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Further Reading

  • Akasofu, S. I., December 1965. The aurora, Sci. Am., 213, 54-62.
     
  • Akasofu, S. I., Lanzerotti, L. J., December 1975. The Earth's magnetosphere, Physics Today, 28, 28-29.
     
  • Baker, D. N., 2002. How to cope with space weather, Science, 297, 1486-1487.
     
  • Behnke, R., Robinson, R., Baker, K., Basu, S., Heckman, G., Holman, A., Bonadonna, M., Bellaire, P., Jay, R., McCoy, R., Zanetti, L., Hesse, M., Williams, E. & Babcock, M., 2000. The National Space Weather Program Implementation Plan, Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, FCM-P21-2000, Washington, DC.
     
  • Bloxham, J. & Gubbins, D. December 1989. The evolution of the Earth's magnetic field, Sci. Am., 260, 68-75.
     
  • Bruntland, T., Spring 1998. The Birkeland Terrella, Sphaera, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford.
     
  • Burch, J. L., Alexander, C. J., Angelopoulos, V., Chan, A., Cheng, A. F., Drake, J. F., Foster J. C., Fuselier, S. A., Gibson, S., Kletzing, C., Lu, Gl, Mauk, B. H., McDonald, F. B., Parker, E. N., Schunk, R. W., Zank, G. P., Charo, A., Lewis, W. S. & Fisher, T. M., 2004. Plasma physics of the local cosmos, National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 1-85.
     
  • Buonsanto, M. J. & Fuller-Rowell, T. J., 1997. Strides made in understanding space weather at Earth, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union., 78, 6-7.
     
  • Buffett, B. A., 2000. The Earth's core and the geodynamo, Science, 288, 2007-2012.
     
  • Burch, J. L., April 2001. The fury of space storms, Sci. Am., 284, 86-94.
     
  • Busse, F. H., 1983. Magnetohydrodynamics of the Earth's core, Ann. Rev. Earth. Planet. Sci., 11, 241-268.
     
  • Butler, R. F., 1992. Paleomagnetism, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Boston, MA, 1-319.
     
  • Carlson, S., January 1999. Taking the Earth's magnetic pulse, Sci. Am., 280, 106-108.
     
  • Carlson, S., July 1999. Detecting the Earth's electricity, Sci. Am., 281, 94-95.
     
  • Carrigan, C. R. & Gubbins, D., February 1979. The source of the Earth's magnetic field, Sci. Am., 240, 118-129.
     
  • Cliver, E. W, 1994. Solar activity and geomagnetic storms: The first 40 years, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union., 75, 569, 574-575.
     
  • Cliver, E. W, 1994. Solar activity and geomagnetic storms: The corpuscular hypothesis, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union., 75, 609, 612-613.
     
  • Cliver, E. W, 1995. Solar activity and geomagnetic storms: From M regions and flares to coronal holes anc CMEs, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union., 76, 75, 83.
     
  • Cowley, S. W. H., 1995. The Earth's magnetosphere: A brief beginners guide, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union., 76, 525-529.
     
  • Cox, A., 1969. Geomagnetic reversals, Science, 163, 237-245.
     
  • Crangle, J. & Gibbs, M., November 1994. Units and unity in magnetism: A call for consistency, Physics World, 7, 31-32.
     
  • Dooling, D., June 1995. Stormy weather in space, IEEE Spectrum, 32, 64-72.
     
  • Elsasser, W. M., May 1958. The Earth as a dynamo, Sci. Am., 198, 44-48.
     
  • Falthammer, C. G. & Dessler, A. J., 1996. The life and times of a premier space physicist, Earth in Space, 8, 8.
     
  • Glatzmaier, G. A. & Olson, P., April 2005. Probing the geodynamo, Sci. Am., 292, 51-57.
     
  • Gubbins, D., 1984. The Earth's magnetic field, Contemporary Physics, 25, 269-290.
     
  • Gubbins, D., May 1996. Which way is north?, Physics World, 9, 39-44.
     
  • Hill, P., Bankey, V. & Langehheim, V., October 1997. Introduction to potential fields: Magnetics, USGS Fact Sheet, FS-236-95.
     
