{"product_id":"the-ionospheric-connection-explorer-icon-douglas-rowland-9789402421620","title":"The Ionospheric Connection Explorer (Icon) Mission","description":"This book provides a comprehensive overview of NASA's ICON space mission. Written before ICON's launch, the papers contain the most complete description of the ICON flight instruments and preflight operation plans.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition to the technology and engineering, the volume describes ICON's scientific mission to investigate how lower atmospheric tropospheric dynamics affect the high altitude ionosphere, and why special emphasis was placed on understanding how neutral winds affect the ionospheric dynamics. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book helps researchers better understand ICON's workings and why ionospheric behavior is so important to technically advanced societies, as systems based on satellite communications and GPS rely on the propagation of radio waves through the ionosphere. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreviously published in \u003ci\u003eSpace Science Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e in the Topical Collection \"The Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) mission\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Rowland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9402421629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789402421620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.86d","brand":"Douglas Rowland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48437409153279,"sku":"9789402421620","price":179.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4dbe2817-f1a3-4a5d-960a-aaed94237274.jpg?v=1777161617","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ionospheric-connection-explorer-icon-douglas-rowland-9789402421620","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}