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The Impact of Space Weather on UK Railways

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The Impact of Space Weather on UK Railways. / Patterson, Cameron; Wild, Jim.
2021. Poster session presented at Space weather and the solid Earth: the hazard to technology at the Earth’s surface.

Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Poster

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Patterson, C & Wild, J 2021, 'The Impact of Space Weather on UK Railways', Space weather and the solid Earth: the hazard to technology at the Earth’s surface, 12/03/21 - 12/03/21.

APA

Patterson, C., & Wild, J. (2021). The Impact of Space Weather on UK Railways. Poster session presented at Space weather and the solid Earth: the hazard to technology at the Earth’s surface.

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Patterson C, Wild J. The Impact of Space Weather on UK Railways. 2021. Poster session presented at Space weather and the solid Earth: the hazard to technology at the Earth’s surface.

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Patterson, Cameron ; Wild, Jim. / The Impact of Space Weather on UK Railways. Poster session presented at Space weather and the solid Earth: the hazard to technology at the Earth’s surface.

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