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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