Ebook: Effects of Space Weather on Technology Infrastructure

The 17 chapters of this book grew out of the tutorial lectures given by leading world-class experts at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop “Effects of Space Weather on Technology Infrastructure” - ESPRIT, which was held in Rhodes on March 25-29, 2004. All manuscripts were refereed and subsequently meticulously edited by the editor to ensure the highest quality for this monograph. I owe particular thanks to the lecturers of the ESPRIT Advanced Research Workshop for producing these excellent tutorial reviews, which convey the essential knowledge and the latest advances in our field. Due to the breadth, extensive literature citations and quality of the reviews we expect this publication to serve extremely well as a reference book. Multimedia material referring to individual chapters of the book is accessible on the accompanying CD. The aim of ESPRIT was to assess existing knowledge and identify future actions regarding monitoring, forecasting and mitigation of space weather induced malfunction and damage of vital technological systems operating in space and on the ground.

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The highly variable conditions in the Earth-related space environment, including the Sun, the interplanetary medium and the coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere-atmosphere system, are collectively known as space weather. In the recent past we have experienced that space weather influences the performance and reliability of space- and ground-based technological systems. Although several technological impacts of space weather had been known for some time, it was not before the 1990s that their significance increased dramatically and their severity became apparent. Furthermore, an increasing susceptibility of spacecraft systems to space weather disturbances has been noticed, presumably due to "softer" designs of electronic components, reduction in subsystem sizes, and increases in performance demands. On the ground side, previously unidentified effects of space weather on power grids have been discovered recently.

The 17 chapters of this book provide an update of the existing knowledge on dynamic physical processes at the Sun, the interplanetary space and the geospace, as well as thorough reviews of the major mechanisms in which space weather disturbances influence technological systems. The book moreover reports recent advances in monitoring and predicting space weather and its impacts on technology systems and introduces new tools and methods for accurate predictions of space weather disturbances.

Target audience:

researchers, teachers and students in space physics and space-related engineering, electric power and space communication technology community, astronomers, non-specialist physicists and engineers.

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The highly variable conditions in the Earth-related space environment, including the Sun, the interplanetary medium and the coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere-atmosphere system, are collectively known as space weather. In the recent past we have experienced that space weather influences the performance and reliability of space- and ground-based technological systems. Although several technological impacts of space weather had been known for some time, it was not before the 1990s that their significance increased dramatically and their severity became apparent. Furthermore, an increasing susceptibility of spacecraft systems to space weather disturbances has been noticed, presumably due to "softer" designs of electronic components, reduction in subsystem sizes, and increases in performance demands. On the ground side, previously unidentified effects of space weather on power grids have been discovered recently.

The 17 chapters of this book provide an update of the existing knowledge on dynamic physical processes at the Sun, the interplanetary space and the geospace, as well as thorough reviews of the major mechanisms in which space weather disturbances influence technological systems. The book moreover reports recent advances in monitoring and predicting space weather and its impacts on technology systems and introduces new tools and methods for accurate predictions of space weather disturbances.

Target audience:

researchers, teachers and students in space physics and space-related engineering, electric power and space communication technology community, astronomers, non-specialist physicists and engineers.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Specifying and Forecasting Space Weather Threats to Human Technology....Pages 1-25
Geospace storm dynamics....Pages 27-42
Structure and Dynamics of the Outer Radiation Belt....Pages 43-64
The Ion Radiation Belts: Experiments and Models....Pages 65-90
Outlook on Space Weather Effects on Spacecraft....Pages 91-108
Space Weather Effects on SOHO and its Space Weather Warning Capabilities....Pages 109-122
Prevention of Spacecraft Anomalies — The Role of Space Climate and Space Weather Models....Pages 123-145
The relation of high- and low-orbit satellite anomalies to different geophysical parameters....Pages 147-163
Simulation of Space Radiation Effects in Microelectronic Parts....Pages 165-184
The Effects of Space Weather on Radio Systems....Pages 185-201
Effects of Solar Radio Bursts on Wireless Systems....Pages 203-213
Space Weather Effects on Aircraft Operations....Pages 215-234
Ground Effects of Space Weather....Pages 235-256
Space Weather and the Vulnerability of Electric Power Grids....Pages 257-286
Space Weather Effects on Power Transmission Systems: The Cases of Hydro-Qu?bec and Transpower New ZealandLtd....Pages 287-299
Neutron Monitor Network in Real Time and Space Weather....Pages 301-317
Space Weather Research and the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)....Pages 319-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-334

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The highly variable conditions in the Earth-related space environment, including the Sun, the interplanetary medium and the coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere-atmosphere system, are collectively known as space weather. In the recent past we have experienced that space weather influences the performance and reliability of space- and ground-based technological systems. Although several technological impacts of space weather had been known for some time, it was not before the 1990s that their significance increased dramatically and their severity became apparent. Furthermore, an increasing susceptibility of spacecraft systems to space weather disturbances has been noticed, presumably due to "softer" designs of electronic components, reduction in subsystem sizes, and increases in performance demands. On the ground side, previously unidentified effects of space weather on power grids have been discovered recently.

The 17 chapters of this book provide an update of the existing knowledge on dynamic physical processes at the Sun, the interplanetary space and the geospace, as well as thorough reviews of the major mechanisms in which space weather disturbances influence technological systems. The book moreover reports recent advances in monitoring and predicting space weather and its impacts on technology systems and introduces new tools and methods for accurate predictions of space weather disturbances.

Target audience:

researchers, teachers and students in space physics and space-related engineering, electric power and space communication technology community, astronomers, non-specialist physicists and engineers.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Specifying and Forecasting Space Weather Threats to Human Technology....Pages 1-25
Geospace storm dynamics....Pages 27-42
Structure and Dynamics of the Outer Radiation Belt....Pages 43-64
The Ion Radiation Belts: Experiments and Models....Pages 65-90
Outlook on Space Weather Effects on Spacecraft....Pages 91-108
Space Weather Effects on SOHO and its Space Weather Warning Capabilities....Pages 109-122
Prevention of Spacecraft Anomalies — The Role of Space Climate and Space Weather Models....Pages 123-145
The relation of high- and low-orbit satellite anomalies to different geophysical parameters....Pages 147-163
Simulation of Space Radiation Effects in Microelectronic Parts....Pages 165-184
The Effects of Space Weather on Radio Systems....Pages 185-201
Effects of Solar Radio Bursts on Wireless Systems....Pages 203-213
Space Weather Effects on Aircraft Operations....Pages 215-234
Ground Effects of Space Weather....Pages 235-256
Space Weather and the Vulnerability of Electric Power Grids....Pages 257-286
Space Weather Effects on Power Transmission Systems: The Cases of Hydro-Qu?bec and Transpower New ZealandLtd....Pages 287-299
Neutron Monitor Network in Real Time and Space Weather....Pages 301-317
Space Weather Research and the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)....Pages 319-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-334
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