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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.
:Product: 20041218SGAS.txt
:Issued: 2004 Dec 18 0250 UT
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.comJoint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
SGAS Number 353 Issued at 0245Z on 18 Dec 2004 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 17 DecA. Energetic Events
Begin Max End Rgn Loc Xray Op 245MHz 10cm Sweep None
B. Proton Events
None.
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
The geomagnetic field was at quiet
to active levels with a period of minor storming between 17/0300Z
and 17/0600Z. The active to minor storm levels were due to the
continued influence of a geoeffective coronal hole high speed
stream.
D. Stratwarm
None.
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 090 SSN 040 Afr/Ap 014/015 X-ray Background B1.1 Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs) GT 1 MeV 9.8e+05 GT 10 MeV 1.4e+04 p/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-11 satellite synchronous orbit W105 degrees) Daily Electron Fluence GT 2 MeV 9.50e+06 e/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-12 satellite synchronous orbit W76 degrees) 3 Hour K-indices Boulder 3 5 4 3 2 3 2 2 Planetary 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 3
F. Comments
None.
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