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Michael A. Hapgood

Editor, Space Weather

Very low frequency emissions detected during the September 2017 space weather events
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Innovative Way to Detect Space Weather Impact on Power Grids

by Michael A. Hapgood 19 July 201813 October 2021

Very low frequency radio, a well-proven tool for solar-terrestrial studies, proves to be adept at detecting the stresses that space weather imposes on the transformers at the heart of power grids.

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Catching the Oncoming Radiation Storm

by Michael A. Hapgood 13 April 201815 June 2022

Improved processing enables satellite-based radiation sensors to match ground-based sensors in providing prompt warnings of the onset of atmospheric radiation storms that can endanger civil aviation.

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Exploring How Space Weather Can Damage Power Grids

by Michael A. Hapgood 7 February 201813 October 2021

A new model of geomagnetically induced currents revisits how space weather damaged a New Zealand grid transformer in 2001, and shows how much worse it could be in a space weather superstorm.

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Space Weather: Exploiting Meteorology’s Toolkit

by Michael A. Hapgood 31 January 20184 May 2022

Space weather forecasting is benefiting, and can benefit much further, from concepts and tools already developed by the global meteorological community.

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A Wake-up Call from the Sun

by Michael A. Hapgood 12 October 201710 March 2023

A sudden burst of activity from the Sun in early September 2017 caused a wide range of space weather effects at Earth.

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