Session 5 Handling Vulnerabilities and Risks: Power Grids, Aviation, and Communication Networks

Tuesday, 14 January 2020: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chairs:
William Bauman III, FAA NextGen Aviation Weather Division, Washington, DC and Robert Rutledge, NWS/SWPC, Swpc, Boulder, CO

Space weather affects many of the technologies we have come to depend on in everyday life: access to satellite navigation signals, efficient and timely commercial aviation, and the dependable supply of electricity, to name a few. Awareness of the space weather impacts to these technologies has grown substantially in recent times and continues to mature. Additionally, these impacts and corresponding risks are not static as the technologies themselves have continued to evolve. This session will explore the current state-of-the-art in addressing the space weather impacts to these technologies including where progress been made and where major challenges remain.

Papers:
8:30 AM
5.1
Federal Railroad Administration User Needs (Invited Presentation)
Sam Alibrahim, Federal Railroad Administration, Washington, DC

8:45 AM
5.2
Magnetic Storm Geoelectric Hazard Maps and the Induction of Voltages on Power Grids
Jeffrey J. Love, USGS, Denver, CO; and E. J. Rigler, G. Lucas, P. A. Bedrosian, and A. Kelbert

9:00 AM
5.3
Lessons Learned in Latin America from the WMO/ICAO Space Weather Services Initiative (Invited Presentation)
Joaquim E.R. Costa, INPE, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil; and J. E. R. Costa, C. M. D. Nardin, J. Valdivia, S. Dasso, J. A. Gonzalez-Esparza, A. Meza, M. P. Natali, and L. P. O. Mendoza
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