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Solar Storms and Their Human Impacts Written by Dr. Sten Odenwald with the IMAGE/POETRY program. Comprehensive, illustrated historical discussion of human impacts from solar activity during the last 300 years. Large bibliography and links to online documents. Also 30+ figures.

ISTP 'Probing the Sun-Earth Connection A tour of the major issues in Sun-Earth research.

Solar Flares A primer about what solar flares are, how they are produced, and what they do.

Magnetosphere Primer A comprehensive introduction to the history of the discovery of the magnetosphere, written by Dr. David Stern at the Goddard Space Flight Center.

Ulysses Science results A summary of what the Ulysses space craft has discovered about the Sun and the solar wind.

Space Environment Center - Glossary of Solar Terrestrial Terms A comprehensive glossary of Sun-Earth terms.

Solar Terrestrial Physics (STP)
NGDC/NOAA This solar-terrestrial physics page links to an excellent glossary of Sun-Earth terms.