An outgrowth of the first Asia-Pacific Regional School on the International Heliophysical Year
(IHY) this volume contains a collection of review articles describing the universal physical
processes in the heliospace influenced by solar electromagnetic and mass emissions. The Sun
affects the heliosphere in the short term (space weather) and in the long term (space climate)
through numerous physical processes that exhibit similarities in various spatial domains of the
heliosphere. The articles take into account various aspects of the Sun-heliosphere connection
under a systems approach.This volume will serve as a ready reference work for research in the
emerging field of heliophysics which describes the physical processes taking place in the
physical space controlled by the Sun out to the local interstellar medium.
