Satellite and power companies are also trying to design technology that can better withstand the higher radiation loads unleashed by solar storms.

Trenberth points to disconcerting discrepancies and spurious variations in records, including those of precipitation and solar radiation, derived from different satellite sensors.

Every year, several days before and after the spring Equinox and the Autumnal Equinox, the Synchronous satellite signals received by the earth stations are affected by the solar radiation.