Feasibility Studies of New High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse Test Materials

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Polun
1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Liu ◽  
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S. Sands ◽  
F. Tesche ◽  
P. Barnes ◽  
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1992 ◽  
Vol 06 (20) ◽  
pp. 3353-3380 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIO RABINOWITZ ◽  
A.P. SAKIS MELIOPOULOS ◽  
ELIAS N. GLYTSIS ◽  
GEORGE J. COKKINIDES

In addition to a fast electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a high altitude nuclear burst produces a relatively slow magnetohydrodynamic EMP (MHD EMP), whose effects are like those from solar storm geomagnetically induced currents (SS-GIC). The MHD EMP electric field E≲10−1 V/m and lasts ≲102 sec , whereas for solar storms E≳10−2 V/m and lasts ≳103 sec . Although the solar storm electric field is lower than MHD EMP, the solar storm effects are generally greater due to their much longer duration. Substorms produce much smaller effects than SS-GIC, but occur much more frequently. This paper describes the physics of such geomagnetic disturbances and analyzes their effects.


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