Research Catalog

Title

The upper atmosphere [by] H.S.W. Massey and R.L.F. Boyd.

Author

Massey, Harrie Stewart Wilson, Sir, 1908-1983

Publication

London, Hutchinson [1958]

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Details

Additional Authors

Boyd, R. L. F.

Description

xii, 333 pages illustrations (some color) diagrams, tables; 24 cm

Subject

• Upper atmosphere
• Ionosphere
• Meteorologia
• Haute atmosphère

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 326.

Contents

THE RELEVANT PHYSICS: Electricity and magnetism -- Waves -- Atoms, molecules, and gases -- THE ATMOSPHERE -- RESEARCH BY BALLOONS AND ROCKETS -- PROBING WITH SOUDNS WAVES: Sounds in the upper atmosphere -- Ground level ezplosions -- Rochet experiments -- Other experiments involving atmospherica density -- THE OZONOSPHERE AND THE IONOSPHERE: Radiation from the quiet sun -- The ozone layer -- Photochemical action of sunlight -- The quiet sun and the ionosphere -- LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT SKY: The northern lights -- The night air-glow -- The twilight flash -- Artifical high altitude glows -- AERIAL TIDES AND MAGNETIC EFFECTS: Aerial tides -- Quiet magnetic variations -- The armospheric dynamo -- Electromagnetic tidal effects-an armospheric moto -- SOLAR, MAGNETIC, AND IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES: Solar disturbances -- Magnetic disturbances -- Correlation between magnetic storms and solars disturbances -- Solar corpuscular streans and their terrestrial effects -- Radio fade-outs -- METEORS: Radio observations of meteors -- Ionization by meteors -- Determination of atmospheric properties -- The need for rocket observation -- COSMIC RAYS: The nature of cosmic rays -- Variations due to atmospheric effects -- Effects of the Earth's magnetic field -- Variations associated with solar radiation -- Constitution of the primary radiation -- ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES: Tracking and telemetry -- Scientific uses -- The first artificial satellites -- FUTURE POSSIBILITIES: Extension of ground-based studies -- Extension of rocket technique -- Extensions in physical technique -- Outstanding problems.

LCCN

• 58004524
• B5812797

OCLC

• ocm00511957
• 511957
• SCSB-420153

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library