Journal
SPACE WEATHER-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
Volume 6, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2008SW000408
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- National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme of South Africa
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Geomagnetically induced currents (GICs), resulting from adverse space weather, have been demonstrated to cause damage to power transformers in the midlatitudes. There is growing concern over possible GIC effects in the Southern African network because of its long power lines. Previous efforts to model the electric field associated with GICs in South Africa have used a uniform ground conductivity model. In an effort to improve the modeling of GICs, GIC data together with the Hermanus Magnetic Observatory geomagnetic field data were used in order to obtain a multilayered ground conductivity structure. The method requires a definition of the network coefficients, which are then used in subsequent calculations. This study shows that GIC computed using the new network coefficients and the multilayered ground conductivity model improves the accuracy of GIC modeling. GIC statistics are then derived on the basis of the recordings of the geomagnetic field from 1996 to 2006 at Hermanus, the new network coefficients, and ground conductivity model. The geoelectric field was modeled using the plane wave method.
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