HR: 09:30h
AN: ED11A-05    [Abstracts]
TI: Understanding Space Weather and the Physics Behind It: A Textbook for Undergraduates
AU: * Knipp, D J
EM: delores.knipp@usafa.af.mil
AF: US Air Force Academy, Suite 2A25 Fairchild Hall, USAF Academy, CO 80132 United States
AB: The emerging science of space weather has its roots in the fundamental physics taught at the undergraduate level. However most of the textbook support for this new discipline is either at or near the graduate level. The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Academy are partnering to produce a new introductory undergraduate level textbook. The text is aimed at students with knowledge of core physics: sophomore-level Newtonian mechanics and electricity and magnetism. We anticipate this book will be appropriate for students who are not physics majors but have a technology interest, be they engineers, meteorologists or space professionals. We are including special focus sections to compare and contrast space and terrestrial weather. In this paper we will discuss the organization and contents of the text and the types of problems and examples to be included. We will also discuss the material being developed for instructor support.
DE: 2400 IONOSPHERE
DE: 2700 MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS
DE: 7500 SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly