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Solar Storms: The Silent Menace

by Dr. Sten Odenwald, Copyright (c) 1998

  1. Figure 1--March 9, 1989 Major Sun Spot
  2. Figure 2--Transformer burnout
  3. Figure 3--Transformer burnout
  4. Figure 4--Transformer electrical circuit
  5. Figure 5--Transformer failure map
  6. Figure 6--Transformer failure rates in US
  7. Figure 7--NOAA-13 Satellite Failure
  8. Figure 8--GOES-4, GOES-5 Anomalies
  9. Figure 9--UOSAT-2 Memory Upsets
  10. Figure 10--US Impact of March 1989 Blackout
  11. Figure 11--Induced Currents in a Long Line
  12. Figure 12--Space Station vs Solar Cycle
  13. Figure 13--SAMPEX Map of Jan 10, 1997 Flare
  14. Figure 14--SAMPEX Plot of CME Arrival
  15. Figure 15--SOHO X-Rays, May 2-5, 1998
  16. Figure 16--SOHO X-Rays, May 5-8, 1998
  17. Figure 17--GOES-4 Failure, November 1982
  18. Figure 18--TDRS-1 Anomalies vs Cosmic Rays
  19. Figure 19--GOES-7 Anomalies, October 19, 1989
  20. Figure 20--GOES-7 and March 23, 1991 Flare
  21. Figure 21--TAOS Satellite SEUs
  22. Figure 22--Sketch of Van Allen Belts
  23. Figure 23--Space Shuttle Dosage Plots vs Altitude
  24. Figure 24--Apollo Landings vs Proton Flares
  25. Figure 25--Cycle 23 Predicted Profile
  26. Figure 26--March 13, 1989 Transformer Burnout
  27. Figure 27--SOHO/LASCO CME on April 20, 1998
  28. Figure 28--SOHO/LASCO CME on May 6, 1998
  29. Figure 29--Cycle 23 With Background Sun
  30. Figure 30--Telstar 401 failure vs radiation background seen by GOES-9 satellite
  31. Figure 31--Anik and GOES-8 failures vs electron fluences
  32. Figure 32--Anik E1 and Telstar 401 failures vs high energy electrons
  33. Figure 33--TDRS-1 satellite anomalies vs cosmic ray fluxes
  34. Figure 34--Table of recorded spacecraft anomalies from 1963 to 1994