Monday, October 15, 2012

Arctic probe into solar storm sat-nav disruption


Scientists in the Arctic have launched an urgent investigation into how solar storms can disrupt sat-nav.

Studies have revealed how space weather can cut the accuracy of GPS by tens of metres.

Flares from the Sun interact with the upper atmosphere and can distort the signals from global positioning satellites.

See full Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19897221