Evaluating the relationship between strong geomagnetic storms and electric grid failures in Poland using the geoelectric field as a GIC proxy | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Topical Issue - Geomagnetic Storms and Substorms: a Geomagnetically Induced Current perspective

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 11, 2021 Topical Issue - Geomagnetic Storms and Substorms: a Geomagnetically Induced Current perspective


Article Number		30
Number of page(s)		12
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2021013
Published online		16 April 2021

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