Monday, April 22, 2013

1304.5489 (Carolus J. Schrijver et al.)

Disturbances in the U.S. electric grid associated with geomagnetic activity    [PDF]

Carolus J. Schrijver, Sarah D. Mitchell
Large solar explosions are responsible for space weather that can impact technological infrastructure on and around Earth. Here, we apply a retrospective cohort exposure analysis to quantify the impacts of geomagnetic activity on the U.S. electric power grid for the period from 1992 through 2010. We find, with more than 3-sigma significance, that approximately 4% of the disturbances in the U.S. power grid reported to the U.S. Department of Energy are attributable to strong geomagnetic activity and its associated geomagnetically induced currents.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.5489

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