Part 1. Overview of impacts and effects -- Linking space weather science to impacts - the view from the earth -- Part 2. Solar origins and statistics of extremes -- Extreme solar eruptions and their space weather consequences -- Solar flare forecasting: present methods and challenges -- Geoeffectiveness of solar and interplanetary structures and generation of strong geomagnetic storms -- Statistics of extreme space weather events -- Data-driven modeling of extreme space weather -- Part 3. Geomagnetic storms and geomagnetically induced currents -- Supergeomagnetic storms: past, present, and future An overview of science challenges pertaining to our understanding of extreme geomagnetically induced currents -- Extreme-event geoelectric hazard maps -- Geomagnetic storms: first-principles models for extreme geospace environment -- Empirical modeling of extreme events: storm-time geomagnetic field, electric current, and pressure distributions -- Part 4. Plasma and radiation environment -- Extreme space weather events: a GOES perspective -- Near-Earth radiation environment for extreme solar and geomagnetic conditions -- Magnetospheric "killer" relativistic electron dropouts (REDs) and repopulation: a cyclical process -- Extreme space weather spacecraft surface charging and arcing effects -- Deep dielectric charging and spacecraft anomalies -- Solar particle events and human deep space exploration: measurements and considerations -- Characterizing the variation in atmospheric radiation at aviation altitudes -- High-energy transient luminous atmospheric phenomena: the potential danger for suborbital flights -- Part 5. Ionospheric/thermospheric effects and impacts -- Ionosphere and thermosphere responses to extreme geomagnetic storms -- How might the thermosphere and ionosphere react to an extreme space weather event? -- The effect of solar radio bursts on GNSS signals -- Extreme ionospheric storms and their effects on GPS systems -- Recent geoeffective space weather events and technological system impacts -- Extreme space weather in time: effects on Earth -- Part 6. Dealing with the space weather -- Dealing with space weather: the Canadian experience -- Space weather: what are policymakers seeking? -- Extreme space weather and emergency management -- The social and economic impacts of moderate and severe space weather -- Severe space weather events in the Australian context -- Extreme space weather research in Japan.
Summary:
Extreme Events in Geospace: Origins, Predictability, and Consequences helps deepen the understanding, description, and forecasting of the complex and inter-related phenomena of extreme space weather events. Composed of chapters written by representatives from many different institutions and fields of space research, the book offers discussions ranging from definitions and historical knowledge to operational issues and methods of analysis. Given that extremes in ionizing radiation, ionospheric irregularities, and geomagnetically induced currents may have the potential to disrupt our technologies or pose danger to human health, it is increasingly important to synthesize the information available on not only those consequences but also the origins and predictability of such events. Extreme Events in Geospace: Origins, Predictability, and Consequences is a valuable source for providing the latest research for geophysicists and space weather scientists, as well as industries impacted by space weather events, including GNSS satellites and radio communication, power grids, aviation, and human spaceflight.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.