unmanned and manned missions. Theoretical understanding could be increased by cross-disciplinary work to modify and update models and parameterisations initially developed for a specific atmosphere, to make them more broadly applicable to other planetary atmospheres. The possibility of electrical processes in the atmospheres of exoplanets is also discussed |
| ISBN,Price | 9789400766334 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. GEOPHYSICS
8. Geophysics and Environmental Physics
9. PLANETOLOGY
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| Title | Planetary Atmospheric Electricity |
| Author(s) | Leblanc, Fran??ois;Aplin, Karen;Yair, Yoav;Harrison, Giles;Lebreton, Jean Pierre;Blanc, M |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2008. |
| Description | VI, 532 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This volume presents our contemporary understanding of atmospheric electricity at Earth and in other solar system atmospheres. It is written by experts in terrestrial atmospheric electricity and planetary scientists. Many of the key issues related to planetary atmospheric electricity are discussed. The physics presented in this book includes ionisation processes in planetary atmospheres, charge generation and separation, and a discussion of electromagnetic signatures of atmospheric discharges. The measurement of thunderstorms and lightning, including its effects and hazards, is highlighted by articles on ground and space based instrumentation, and new missions.Theory and modelling of planetary atmospheric electricity complete this review of the research that is undertaken in this exciting field of space science. This book is an essential research tool for space scientists and geoscientists interested in electrical effects in atmospheres and planetary systems. Graduate students and researchers who are new to the field will benefit from the introductory overviews and can quickly expand their knowledge by studying the subsequent sections |
| ISBN,Price | 9780387876641 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. PLANETOLOGY
4. SPACE SCIENCES
5. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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