Operational impact · Transport

Aviation

Aircraft on polar routes can lose high-frequency radio contact during solar radio blackouts and are exposed to raised radiation levels during solar particle events, sometimes forcing flights to divert to lower latitudes.

Solar Energetic Particles (SEP)
NOAA S-Scale (Solar Radiation Storms)
NOAA R-Scale (Radio Blackouts)

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Associated withSolar Energetic Particles (SEP)
Associated withNOAA S-Scale (Solar Radiation Storms)
Associated withNOAA R-Scale (Radio Blackouts)

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NOAA SWPCNOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space-weather forecasts and alerts: aurora (OVATION), the Kp index, and the G1–G5 geomagnetic storm scale.

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Aviation

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Aviation

Drivers, environments & assets

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