Solar and Interplanetary Disturbances (World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics)

Over the last three decades, a considerable number of solar wind observations have been made with sophisticated ground-based and space-borne instruments. Two highly successful space missions of the Skylab and the twin spacecraft "Helios 1" and "2" have amassed a wealth of information on the larger scale structure of the inner heliosphere, the solar and interplanetary magnetic field, coronal holes, interplanetary dust, and solar windflows. Solar and interplanetary propagating phenomena have been extensively studied during the last two decades. A simple model based on results from a density-mapping technique, pioneered at Cambridge, UK, has been proposed which overcomes the problems faced by the existing CME-driven shock theories. This monograph puts together those exciting developments in the field of solar and interplanetary dynamic phenomena with their effects, at times hazardous, on the terrestrial environment. It serves as an update and a ready reference for research students and scientists working in this field.