Improving the prediction model of Spanish power grid's vulnerability in solar storms
Friday, June 2, 2017 - 07:32
in Astronomy & Space
In September 1859, a large solar flare caused the most violent geomagnetic storm ever recorded. The Carrington Event was so powerful that it destroyed the telegraph systems of that time. Today, satellites, electric lines, transportation systems,and communications and positioning systems are threatened by the impact of such large-scale geomagnetic storms.