Articles | Volume 27, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-27-75-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-27-75-2020
Review article
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25 Feb 2020
Review article |  | 25 Feb 2020

The physics of space weather/solar-terrestrial physics (STP): what we know now and what the current and future challenges are

Bruce T. Tsurutani, Gurbax S. Lakhina, and Rajkumar Hajra

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Current space weather problems are discussed for young researchers. We have discussed some of the major problems that need to be solved for space weather forecasting to become a reality.