ESS415/515:  Space and Space Plasmas

Lecture Notes:

Lecture 1: Introduction to Magnetospheres   (pdf)

Lecture 3: Space Weather Hazards   (pdf)

Lecture 5: Dynamos and the Earth's magnetic field   (pdf)

Lecture 5: Dynamo Movie [Glatzmaier and Roberts]   (mpeg)

Lecture 7: Inner Magnetosphere   (pdf)

Lecture 10: Current Systems   (pdf)

Lecture 11a: The Sun   (pdf)

Lecture 11b: The Heliosphere   (pdf)

Lecture 13a: Substorms and the Aurora   (pdf)

Lecture 13b: Storms   (pdf)

Lecture 14: The solar wind interaction with Mars   (pdf)

Lecture 15: Jupiter and Io (abbreviated)   (pdf)