Effects of Strong Geomagnetic Storms on Northern Railways in Russia

Author

Belov, A.V. ; Gaidash, S.P. ; Eroshenko, E.A. ; Lobkov, V.L. ; Pirjola, R. ; Trichtchenko, L.

Author_Institution

Russian Acad. of Sci.

fYear

2007

fDate

26-29 June 2007

Firstpage

280

Lastpage

282

Abstract

In 2000 to 2005, 15 severe magnetic storms took place, and each of them had a response in the operation of the Signalization, Centralization and Blockage (SCB) system in the high-latitude parts of Russian railways. This response was revealed as false signals about the occupation of someparts of the railways. It turned out that such the signals on the Northern railways (~58-64degN) appeared exactly at the times of the main phases of the strongest geomagnetic storms characterized by geomagnetic Dst and Kp(Ap) indices. The analysis performed shows an almost 100%-correlation between the SCB anomalies and the strongest (Kp = 8 or 9) geomagnetic storms. The obvious reasons for the anomalies are geomagnetically induced currents (GIC) during the significant strengthening of geomagnetic activity.

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; electromagnetic interference; magnetic storms; railways; Russia northern railways; geomagnetic storm effect; geomagnetically induced current; signalization centralization-and-blockage system; Earth; Geomagnetism; Ionosphere; Laboratories; Magnetic analysis; Magnetosphere; Meteorology; Rail transportation; Relays; Storms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility and Electromagnetic Ecology, 2007 7th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Saint-Petersburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1270-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1270-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMCECO.2007.4371710

Filename

4371710