Open AccessImperfect K Index Satisfactory For Electric Power Industry
Author(s) -
Oler Cary
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
space weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.254
H-Index - 56
ISSN - 1542-7390
DOI - 10.1029/2004sw000083
Subject(s) - index (typography) , imperfect , electric power industry , power (physics) , argument (complex analysis) , scale (ratio) , geomagnetic storm , electric power , storm , ideal (ethics) , operations research , computer science , industrial engineering , electrical engineering , earth's magnetic field , meteorology , mathematics , engineering , law , political science , magnetic field , physics , electricity , philosophy , linguistics , biochemistry , chemistry , quantum mechanics , world wide web
The 2004 Space Weather article, “Does the electrical power industry need better storm warnings?” is a good description of the argument that the geomagnetic scale known as the K index is inadequate for the power industry. While the K index is not ideal, what we need is not yet practical. For now at least, the K index is one of the most easily understood, best researched, and applicable indices of magnetic activity for the power industry.