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Not so sunny weather: When currents go bad
Solving the mystery of a phone outage in 1972 has illuminated new threats from the sun.
References:
Boteler, D.H., and G.J. van Beek. 1999. August 4, 1972 revisited: A new look at the geomagnetic disturbance that caused the L4 cable system outage. Geophysical Research Letters 26(March 1):577.
Further Readings:
NOAA's Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colo., provides current status reports on the sun's activity at http://www.sec.noaa.gov.
Additional information about solar weather can be found at the University of Michigan's Web site at http://www.windows.umich.edu/ and at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center at http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/.
Sources:
David H. Boteler
Geological Survey of Canada
Geomagnetic Laboratory
7 Observatory Crescent
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0Y3
Canada
JoAnn C. Joselyn
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Space Environment Center
325 Broadway, 3033 Bwy-1
Boulder, CO 80303
G. Jansen van Beek
Geological Survey of Canada
Geomagnetic Laboratory
7 Observatory Crescent
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0Y3
Canada
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 10, March 6, 1999, p. 150. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
