Space weather fundamentals

Content: Section I. Space weather drivers. The Sun / Judith Karpen and Spiro Antiochos --
2. Solar wind / Melvyn L. Goldstein --
3. Earth's magnetic field / Nils Olsen --
4. Solar wind - magnetosphere interaction / Joseph E. Borovsky --
5. The Magnetosheath and its boundaries / David G. Sibeck --
6. Magnetic reconnection / Homa Karimabadi, Ari Le, Vadim Roytershteyn, and William Daughton --
7. Magnetospheric electric fields and current systems / Stanislav Sazykin --
8. Coupling between the geomagnetic tail and the inner magnetosphere / Eric Donovan --
9. Ring current / Yusuke Ebihara --
10. Radiation belts / Shrikanth G. Kanekal and Daniel N. Baker --
11. Plasmasphere / Jonathan Krall and Joseph D. Huba --
12. Polar wind / Robert W. Schunk --
13. Far ultraviolet imaging of the aurora / Larry J. Paxton and Yongliang Zhang --
14. Ionospheric electrodynamics / Arthur D. Richmond --
15. Simulating space weather / Tamas G. Gombosi --
16. Space weather and the extraterrestrial planets / Henry B. Garrett. Section II. Some space weather applications. 17. Spacecraft charging / Henry B. Garrett --
18. Satellite orbital drag / Efthyia Zesta and Cheryl Y. Huang --
19. Space weather effects on communication and navigation / Keith M. Groves and Charles S. Carrano --
20. Concluding remarks / George V. Khazanov.