TY - BOOK AU - Akasofu,Syun-Ichi TI - Exploring the secrets of the aurora T2 - Astrophysics and space science library ; SN - 9781402006852 AV - QC971 .A42 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers KW - Auroras N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Contents: Search for the unknown quantity in the solar wind -- Confronting paradigms: aurora research during the early space age -- Realizing the dream of our pioneers: polar magnetic substorms and the associated current system -- Is the earth's dipole really off-centered and inclined? : planetary magnectic fields -- Myth of the emerging flux tubes: sunspots and solar flares -- Synthesis of the four major disciplines: predicting geomagnetic storms as a space weather project -- Beyond the inner heliosphere: the magnetic field structure of the outer heliosphere: a three-dimensional model UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=99341&site=ehost-live&scope=site ER -