Analytical and empirical modelling of the origin and heliospheric propagation of coronal mass ejections, and space weather applications

The focus is on the physical background and comprehension of origin heliospheric propagation interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs), which can cause most severe geomagnetic disturbances. paper considers mainly analytical modelling, providing useful insight into nature ICMEs, complementary to that provided by numerical MHD models. It concentrated processes related CMEs at Sun, their propagation, up effects causing perturbations. Finally, several statistical forecasting tools for space weather applications are described.