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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 2003 Mar 20 0245 UTCPrepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
SGAS Number 079 Issued at 0245Z on 20 Mar 2003 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 19 MarA. Energetic Events
Begin Max End Rgn Loc Xray Op 245MHz 10cm Sweep 0210 0215 0223 0314 S14W56 C1.7 1n 140 II 0258 0307 0421 M1.5 52 0636 0646 0649 0314 S12W60 M1.6 2f 0934 0953 1000 0314 S15W57 M3.7 1n 30 1325 1332 1338 0314 S07W61 M1.4 2f 34 2039 2051 2055 C1.3 280 2157 2158 2158 150
B. Proton Events
None
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
The geomagnetic field was quiet to
active.
D. Stratwarm
None
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 108 SSN 053 Afr/Ap 012/014 X-ray Background B3.6 Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs) GT 1 MeV 2.8e+06 GT 10 MeV 1.5e+04 p/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees) Daily Electron Fluence GT 2 MeV 2.20e+08 e/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees) 3 Hour K-indices Boulder 3 4 3 2 2 3 2 2 Planetary 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2
F. Comments
The Afr index reported in Part E is estimated from Boulder observations.
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