This unique , authoritative book introduces and accurately depicts
the current state-of-the art in the field of space storms.
Professor Koskinen, renowned expert in the field, takes the basic
understanding of the system, together with the pyhsics of space
plasmas, and produces a treatment of space storms. He combines a
solid base describing space physics phenomena with a rigourous
theoretical basis. The topics range from the storms in the solar
atmosphere through the solar wind, magnetosphere and ionosphere to
the production of the storm-related geoelectric field on the
ground. The most up-to-date information available ist presented in
a clear, analytical and quantitative way. The book is divided into
three parts. Part 1 is a phenomenological introduction to space
weather from the Sun to the Earth. Part 2 comprehensively presents
the fundamental concepts of space plasma physics. It consists of
discussions of fundamental concepts of plasma physics, starting
from underlying electrodynamics and statistical physics of charged
particles and continuing to single particle motion in homogeneous
electromagnetic fields, waves in cold plasma approximation, Vlasov
theory, magnetohydrodynamics, instabilities in space plasmas,
reconnection and dynamo. Part 3 bridges the gap between the
fundamental plasma physics and research level physics of space
storms. This part discusses radiation and scattering processes,
transport and diffiusion, shocks and shock acceleration, storms on
the Sun, in the magnetosphere, the coupling to the atmosphere and
ground. The book is concluded wtih a brief review of what is known
of space stroms on other planets. One tool for building this briege
ist extensive cross-referencing between the various chapters.
Exercise problems of varying difficulty are embedded within the
main body of the text.
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