SM011
Geomagnetically Induced Currents and Their Impact on Technology eLightning

Tuesday, 8 December 2020: 07:00-08:00
Virtual
Primary Convener:  Chigomezyo Mudala Ngwira, Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates, LLC, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Antti A Pulkkinen, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Jennifer L Gannon, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Chigomezyo Ngwira, ASTRA LLC, Science, Louisville, CO, United States
Chairs:  Chigomezyo Mudala Ngwira, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Jennifer L Gannon, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Antti A Pulkkinen, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
07:00
A Comparison of FDTD-Predicted Surface Magnetic Fields with SuperMAG, INTERMAGNET, and BATS-R-US and RIM Virtual Magnetometers during a Geomagnetic Storm (771476)
Yisong Zhang1, Jamesina J Simpson1, Aaron J Ridley2, Daniel T Welling3 and Michael Warren Liemohn4, (1)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (2)Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, (4)University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
07:03
A New Data Set of Line GICs measured with the Differential Magnetometer Method in the UK High Voltage Power Grid for the Years 2018-2020 (722750)
Juliane Huebert, Ciaran Beggan, Gemma Richardson, Adam Collins, Natalia Gomez Perez and Alan W P Thomson, British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
07:06
Analysis of Geomagnetically Induced Currents through Network Analysis with Magnetometer Measurements (710547)
Joe Hughes1, Ryan Michael McGranaghan2, Adam C Kellerman3, Jacob Bortnik4, Robert F Arritt5, Karthik Venkataramani1, Jackson McCormick6, Chigomezyo Ngwira7, Morris Cohen8 and Charles Perry9, (1)Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates, LLC, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates (ASTRA), Louisville, CO, United States, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (5)Electric Power Research Institute Palo Alto, Palo Alto, TN, United States, (6)Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States, (7)ASTRA LLC, Science, Louisville, CO, United States, (8)Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States, (9)Electric Power Research Institute Palo Alto, Palo Alto, United States
07:09
Characterization of Transient Induced Current Events In Ground Magnetometer Data (728234)
Brett Anne Anne McCuen, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Mark B. Moldwin, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Mark J. Engebretson, Augsburg University, Physics, Minneapolis, MN, United States
07:12
Examining Three Approaches to the Construction of an Inducing Source for the Ground Electric Field Modeling during Space Weather Events (719330)
Elena Marshalko1,2, Mikhail Kruglyakov1,3, Alexey V Kuvshinov1, Liisa Juusola4, Elena Sokolova2, Vyacheslav A. Pilipenko2,5 and Olga V. Kozyreva2,5, (1)ETH Zurich, Institute of Geophysics, Zurich, Switzerland, (2)Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth RAS, Moscow, Russia, (3)GEMRC IPE RAS, Moscow, Russia, (4)Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, (5)Geophysical Center, Moscow, Russia
07:15
Improving the modelling of GIC in Spain by including the 220 kV power grid (727002)
Victoria Canillas1, Joan Miquel Torta1, Santiago Marsal1, Juan Jose Curto1, Alex Marcuello2, Juanjo Ledo2 and Pilar Queralt2, (1)Observatori de l'Ebre, Roquetes, Spain, (2)University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
07:18
Measurements and Simulations of the Geomagnetically Induced Currents in Low-latitude Power Networks During Geomagnetic Storms (665502)
Jiaojiao Zhang1, Yiqun Yu2, Chi Wang3, Dan Du4, Dong Wei2 and Lianguang Liu5, (1)National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Beihang University, Beijing, China, (3)CSSAR, CAS, Beijing, China, (4)China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, (5)North Chna Electric Power University, Beijing, China
07:21
Pipe-to-Soil Potential Modelling in the UK Gas Transmission Network (722745)
Gemma Richardson and Alan W P Thomson, British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
07:24
Predicting GICs from L1 solar wind data using geophysical methods in combination with machine learning (726940)
Rachel Bailey1,2, Roman Leonhardt1, Christian Moestl3,4, Martin Reiss2,3, Andreas Weiss3,4, Dennis Albert5, Philipp Schachinger5 and Georg Achleitner6, (1)Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), Conrad Observatory, Vienna, Austria, (2)Austrian Academy of Sciences, Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria, (3)Graz University of Technology, Institute of Geodesy, Graz, Austria, (4)Austrian Academy of Sciences, Space Research Institute, Vienna, Austria, (5)Graz University of Technology, Institute of Electrical Power Systems, Graz, Austria, (6)Austrian Power Grid AG, Vienna, Austria
07:27
Recreating the Horizontal Magnetic Field at Colaba during the Carrington Event with Geospace Simulations (685147)
Sean Patrick Blake1, Antti A Pulkkinen2, Peter W Schuck3, Alex Glocer2, Denny M. Oliveira1 and Daniel T Welling4, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA GSFC, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (4)University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
07:30
Simulation of the Effects of the 13-14 March 1989 Severe Geomagnetic Storm on Today’s Electrical Power Grid using Contemporary Geoelectric Field Estimation Techniques (751502)
Christopher C Balch, NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Krishnat Patil, Siemens, Schenectady, NY, United States, Erin Joshua Rigler, USGS, Denver, CO, United States, Greg Lucas, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States and Anna Kelbert, USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO, United States
07:33
The Space Weather Underground: Design and Early Results from A Student-Built Array of Ground-Based Fluxgate Magnetometers in Northern New England (693587)
Charles William Smith1, John A. Blackwell2, Lily Ercoline3, Scott Goelzer4, Andria Johnson5, Harald Kucharek6, Marc Lessard7, Richard Levergood8, Whitham D Reeve9, Michael R Routhier7, Nathan Schwadron7, Abigale S Watson10 and Carol Young5, (1)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States, (2)Phillips Exeter Academy, Science, Exeter, NH, United States, (3)ConVal Regional High School, Peterborough, NH, United States, (4)Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, Northwood, NH, United States, (5)ConVal Regional High School, Science, Peterborough, NH, United States, (6)Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (7)University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (8)Londonderry High School, Londonderry, NH, United States, (9)Reeve Engineers, Anchorage, AK, United States, (10)Wentworth Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston, MA, United States
07:36
Using Machine Learning and Geomagnetic Storm Data to Determine the Risk of GIC Occurrence (693114)
Michael Coughlan, University of New Hampshire, Physics, Durham, NH, United States, Amy M Keesee, University of New Hampshire, Physics and Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States, Victor A Pinto, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, Durham, NH, United States, Jeremiah W Johnson, University of New Hampshire, Manchester, United States and Hyunju KIM Connor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
07:39
Discussion