Overview:-

How do magnetic fields and plasmas interact? We see this in the coronal loops on the sun, in the solar wind, and how the magnetosphere shields the Earth (partially) from the high energy particles.

The principles of blackbody radiation can be used to estimate the temperature of the planet. The greenhouse effect can be observed from space and estimated.

Physical principles:-

States of matter, conservation laws, plasmas and magnetic fields, blackbody radiation, Earth’s basic temperature, Greenhouse effect.

Assigments:-

1. -Finish reading space physics notes.
   

2. -Read radiation notes.
   

3. -Space physics and radiation homework due 11th October
   

Homework: 314_Space_&_Radiation_Probs13.pdf

Lab: radiation RadLab_Fall13.pdf

Handouts:-

Space physics (ppt)

Radiation (ppt)

Required readings:-

Space physics notes (pdf)

Radiation notes (pdf)

Wallace and Hobbs 2.5, 2.6 (Earth history), 4.3 (Radiation) (more info)

Suggested reading:-

Wallace and Hobbs chapter 2 (good intro to Earth system)

Click on the link below to download an infrared image of Seattle:

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