Science-Informed Planning for Space Weather Preparedness: Using Space Weather Models to Assess and Optimize Response Strategies
Abstract
We can respond most effectively to challenging situations when we have a plan in place well-ahead of their occurrence. The dynamic and highly-complex nature of space weather and the power grid present a unique challenge for planners, because historical data is inadequate and grid behavior during extreme space weather is largely uncharacterized. Although individual components of the grid are being tested against simple benchmark events, the differences between the characteristics of these events and real space weather events are stark. In this work we present the latest findings from ongoing research at Los Alamos National Laboratory into the impact of time-varying, spatially-realistic geoelectric fields on regional- and continent-scale power networks and the relationship between these impacts and their space weather drivers.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018AGUFMPA21E0996W
- Keywords:
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- 4327 Resilience;
- NATURAL HAZARDSDE: 4343 Preparedness and planning;
- NATURAL HAZARDSDE: 6620 Science policy;
- PUBLIC ISSUESDE: 7964 Policy;
- SPACE WEATHER