A01=Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
A01=National Research Council
A01=Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee
A01=Space Studies Board
Author_Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Author_National Research Council
Author_Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee
Author_Space Studies Board
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- ISBN 9780309085090
- Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jul 2003
- Publisher: National Academies Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The sun is the source of energy for life on earth and is the strongest modulator of the human physical environment. In fact, the Suna (TM)s influence extends throughout the solar system, both through photons, which provide heat, light, and ionization, and through the continuous outflow of a magnetized, supersonic ionized gas known as the solar wind. While the accomplishments of the past decade have answered important questions about the physics of the Sun, the interplanetary medium, and the space environments of Earth and other solar system bodies, they have also highlighted other questions, some of which are long-standing and fundamental. The Sun to the Eartha "and Beyond organizes these questions in terms of five challenges that are expected to be the focus of scientific investigations in solar and space physics during the coming decade and beyond.
Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee, National Research Council
