Mögel–Dellinger effect
Perturbación ionosférica súbita
- Date
- 1930 · confidence high
- Place
- Berlin, Germany
- Credited to
- Hans Mögel
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Sudden disruption of shortwave radio communications caused by increased ionization in the D layer of the ionosphere during a solar flare; described by Hans Mögel and, independently, by John Dellinger.
What it led to
- modern space weather forecasting
- solar storm warning systems
- study of the Sun-ionosphere relationship
- protection of radio communication networks