Heliophysics: Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos

Heliophysics is a developing scientific discipline integrating studies of the Sun''s variability, the surrounding heliosphere, and climatic environments. Over the past few centuries, our understanding of how the Sun drives space weather and climate on the Earth and other planets has advanced at an ever-increasing rate. This volume, the first in this series of three heliophysics texts, integrates s...