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Geophysical report
Any mentioned solar flare in this report has a scaling factor applied by the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). Because of the SWPC scaling factor, solar flares are reported as 42% smaller than for the science quality data. The scaling factor has been removed from our archived solar flare data to reflect the true physical units.
Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary 2000 Aug 18 0245 UTCPrepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
SGAS Number 231 Issued at 0245Z on 18 AUG 2000 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 17 AUGA. Energetic Events
Begin Max End Rgn Loc Xray Op 245MHz 10cm Sweep 0820 0821 0827 9125 N22W14 SF 120
B. Proton Events
None
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
QUIET TO ACTIVE.
D. Stratwarm
None
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 CM 177 SSN 252 AFR/AP 009/011 X-RAY BACKGROUND B6.7 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 3.8E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.0E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 1.10E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 2 3 4 4 1 2 0 1 PLANETARY 2 4 4 4 2 3 3 2
F. Comments
None
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