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ABOUT
THE
PROGRAM
CHESS is a National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator Project that is progressing societal resilience to space weather.
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CHESS is focused on one of the most important and immediate impacts of space weather disturbances: disruptive and potentially catastrophic induced currents in the electric power grid known as geomagnetically induced currents (GICs).
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We serve:
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Bulk power system operators, planners, and designers;
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Power system decision makers; and
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Space weather researchers

An illustration of Earth’s magnetic field lines, which are generated by the planet’s swirling liquid outer core and curve as they get buffeted by the solar wind. Credit: ESA/ATG Medialab
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