Space weather: the physics behind a slogan

Daniel N. Baker (auth.), Klaus Scherer, Horst Fichtner, Bernd Heber, Urs Mall (eds.)3540229078, 9783540229070

The various processes that connect the physics of the Sun with that of the Earth`s environment has become known as “Space Weather” during recent years, a slogan that has emerged in connection with many other expressions adapted from meteorology, such as solar wind, magnetic clouds or polar rain. This volume is intended as a first graduate-level textbook-style account on the physics of these solar-terrestrial relations and their impact on our natural and technological environment.

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Table of contents :
Introduction to Space Weather….Pages 3-20
The Sun and Its Restless Magnetic Field….Pages 23-49
The Application of Radio Diagnostics to the Study of the Solar Drivers of Space Weather….Pages 49-68
Interplanetary Disturbances….Pages 71-129
The Magnetosphere….Pages 133-192
Space Weather Effects in the Upper Atmosphere: Low and Middle Latitudes….Pages 193-214
Space Weather Effects in the Upper Atmosphere: High Latitudes….Pages 215-238
Space Weather Effects on Technology….Pages 241-273
Radiation Risks from Space….Pages 275-292