Sentences with phrase «during solar storms»

Earth's magnetic defences are weakest at the poles (see diagram), allowing electrons and protons to pour into the atmosphere during solar storms.

The research goes beyond the discovery of electrons being sucked out of the ionosphere during solar storms.

From previous lunar research, they estimated that the top millimeter of regolith would be buried by meteoroid impacts after about a million years, so it would be too deep to be subject to electric charging during solar storms.

New research from DTU Space and University of New Brunswick, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and University of Illinois shows that, apparently, there is a surprising and unknown mechanism in play during solar storms.

While EM - 1 will not likely encounter a solar storm, the mission will pass through the Van Allen radiation belt - a zone of energetic charged particles that emanate from solar winds - providing an opportunity to test AstroRad in conditions similar to those found during a solar storm.

Air traffic control fails during a solar storm.

Operational units of FMI apply Arctic Space Centre's data and products for supporting sea ice navigation in the Baltic, air control e.g. in cases of volcanic eruptions, flood monitoring in spring time, and space weather services during solar storms.

Jackman says that prior to his study scientists had good measurements of ozone levels during solar storms, but they didn't have as comprehensive a measurement for the effect that protons have on nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2).

During solar storms, space - farers hunker in shielded areas of their stations akin to tornado or bomb shelters.

During solar storms, large bursts of electrons are usually sent into the part of Earth's atmosphere called the ionosphere, which starts about 80 kilometres above the Earth.