The Atmosphere and Ionosphere, 2013
Elementary Processes, Discharges and Plasmoids
Physics of Earth and Space Environments Series

The book presents a collection of articles devoted to atmospheric and ionospheric science reported during the Conference ?Atmosphere, Ionosphere, Safety? held in Kaliningrad, Russia in July 2010. It consists of reviews devoted to physics of elementary processes, aerosols, ionosphere dynamics, microwave discharges and plasmoids. Such a wide range of topics presents a comprehensive analysis of this atmospheric science including trends and questions which exist to be solved.

Ionization of Excited Atoms in Thermal Collisions.-
Elementary Processes Involving Rydberg Molecules in a Strong Laser Field.-
Nanoaerosols in the Atmosphere.-
Electromagnetic Drivers in the Upper Atmosphere: Observations and Modeling.-
Discharge Processes in a Stratosphere and Mesosphere During a Thunderstorm.-
Vortex Plasmoids Created by High Frequency Discharges.

Vladimir L. Bychkov is a leading researcher at the Department of Physics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. He has 35 years of experience in plasma physics studies, the physics of elementary processes, gas discharges, plasma chemistry and ball lightning.
Gennady V. Golubkov is a leading scientist at the Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has 40 years of experience in quantum scattering theory, the theory of atom-molecular processes, and of low temperature plasma.
Anatoly I. Nikitin is a principle researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Energy Problems of Chemical Physics in Moscow. He has 45 years of experience in quantum electronics research, chemical physics, plasma physics and chemistry, and ball lightning.