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- catalog abstract "Handbook presents material useful for observing and photographing the aurora (northern lights). Additional background brings deeper understanding of auroral and related phenomena. Some bias towards Alaska.".
- catalog contributor b3749566.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Extremely long-term variations -- Long-term variations -- 11-year Solar cycle variations -- Seasonal variations -- Magnetic storm variations -- Substorm variations -- Short-term variations -- Color prints -- For those who want to learn more: Auroral colors and their causes: How atoms and molecules in the atmosphere produce Auroral light -- Altitude effects -- Causes of the various Auroral color types -- Aurora seen from space: Photographs from satellites -- Auroral imagery using scanning photometers -- Acquisition of DMSP Auroral images -- Views of the Auroral Oval and of Auroral Substorm variations -- Short catalog of DMSP images -- Control of the Aurora by the Earth's magnetic field: Cause and shape of the Earth's magnetic field -- Guidance of charged particles by the geomagnetic field -- Giant magnetic bottle up in the sky -- Entry of energy and charged particles into the magnetosphere -- Auroral conjugacy: Meaning and implications of Auroral conjugacy -- ".
- catalog description "Handbook presents material useful for observing and photographing the aurora (northern lights). Additional background brings deeper understanding of auroral and related phenomena. Some bias towards Alaska.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index.".
- catalog description "Matters of immediate concern to Aurora watchers:Cause of the Aurora (briefly explained) -- Hints for watching and photographing the Aurora: Hints for watching Aurora -- Hints for photographing Auroras -- Suggested observing program for the Aurora watcher interested in investigating Auroral, sound -- Some basic facts and definitions: Auroral Zone -- Auroral Oval -- Auroral displays -- Auroral forms -- How to locate Auroras and other phenomena in the sky -- Brightness of Auroras -- Auroral color patterns -- Auroral breakup -- Incoming particles that cause Auroras -- Kinds of Auroras: Main types -- Discrete Auroral forms -- Names applied to discrete Auroral forms -- Homogeneous and rayed discrete Auroras -- Auroral rays -- Pulsating Aurora -- Hydrogen arc -- Other kinds of Aurora, or special conditions -- Enhanced Aurora -- Flickering Aurora -- Flaming Aurora -- Black Aurora -- Fast Auroral waves -- Veil -- Temporal variations in the Aurora: Range of temporal variations -- ".
- catalog description "Observations of Auroral conjugacy -- Causes of Auroral motions and shape changes: Auroral motions of global scale -- Large-scale Auroral motions -- Small-scale Auroral motions -- Summary -- Artificial Auroras and chemical look-alikes: Artificial Auroras -- Chemical tracers and Aurora look-alikes -- Magnetic field line tracer experiments -- Aurorally related phenomena: Replenishment of the Van Allen Belt -- Modification of the high atmosphere and the ionosphere -- Other Aurorally related phenomena -- Folklore and legends: Names for the Aurora -- Eskimo legends of the Aurora -- Other beliefs and legends -- III -- Auroral mysteries: Unknowns about Auroral processes -- Aurora and weather -- Mystery of Auroral sound: Selected extracts or summaries of reports on hearing Auroral sound -- Possible mechanisms for Aurorally associated sound -- VLF electromagnetic wave mechanism -- Coronal discharge mechanism -- Glossary -- Suggested further reading -- Index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 230 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Aurora watcher's handbook.".
- catalog identifier "0912006595".
- catalog identifier "0912006609 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Aurora watcher's handbook.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press,".
- catalog relation "Aurora watcher's handbook.".
- catalog subject "538/.768 20".
- catalog subject "Auroras.".
- catalog subject "QC971 .D38 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "Extremely long-term variations -- Long-term variations -- 11-year Solar cycle variations -- Seasonal variations -- Magnetic storm variations -- Substorm variations -- Short-term variations -- Color prints -- For those who want to learn more: Auroral colors and their causes: How atoms and molecules in the atmosphere produce Auroral light -- Altitude effects -- Causes of the various Auroral color types -- Aurora seen from space: Photographs from satellites -- Auroral imagery using scanning photometers -- Acquisition of DMSP Auroral images -- Views of the Auroral Oval and of Auroral Substorm variations -- Short catalog of DMSP images -- Control of the Aurora by the Earth's magnetic field: Cause and shape of the Earth's magnetic field -- Guidance of charged particles by the geomagnetic field -- Giant magnetic bottle up in the sky -- Entry of energy and charged particles into the magnetosphere -- Auroral conjugacy: Meaning and implications of Auroral conjugacy -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Matters of immediate concern to Aurora watchers:Cause of the Aurora (briefly explained) -- Hints for watching and photographing the Aurora: Hints for watching Aurora -- Hints for photographing Auroras -- Suggested observing program for the Aurora watcher interested in investigating Auroral, sound -- Some basic facts and definitions: Auroral Zone -- Auroral Oval -- Auroral displays -- Auroral forms -- How to locate Auroras and other phenomena in the sky -- Brightness of Auroras -- Auroral color patterns -- Auroral breakup -- Incoming particles that cause Auroras -- Kinds of Auroras: Main types -- Discrete Auroral forms -- Names applied to discrete Auroral forms -- Homogeneous and rayed discrete Auroras -- Auroral rays -- Pulsating Aurora -- Hydrogen arc -- Other kinds of Aurora, or special conditions -- Enhanced Aurora -- Flickering Aurora -- Flaming Aurora -- Black Aurora -- Fast Auroral waves -- Veil -- Temporal variations in the Aurora: Range of temporal variations -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Observations of Auroral conjugacy -- Causes of Auroral motions and shape changes: Auroral motions of global scale -- Large-scale Auroral motions -- Small-scale Auroral motions -- Summary -- Artificial Auroras and chemical look-alikes: Artificial Auroras -- Chemical tracers and Aurora look-alikes -- Magnetic field line tracer experiments -- Aurorally related phenomena: Replenishment of the Van Allen Belt -- Modification of the high atmosphere and the ionosphere -- Other Aurorally related phenomena -- Folklore and legends: Names for the Aurora -- Eskimo legends of the Aurora -- Other beliefs and legends -- III -- Auroral mysteries: Unknowns about Auroral processes -- Aurora and weather -- Mystery of Auroral sound: Selected extracts or summaries of reports on hearing Auroral sound -- Possible mechanisms for Aurorally associated sound -- VLF electromagnetic wave mechanism -- Coronal discharge mechanism -- Glossary -- Suggested further reading -- Index.".
- catalog title "The aurora watcher's handbook / Neil Davis.".
- catalog type "text".