Forecasting the impact of an 1859-calibre superstorm on satellite resources

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 280-297

  Odenwald, Sten ^a,b   Green, James ^b   Taylor, William ^a,b  

^a QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic impacts; Radiation sickness; Satellite anomalies; Satellite failures; Space weather; Superstorms; Technology impacts

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ORBITS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE SHUTTLES; STORMS;

ECONOMIC IMPACTS; RADIATION SICKNESS; SATELLITE ANOMALIES; SATELLITE FAILURES; SPACE WEATHER; SUPERSTORMS; TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33749576164     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.10.046     Document Type: Article

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