Assessing the impact of space weather on the electric power grid based on insurance claims for industrial electrical equipment

Space Weather

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 487-498

  Schrijver, C J ^a   Dobbins, R ^b   Murtagh, W ^c   Petrinec, S M ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b Zurich Services Corporation   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

space weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905713173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014SW001066     Document Type: Article

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