The Neutral Upper Atmosphere

After World War II, Professor S.K. Mitra wrote a comprehensive book called The Upper Atmosphere, which dealt with information available from ground-based and balloon-borne experiments. As a result, topics such as day airglow were investigated and further ground-based experiments using incoherent bac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ghosh, S.N.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
Series:Astrophysics and Space Science Library
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Atmospheric Regions, Their Constituents and Chemistry
  • 2. Pressure and Density Distributions in the Terrestrial Atmosphere
  • 3. Atmospheric Ozone, Its Depletion and the Antarctic Ozone Hole
  • 4. Effects of Solar UV, EUV and X-ray Radiation on the Upper Atmosphere
  • 5. Airglow I: Four Main Airglow Emissions
  • 6. Airglow II
  • 7. The Limit of the Atmosphere and the Space Beyond
  • 8. Life Related Molecules and Masers in Space