The Grid vs. The Next Big Solar Storm

2019-09-28

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References:

[1] https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/content/-/article/sdo

[2] https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/23jul_superstorm/

[3] https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/06may_carringtonflare

[4] http://www.hydroquebec.com/learning/notions-de-base/tempete-mars-1989.html

[5] https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/sun_darkness.html

[6] https://www.rpi.edu/dept/phys/ScIT/InformationStorage/faraday/magnetism_a.html

[7] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/geomagnetic-storm-march-13-1989-extreme-space-weather/

[8] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128124413000161

[9] https://www.nerc.com/comm/PC/Geomagnetic%20Disturbance%20Task%20Force%20GMDTF%202013/GMD%20Planning%20Guide_approved.pdf

[10] https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/impacts/space-weather-and-gps-systems

[11] https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6281595

[12] https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/alternating-current/chpt-9/practical-considerations-transformers/

[13] https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/696140.pdf

[14] https://relays.weebly.com/electromechanical-relays.html

[15] https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005695782 [16] https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2011SW000715#swe481-fig-0004

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