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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the physical phenomena that result from the interaction of the Sun and the planets-often termed space weather. Physics of the Space Envirnoment explores basic processes in the Sun, in the interplanetary medium, in the near-Earth space, and down into the atmosphere. The first part of the book summarizes fundamental elements of transport theory relevant for the atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere. This theory is then applied to physical phenomena in the space environment. The fundamental physical processes are emphasized throughout, and basic concepts and methods are derived from first principles. This book is unique in its balanced treatment of space plasma and aeronomical phenomena. Students and researches with a basic math and physics background will find this book invaluable in the study of phenomena in the space environment.

A native of Hungary, Professor Gombosi carried out postdoctoral research at the Space Research Institute in Moscow before moving to the United States to participate in theoretical work related to NASA's Venus exploration. He is currently Professor of Space Sciences and Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan.

(Extracted from the back cover).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-Preface.

-Part I. Theoretical Description of Gases and Plasmas.

-1. Particle Orbit Theory.
-2. Kinetic Theory.
-3. Basic Plasma Phenomena.
-4. Fluid and MHD Theory.
-5. Waves and Oscillations.
-6. Shocks and Discontinuities.
-7. Transport of Superthermal Particles.

-Part II. The Upper Atmosphere.

-8. The Terrestrial Upper Atmosphere.
-9. Airglow and Aurora.
-10. The Ionosphere.

-Part III. Sun-Earth Connection.

-11. The Sun.
-12. The Solar Wind.
-13. Cosmic Rays and Energetic Particles.
-14. The Terrestrial Magnetosphere.

-Appendix A. Physical Constants.

-Appendix B. Vector and Tensor Identities and Operators.

-Appendix C. Some Important Integrals.

-Appendix D. Some USeful Special Functions.