Table of Contents

Development of the ideas and instruments of modern solar research
Radiative transfer in the sun's atmosphere
Solar spectroscopy
Dynamics of solar plasmas
The photosphere
The sun's internal structure and energy generation
Rotation, convection, and oscillations in the sun
Observations of photospheric activity and magnetism
The chromosphere and corona
Prominences and flares
Dynamics of the solar magnetic field
The solar wind and heliosphere
The sun, our variable star
Influences of Solar Variability on the Earth

About the Author

Peter V. Foukal is the founder and past-president of Cambridge Research and Instrumentation, Inc. He was awarded a NATO Senior Fellowship at Nice Observatory, France, in 1979, and has served as member or chairman of numerous panels and advisory boards of the National Science Foundation, NASA, and the National Academy of Sciences.

Reviews

A valuable resource for academic libraries. SummingUp: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates throughprofessionals. (Choice, 1 December 2013) The revised book now also provides an overview of recentresults on space weather and on sun-climaterelations, both of which are fields of increasing societalimportance. (ETDE Energy Database, 1 July 2013)