Perils of Space: Introduction to Space Weather

4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

(Same as Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences M7.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Concepts of plasma physics. Dynamic sun, solar wind, and Earth’s magnetosphere and ionosphere. Space storms and substorms and their impacts on astronauts, spacecraft, and surface power and communication grids. P/NP or letter grading.