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study material on space weather research

I suggest a few books, scientific reviews, and theses that I feel important to start with while carrying on research in space weather.

Books:

''Space Weather and Coronal Mass Ejections'' by Tim Howard. ​

''Handbook of the Solar-Terrestrial Environment'' by Y. Kamide.

''Physics of the Solar Corona by Markus Aschwanden.

''The Physics of Fluids and Plasmas by Arnab Rai Choudhuri.

''Space Weather- Physics and Effects'' by Volker Bothmer and Ioannis A. Daglis.

Scientific Reviews:

Theory of Coronal Mass Ejections by JA Klimchuk · 2001.

Coronal mass ejection by B.C. Low 1986.

Coronal mass ejection, magnetic flux ropes and solar magnetism by B.C. Low 2001.

Space weather: the solar perspective by​ Manuela Temmer.

Solar force-free magnetic fields by Thomas Wiegelmann & Takashi Sakurai.

Coronal Mass Ejections: Observations by  David F. Webb & Timothy A. Howard. 

Coronal Mass Ejections: Models and Their Observational Basis by P.F. Chen.

Coronal mass ejections and their sheath regions in interplanetary space by Emilia Kilpua, Hannu E. J. Koskinen, Tuija I. Pulkkinen. 

The heliospheric magnetic field by Mathew J Owens, Robert J Forsyth.

Coronal hole by Steven R. Cranmer.

Evolution of Active Regions Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi & Lucie May Green.

Interplanetary Magnetic Field and the Auroral Zones J. W. Dungey.

The Scientific Foundations of Forecasting Magnetospheric Space Weather by J. P. Eastwood et al.

A review on the genesis of coronal mass ejections by T. G. Forbes.

Interplanetary origin of geomagnetic storms by Walter D. Gonzalez. 1999

The Origin, Early Evolution and Predictability of Solar EruptionsLucie by M. Green et al.

Geoeffective Properties of Solar Transients and Stream Interaction Regions by E. K. J. Kilpua et al.

An Observational Overview of Solar Flares by Fletcher et al. Space Sci Rev (2011)

Acceleration and Propagation of Solar Energetic Particles by Karl-Ludwig Klein &  Silvia Dalla.

Measurements of Photospheric and Chromospheric Magnetic Fields by Andreas Lagg.

The Physical Processes of CME/ICME Evolution by Ward Manchester IV et al.

Space Weather: Terrestrial Perspective by Tuija Pulkkinen.

Coronal Loops: Observations and Modeling of Confined Plasma by Fabio Reale.

Solar wind stream interaction regions throughout the heliosphere Ian G. Richardson.

Flare-CME Models: An Observational Perspective by  Schmieder, B., Aulanier, G., Vršnak, B.

Relationship of coronal transients to interplanetary shocks: 3D aspects by Rainer Schwenn.

Coronal holes and high-speed wind streams by Jack B. Zirker.

In-Situ Solar Wind and Magnetic Field Signatures of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections by Thomas H. Zurbuchen & Ian G. Richardson.

Coronal Mass Ejections over Solar Cycles 23 and 24 by P. L. Lamy et al. 

ICME Evolution in the Inner Heliosphere by J. G. Luhmann, N. Gopalswamy, L. K. Jian & N. Lugaz. 

Magnetic reconnection: MHD theory and modelling by David I. Pontin & Eric R. Priest .

Theses: 

Internal characteristics of magnetic clouds and interplanetary coronal mass ejections by Romboli, Luciano Rodriguez.

Magnetic Helicity Flow in the Sun and Heliosphere by Gareth Hawkes.

Magnetic structure and geoeffectiveness of coronal mass ejections by E. Palmerio.

Sunspot Group Evolution and the Global Magnetic Field of the Sun by P. Higgins.

Morphology of coronal mass ejections between the sun and the earth by N.P. Savani.  

Evolution of coronal mass ejections from the sun to 1 AU: Property of magnetic field and a modified flux rope model by Valbona Kunkel.

Evolution and Consequences of Coronal Mass Ejections in the Heliosphere by Wageesh Mishra.

Combining Models of Coronal Mass Ejections and Solar Dynamos by Jörn Warnecke

Analysis and Forecasting of Coronal Mass Ejection Space Weather Effects by Mateja Dumbović.

Coronal Mass Ejections from the Sun - Propagation and Near Earth Effects by Arun Babu.

Evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections and Their Heliospheric Imprints by T.Rollett.

The Dynamics and Kinematics of Coronal Mass Ejections and Shock Waves by Eoin P. Carley.

Study of the geoeffectiveness of coronal mass ejections by Katarzyna Bronarska.

Dynamics of filaments, flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) by Ju Jing.

Some observations of magnetic clouds and simulations of a normal fast shock interaction with an idealized magnetic cloud by Laurence X. Janoo.

Magnetised Coronal Mass Ejections: evolution from the Sun to 1 AU and geo-effectiveness Scolini, C.

Study of Coronal Mass Ejections and Their Corresponding Interplanetary Structures Using Combined Observations of Cosmic Ray Detectors and Coronagraphs by Carlos Roberto Braga.

Flux ropes in space plasmas by A. Isavnin.

The Propagation and Evolution of Coronal Mass Ejection Driven Sheath Regions: Insight From Multi-Spacecraft Measurements and Statistical  Approaches by Tarik Mohammad Salman.

Observing the Unobservable: Identification and Characterization of Stealth Coronal Mass Ejections by  D'Huys, E.

Linking CMEs-ICMEs-Geomagnetic Storms during 1996 - 2012 by Talpeanu, Dana-Camelia.

Solar flare studies with the LYRA instrument onboard PROBA2 by Dominique, Marie.

Dynamics of coronal transients as seen from space observations by Vaibhav Pant.

A novel machine learning methodology to calibrate SDO/AIA and unveil the internal magnetic structure of ICMEs by Luiz Fernando Guedes dos Santos.

Dynamics of solar Coronal Mass Ejections: forces that impact their propagation by Nishtha Sachdeva. 

The Evolution of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections in the Heliosphere by Emma Davies.

Diagnostics of Coronal Dimmings Associated with Solar Coronal Mass Ejections by Karin Dissauer.

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