The Dynamic Magnetosphere

Despite the plethora of monographs published in recent years, few cover recent progress in magnetospheric physics in broad areas of research. While a topical focus is important to in-depth views at a problem, a broad overview of our field is also needed. The volume answers to the latter need. With the collection of articles written by leading scientists, the contributions contained in the book describe latest research results in solar wind-magnetosphere interaction, magnetospheric substorms, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, transport phenomena in the plasma sheet, wave and particle dynamics in the ring current and radiation belts, and extra-terrestrial magnetospheric systems. In addition to its breadth and timeliness, the book highlights innovative methods and techniques to study the geospace.

Part I   Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interaction.- 1. The Magnetopause, its Boundary Layers and Pathways to the Magnetotail.- 2. Quantifying Energy Transfer at the Magnetopause.- 3. Long-period ULF Waves Driven by Periodic Solar Wind Disturbances.- Part II   Magnetotail Dynamics.- 4. Magnetotail Dynamics: Survey of Recent Progress.- 5. Physical Processes for Magnetospheric Substorm Expansion Onsets.- 6. Cluster Observations of Plasma Bubbles, BBFs and Their Wakes.- 7. A Statistical Study of Pressure Changes in the near-Earth Magnetotail  Associated With Substorm Expansion Onsets.- 8. Categorization of the Time Sequence of Events Leading to Substorm Onset Based on THEMIS All-Sky Imager Observations.- Part III   Inner Magnetospheric Processes.- 9. Dynamic Inner Magnetosphere: A Tutorial and Recent Advances.- 10. Self-Consistent Simulations of Plasma Waves and their Effects on Energetic Particles.- 11. Topology of High-Latitude Magnetospheric Currents.- 12. Detection of Dynamical Complexity Changes in Dst  Time Series Using Entropy Concepts and Rescaled Range Analysis.- Part IV   Waves and Turbulence in Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling.- 13. Magnetospheric ULF Waves:  A Review.- 14. ULF Waves in the Topside Ionosphere: SatelliteObservations and Modeling.- 15. Evidence for a Multi-Scale Aurora.- Part V   Ionospheric Driver of the Magnetosphere.- 16. Influences of the Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Magnetosphere on Ion Outflows.- 17. Heavy Ion Energization, Transport, and Loss in the Earth’s Magnetosphere.- 18. Data Assimilation Models: A ‘New’ Tool for Ionospheric Science and Applications.- Part VI   Extraterrestrial Magnetospheres.- 19. Large-Scale Structure in the Magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn.- 20. Lunar Plasma Environment.- Index