Space weather can disrupt GPS signals.
空间天气可能会干扰 GPS 信号。
Because a strong solar storm was predicted, engineers put the satellite into safe mode to reduce the risk from space weather.
由于预测将发生强太阳风暴,工程师将卫星切换到安全模式,以降低空间天气带来的风险。
词源 Etymology
space 源自拉丁语 spatium(“空间、距离”),经古法语进入英语;weather 源自古英语 weder(“天气、气象”)。合起来的 space weather 属于较现代的科技用语,借用“地面天气”的概念来比喻近地空间环境的“变化与影响”,在航天与电磁环境领域中逐渐固定下来。
**National Research Council — Severe Space Weather Events—Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts (2008)**(讨论“空间天气事件”的社会与经济影响)
**Committee on the Effects of Solar Variability on Earth’s Climate, National Research Council — The Sun to the Earth—and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics (2003)**(在太阳与空间物理研究语境中使用“space weather”)
Daniel Baker(等)— 发表在 Scientific American 等科普媒体的文章(常以“space weather/solar storms”解释太阳活动对现代技术的影响)