Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics Notes

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Typed, colour PDF notes with diagrams (some taken from the internet, some from lecture slides, some hand-generated on the computer). Very easy to read! Some sections have a useful table of important constants and notation at the start. I made these as part of my exam preparation and bolstered my mark substantially. Topics Included: ASTROPHYSICS (Our sun, luminosity, effective temperature, brightness, hydrostatic equilibrium, transport equations, virial theorem, stellar timescales, k-mechanism, intensity and flux, blackbody radiation) ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS (structure of the atmosphere, pressure and density, mixing ratios, ideal gas law, scale heights, lapse rates, motion of the atmosphere, Coriolis force, Hadley circulation, Albedos, solar radiation, atmospheric scattering, heating and cooling rates) COSMIC RAYS (energy and rigidity, neutral sheet, heliospheric magnetic field, solar cycle, coronal mass ejections, magnetic reconnection) AURORAE (Airglow, Magnetic time, Aurorae formation, polar ionosphere)