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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 2012 May 12 0245 UTCPrepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
SGAS Number 133 Issued at 0245Z on 12 May 2012 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 11 MayA. Energetic Events
Begin Max End Rgn Loc Xray Op 245MHz 10cm Sweep 0000 0936 IV 0350 0353 II 0406 1712 IV 1457 1525 1556 1476 N07W03 Sf 180
B. Proton Events
None
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
The geomagnetic field ranged from
quiet to active levels.
D. Stratwarm
Not available
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 136 SSN 102 Afr/Ap 010/013 X-ray Background B6.1 Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs) GT 1 MeV 4.9e+05 GT 10 MeV 1.2e+04 p/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-13 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees) Daily Electron Fluence GT 2 MeV 1.40e+08 e/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-13 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees) 3 Hour K-indices Boulder 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 1 Planetary 5 3 2 2 1 3 2 2
F. Comments
None
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