  • Hoffman, K. A., May 1988. Ancient magnetic reversals: Clues to the geodynamo, Sci. Am., 258, 50-59.
     
  • Jackson, A., Jonkers, A., Murray, A., 1997. Past attractions, Astron. Geophys., 38, 6.10-6.16.
     
  • Jeanloz, R., September 1983. The Earth's cor, Sci. Am., 249, 56-65.
     
  • Jensen, F., Pirjola, R. & Favre, R., 2000. Space weather: Hazard to Earth?, Swiss Re Publishing, Zurich, Switzerland.
     
  • Jensen, H., June 1961. The airborne magnetometer, Sci. Am., 204, 151-162.
     
  • Kappenman, J. L., Zanetti, L. J. & Radasky, W. A., 1997. Geomagnetic storms can threaten electric power grid, Earth in Space, 9, 9-11.
     
  • Lanzerotti, L. J. & Gregori, G. P., 1986. Telluric currents: The natural environment and interactions with man-made systems, in The Earth's Electrical Environment, National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 232-258.
     
  • Lanzerotti, L. J., Arnoldy, R. L., Bagenal, F., Baker, D. N., Burch, J. L., Foster, J. C., Goode, P. R., Heelis, R. A., Kivelson, M. G., Matthaeus, W. H., McDonald, F. B., Parker, E. N., Reid, G. C., Schunk, R. W., Title, A. M., Charo, A., Lewis, W. S. & Fisher, T. M., 2004. The Sun to the Earth and Beyond, National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 1-177.
     
  • Lanzerotti, L. J., Arnoldy, R. L., Bagenal, F., Baker, D. N., Burch, J. L., Foster, J. C., Goode, P. R., Heelis, R. A., Kivelson, M. G., Matthaeus, W. H., McDonald, F. B., Parker, E. N., Reid, G. C., Schunk, R. W., Title, A. M., Charo, A., Lewis, W. S. & Fisher, T. M., 2004. Understanding the Sun and Solar System Plasmas, National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 1-40.
     
  • Lerner, E. J., August 1995. Space weather, Discover, 54-61.
     
  • Love, J. J., 1999. Reversals and excursions of the geodynamo, Astron. Geophys., 40, 6.14-6.19.
     
  • Merrill, R. T. & McFadden, P. L., 1990. Paleomagnetism and the nature of the geodynamo, Science, 248, 345-350.
     
  • Moffatt, H. K., May 1993. Cosmic dynamos: from alpha to omega, Physics World, 6, 38-42.
     
  • Molinski, T. S., Feero, W. E. & Damsky, B. L., 2000. Shielding grids from solar storms, IEEE Spectrum, 37, 55-60.
     
  • Nesme-Ribes, E., Baliunas, S. L. & Sokoloff, D., August 1996. The stellar dynamo, Sci. Am., 275, 28-36.
     
  • O'Brien, B. J., May 1963. Radiation belts, Sci. Am., 208, 84-96.
     
  • Parker, E. N. April 1964. The solar wind, Sci. Am., 210, 66-76.
     
  • Parker, E. N., March 1975. The Sun, Sci. Am., 233, 42-50.
     
  • Parker, E. N., August 1983. Magnetic fields in the cosmos, Sci. Am., 249, 44-54.
     
  • Roederer, J. G., 1974. The Earth's magnetosphere, Science, 183, 37-46.
     
  • Russell, C. T., 1991. The magnetosphere. Ann. Rev. Earth. Planet. Sci., 11, 241-268.
     
  • Stevenson, D. J., 1983.  Planetary magnetic fields, Rep. Prog. Phys., 46, 555-620.
     
  • Strong, C. L., January 1961. An amateur makes spectra of the aurora and photgraphs the Sun's 'green flash', Sci. Am., 204, 177-188.
     
  • Strong, C. L., February 1968. Building a sensitive magnetometer and an accurate solid-state timer, Sci. Am., 218, 124-128.
     
  • Suplee, C., July 2004. A stormy star, Natl. Geogr., 206, 2-33.
     
  • Taylor, K., November 2001. Auroras: Earth's grand show of lights, Natl. Geogr., 200, 48-63.
     
  • Van Allen, J. A., March 1959. Radiation belts around the Earth, Sci. Am., 200, 39-47.
     

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