The Solar Wind and the Earth
Kamide, Y. / Akasofu, Syun-Ichi![The Solar Wind and the Earth](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/154/15471755/CHSBZCOP0315471755.jpg)
As a star, the sun is continuously emitting an enormous amount of energy 33 into space, up to as much as 3. 9 X 10 erg/ s. This energy emission consists of three modes. Almost all the energy is emitted in the form of the familiar black-body radiation, commonly called sunlight. Although the amount of energy emitted is small, the sun also emits x rays, extreme ultraviolet (EUV), and UV radiations, which are absorbed above the earth's stratospher...