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.
Drivers, environments & assets
Knowledge connections
- Associated withSolar Energetic Particles (SEP)
- Associated withNOAA S-Scale (Solar Radiation Storms)
- Associated withNOAA R-Scale (Radio Blackouts)
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NOAA SWPCNOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space-weather forecasts and alerts: aurora (OVATION), the Kp index, and the G1–G5 geomagnetic storm scale.