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Geomagnetically Induced Currents: Science, Engineering, and Applications ReadinessThis paper is the primary deliverable of the very first NASA Living With a Star Institute Working Group, Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GIC) Working Group. The paper provides a broad overview of the current status and future challenges pertaining to the science, engineering, and applications of the GIC problem. Science is understood here as the basic space and Earth sciences research that allows improved understanding and physics-based modeling of the physical processes behind GIC. Engineering, in turn, is understood here as the ''impact'' aspect of GIC. Applications are understood as the models, tools, and activities that can provide actionable information to entities such as power systems operators for mitigating the effects of GIC and government agencies for managing any potential consequences from GIC impact to critical infrastructure. Applications can be considered the ultimate goal of our GIC work. In assessing the status of the field, we quantify the readiness of various applications in the mitigation context. We use the Applications Readiness Level (ARL) concept to carry out the quantification.
Document ID
20180003243
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
A, Pulkkinen
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Bernabeu, E.
(Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection (PJM) Valley Forge, PA, United States)
Thomson, A.
(Natural Environmental Research Council Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Viljanen, A.
(Finnish Meteorological Inst. Helsinki, Finland)
Pirjola, R.
(Finnish Meteorological Inst. Helsinki, Finland)
Boteler, D.
(Natural Resources Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Eichner, J.
(Munich Reinsurance Co. Germany)
Cilliers, P. J.
(South African National Space Agency (SANSA) Pretoria, South Africa)
Welling, D.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Savani, N. P.
(Maryland Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Weigel, R. S.
(George Mason Univ. Fairfax, VA, United States)
Love, J. J.
(Geological Survey Golden, CO, United States)
Balch, C.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder, CO, United States)
Ngwira, C. M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Crowley, G.
(Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates Boulder, CO, United States)
Schultz, A.
(Oregon State Univ. Corvallis, OR, United States)
Kataoka, R.
(National Inst. of Polar Research Tokyo, Japan)
Anderson, B.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Laurel, MD, United States)
Fugate, D.
(Electric Research and Management, Inc Cabot, PA, United States)
Simpson, J. J.
(Utah Univ. Salt Lake City, UT, United States)
MacAlester, M.
(Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
June 4, 2018
Publication Date
January 30, 2017
Publication Information
Publication: Space Weather
Publisher: AGU Publication
Volume: 15
Issue: 7
ISSN: 1539-4956
e-ISSN: 1542-7390
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Geophysics
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN49612
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Geomagnetically induced currents
Modeling

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