Down to Earth with Space Weather: Magnetic-Storm Induced Geoelectric Fields, Currents, and Impacts

Session ID#: 280554

Session Description:
Geoelectric fields, induced in the electrically conducting Earth by storm-time geomagnetic field variation, can interfere with the transmission of electric power -- sometimes causing blackouts and damaging power-system infrastructure. Accurate estimation of such storm-induction hazards tests our scientific understanding, and is needed for vulnerability and risk assessments. For this session, we invite abstracts documenting recent progress in analyzing storm-induction hazards, including historical events, statistical and scenario analyses, physics-based and empirically-based modeling, retrospective and real-time modeling, direct measurement, prediction and forecasting, error analyses, model validation, system impacts, system vulnerability, and risk.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • NG - Nonlinear Geophysics
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SA - SPA-Aeronomy
  • SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Index Terms:

1515 Geomagnetic induction [GEOMAGNETISM AND PALEOMAGNETISM]
1530 Rapid time variations [GEOMAGNETISM AND PALEOMAGNETISM]
7904 Geomagnetically induced currents [SPACE WEATHER]
7954 Magnetic storms [SPACE WEATHER]
Primary Convener:  Jeffrey J Love, USGS Central Region Offices Denver, Denver, CO, United States
Convener:  Chigomezyo Ngwira, CUA, Washington DC, United States