Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Jun 2007
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Space Weather, Volume 5, Issue 6, CiteID S06005
Physics
Geophysics
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History Of Geophysics: Solar/Planetary Relationships, Space Weather: General Or Miscellaneous
Scientific paper
The recent publication in this journal of a research paper on the 1859 solar storm (S. F. Odenwald and J. L. Green, Space Weather, 5, S06002, doi:10.1029/2006SW000262, 2007) demonstrates that revisiting historical events can be a useful way in which to gain an understanding of contemporary issues in space weather. The intense geomagnetic disturbances following the solar activity in late August-early September 1859, including the first observation of a white light flare by Richard Carrington, have long been recognized to be among the largest recorded in the past century and a half. Although the effect of auroras on electrical telegraph systems had first been noticed as early as 1847, it was the widespread disturbances in Europe and the eastern United States from the 1859 events that provided the impetus for engineers to work on mitigation strategies. The 1859 events also demonstrated the need for more fundamental understanding of the causes that could produce the "anomalous" currents on the telegraph systems.
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