A Beginner's Guide to the Earth's Magnetosphere
A concise, clearly-written, informative overview written by S. W.
H. Cowley. Contains several
black-and-white illustrations and a brief
glossary of terms. First published in 1996 in the American Geophysical Union's
education outreach magazine Earth in Space and now available
on the AGU's Web site at
Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere
A comprehensive tutorial on the Earth's magnetosphere by D. P. Stern and M.
Peredo. This is an excellent resource for undergraduates, science teachers, and
advanced high school physics students. Includes interesting information
about the history of space physics research. Provides a useful glossary, with
hyperlinked definitions in the text. Amply illustrated. The authors are both space
physicists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Windows to the Universe
Enter the "Windows to the
Universe" site and click on "Our Planet" to link to an overview of the Earth's
magnetosphere. There are
links from this page to others dealing with such topics as "What
is a magnetosphere?" and "What is interplanetary space?" as well as descriptions
of specific magnetospheric regions and processes.
Good information about the Earth's magnetosphere is also available
at the
"Explore the Sun-Earth System" page of the "Window's"
"Space Weather"
page
.
Information on the magnetospheres of Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and
Neptune is also available on the "Windows" site.
Oulu Space Physics Textbook
The magnetosphere page of the Oulu Textbook, with links to
other pages that deal with different magnetospheric regions
and processes.
What is the magnetosphere?
This site is a brief illustrated introduction to the Earth's magnetosphere, prepared
by the Space Plasma Physics Branch at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The
material is presented on a level accessible to the general public, including middle
school and high school students.
