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| Preface | |
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| Atmospheric Phenomena | |
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| Aurorae in History | |
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| Aurorae in Mythology | |
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| Other Atmospheric Phenomena | |
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| Haloes | |
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| Sun-Pillars and Related Phenomena | |
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| Rainbows | |
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| Meteors | |
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| Space Weather | |
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| Causes of the Aurora | |
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| The Variable Sun | |
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| The Sun as a Star | |
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| Sunspots and the Solar Magnetic Field | |
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| The Active Chromosphere and Corona | |
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| Coronal Holes | |
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| Solar Flares | |
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| Linking the Sun and the Earth-The Solar Wind | |
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| New Insights on Coronal Mass Ejections and Solar Flares | |
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| Interactions with the Solar Wind | |
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| Comets | |
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| Earth's Magnetosphere | |
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| Structure of the Magnetosphere | |
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| The Van Allen Belts | |
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| Plasma Movements and Currents in the Magnetosphere; the Auroral Ovals | |
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| Auroral Activity Types and Causes | |
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| Auroral Substorms | |
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| Geomagnetic Storms | |
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| Other Effects Associated with CMEs | |
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| Coronal Hole Aurorae | |
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| Sector Boundary Crossings and Chromospheric Filament Disappearances | |
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| Auroral Emissions | |
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| Other Solar Effects on the Atmosphere | |
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| The Ionosphere | |
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| The Heliosphere | |
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| Effects on Terrestrial Climate | |
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| Auroral Forecasting | |
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| Aurorae and the Sunspot Cycle | |
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| Keeping an Eye on the Possibilities for Auroral Activity-The DIY Approach! | |
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| Solar Observing | |
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| Recent Past Activity | |
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| Early Warnings of Ongoing Auroral Activity | |
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| Magnetic Effects | |
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| Magnetometers | |
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| Behavior of the Magnetic Field | |
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| Indices of Geomagnetic Activity | |
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| The aa Index | |
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| The Kp Index | |
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| The Ap Index | |
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| Radio Aurorae | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Observing the Aurora | |
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| Auroral Activity at High Latitudes | |
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| The Auroral Zones | |
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| Location, Location, Location | |
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| Polar Cusp Aurorae | |
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| Polar Cap Absorptions (PCA) | |
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| Theta Aurora | |
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| Substorm Events | |
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| Geomagnetic storms | |
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| Auroral Activity at Lower Latitudes | |
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| Geomagnetic Storms | |
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| Coronal Hole Aurorae | |
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| "Flash Aurora" | |
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| Visual Observation | |
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| Photography | |
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| Historical Aurorae and More Recent Events | |
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| Aurorae in Classical Times | |
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| Auroral Records from the Dark and Middle Ages | |
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| The Nineteenth Century | |
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| Aurorae in the Twentieth Century | |
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| The Great Aurora of 13-14 March 1989 | |
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| Other Events in Cycle 22 | |
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| The Major Aurora of 8-9 November 1991 | |
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| The Strange Case of Cycle 23 | |
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| The Aurora of 6-7 April 2000 | |
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| The Bastille Day Event, 15-16 July 2000 | |
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| March-April 2001-A Rash of Sunspots | |
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| The Hallowe'en Storms of October 2003 | |
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| A Sting in the Tail | |
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| The Next Two Cycles | |
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| Aurora Elsewhere | |
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| Jupiter | |
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| Saturn | |
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| Uranus and Neptune | |
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| Mercury | |
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| Venus | |
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| Mars | |
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| Scientific Investigations | |
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| The Eighteenth Century | |
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| The Nineteenth Century | |
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| The Twentieth Century | |
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| Development of Auroral Theory to the 1950s | |
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| High-Latitude Observations | |
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| The International Geophysical Year and Beyond | |
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| Studying the Solar Wind and Earth's Magnetosphere | |
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| Staring at the Sun | |
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| Noctilucent Clouds and Other Phenomena | |
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| Noctilucent Clouds | |
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| Noctilucent Clouds and Solar/Auroral Activity | |
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| Appearance and Behavior | |
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| Visual Observation | |
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| Photographic Observation | |
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| Nacreous Clouds | |
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| Airglow | |
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| Rocket Launches and Releases from Satellites | |
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| The Zodiacal Light | |
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| The Auroral Sound Controversy | |
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| Observational Organizations | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |