The ''Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics'' is a monthly

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covering the

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and

solar-terrestrial physics Space physics, also known as space plasma physics, is the study of naturally occurring plasmas within Earth's upper atmosphere and the rest of the Solar System. It includes the topics of aeronomy, aurorae, planetary ionospheres and magnetospheres ...

. It was established in 1950 as the ''Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics'', obtaining its current name in 1997. It is published by

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and sponsored by the

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 2.119. Its founding editor was

Edward Victor Appleton Sir Edward Victor Appleton (6 September 1892 – 21 April 1965) was an English atmospheric physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 "for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery ...

, and the current editors are Mark Lester and D. Pancheva.

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