Here at Earth, the solar wind impacts the Earth's magnetosphere triggering geomagnetic storms...

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/spaceweather/sun_earth6.html
Windows to the Universe: background information about solar wind.

http://sec.noaa.gov/ace/ACErtsw_home.html
Real time solar wind data from ACE.

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/gallery/ESAPR/info01.html/
SOHO Finds the Source of High-Speed Solar "Wind"