18 papers
Assessing the economic benefits of space weather mitigation investment decisions: Evidence from Aotearoa New Zealand
Edward J. Oughton, Andrew Renton, Daniel Mac Marnus +2
The paper quantifies the potential GDP losses in New Zealand from an extreme geomagnetic storm and evaluates how different mitigation strategies for geomagnetically induced current…
Major Space Weather Risks Identified via Coupled Physics-Engineering-Economic Modeling
Edward J. Oughton, Dennies K. Bor, Robert Weigel +5
Space weather poses an important but under-quantified threat to society. While severe geomagnetic storms are recognized as potential global catastrophes, their socio-economic impac…
Preparing for the Next Carrington: Spatiotemporal Agent-Based Modeling for Safeguarding Satellite Infrastructure Under Extreme Space Weather Disturbances
Rushil Kukreja, Edward J. Oughton, Phillip M. Cunio +1
Extreme space weather poses an existential threat to modern satellite infrastructure, with a Carrington-class solar storm projected to cause economic losses of billions of dollars…
A Comparative Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment of the US High-Voltage Transmission Network
D. Bor, E. J. Oughton, R. S. Weigel +4
Modern economies depend critically on high-voltage power transmission networks. Yet this infrastructure is routinely disrupted by natural hazards ranging from earthquakes and flood…
C-SWIM: A Coupled Space Weather Impact Model for Satellite Fleet Vulnerability and Economic Loss Under a 1-in-100-Year Solar Energetic Particle Event
D. Bor, E. J. Oughton, R. S. Weigel +4
Modern economies depend critically on satellite infrastructure, yet the aggregate economic consequences of extreme solar energetic particle (SEP) events have not been rigorously as…
A Reproducible Method for Mapping Electricity Transmission Infrastructure for Space Weather Risk Assessment
Edward J. Oughton, Evan Alexander Peters, Dennies Bor +3
Space weather risk assessment is constrained by the lack of available asset information needed to model Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GICs) in electricity transmission infrastr…