Space Weather: IMF Control of Ionospheric Variability and Electrical Power Disruptions

该项目研究影响无线电通信系统的电离层扰动，以及电力公司的故障。 行星际磁场（IMF）的微妙性将实际问题及其相关的战略和经济影响联系起来。 研究表明，这两种疾病的严重程度都遵循半年一次的模式，其中一种在跨越春分点的几个月内达到最大值。 这是与IMF与地球磁层相互作用有关的地磁活动中的一个众所周知的效应。 该项目将把这种“地理有效性”的概念扩大到国际货币基金组织几何学所规定和预测的电离层可变性的具体说明。 目的是探索货币基金组织与地球内部环境联系的基本性质，以便了解停电等重大影响是如何发生的。

This project investigates the ionospheric perturbations impacting radio communication systems, and the failures of electrical power companies. Both practical concerns and their associated strategic and economic impacts are linked by the subtleties of the interplanetary magnetic filed (IMF). Studies show both of these have a severity that follows a semi-annual pattern, one with maxima during months spanning the equinoxes. This is a well known effect in geomagnetic activity linked to IMF interactions with the terrestrial magnetosphere. This project will extend the concept of such "geo-effectiveness" to the specification of ionospheric variability, as ordered and predicted by IMF geometry. The goal is to probe the fundamental nature of IMF linkages to the inner terrestrial environment in order to understand how such major impacts as power failures can occur.