Handbook of the Solar-Terrestrial Environment

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-14

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2. An Overview of the Solar–Terrestrial Environment

   1. An Overview of the Solar–Terrestrial Environment

      Pages 1-23

3. The Sun

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. The Solar Interior – Radial Structure, Rotation, Solar Activity Cycle

      Pages 27-54

   3. Solar Atmosphere

      Pages 55-93

   4. Solar Wind

      Pages 95-116

   5. Coronal Mass Ejection

      Pages 117-132

   6. Solar Radio Emissions

      Pages 133-151

4. The Earth

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. Magnetosphere

      Pages 155-188

   3. Ionosphere

      Pages 189-220

   4. Thermosphere

      Pages 221-245

5. Space Plasmas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247

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   2. Space Plasmas

      Pages 249-278

   3. Magnetic Reconnection

      Pages 279-310

   4. Nonlinear Processes in Space Plasmas

      Pages 311-329

6. Processes in the Solar-Terrestrial Environment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 331-331

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   2. The Aurora

      Pages 333-354

   3. Geomagnetic Storms

      Pages 355-374

   4. Substorms

      Pages 375-395

As a star in the universe, the Sun is constantly releas- cover a wide range of time and spatial scales, making ?? ing energy into space, as much as ?. ? ?? erg/s. Tis observations in the solar-terrestrial environment c- energy emission basically consists of three modes. Te plicated and the understanding of processes di?cult. ?rst mode of solar energy is the so-called blackbody ra- In the early days, the phenomena in each plasma diation, commonly known as sunlight, and the second region were studied separately, but with the progress mode of solar electromagnetic emission, such as X rays of research, we realized the importance of treating and UV radiation, is mostly absorbed above the Earth’s the whole chain of processes as an entity because of stratosphere. Te third mode of solar energy emission is strong interactions between various regions within in the form of particles having a wide range of energies the solar-terrestrial system. On the basis of extensive from less than ? keV to more than ? GeV. It is convenient satellite observations and computer simulations over to group these particles into lower-energy particles and thepasttwo decades, it hasbecomepossibleto analyze higher-energy particles, which are referred to as the so- speci?cally the close coupling of di?erent regions in the lar wind and solar cosmic rays, respectively. solar-terrestrial environment.

• Climatology
• Storm
• Weather
• Wind
• comets
• earth magnetosphere
• geomagnetic storms
• magnetic reconnection
• solar physics
• solar wind
• space plasmas
• space science
• space weather

From the reviews:

"The book is a solid, comprehensive … text providing a full overview of solar-terrestrial science, pitched at the graduate student level. The book provides an excellent summary of the underlying physics controlling Sun-Earth connections, and it certainly merits a place on the bookshelf of an academic working in the field. … is worthwhile for working solar-terrestrial physicists … . If you are an ambitious graduate student and have decided you want to make a career in solar-terrestrial physics, then you might consider it … ." (Andy Breen, EOS, Vol. 90 (11), March, 2009)

• Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan

  Y. Kamide

• National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and World Institute for Space Environment Research (WISER), São José dos Campos-SP, Brazil

  A. Chian

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