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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 2015 Oct 18 0245 UTCPrepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
SGAS Number 291 Issued at 0245Z on 18 Oct 2015 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 17 OctA. Energetic Events
Begin Max End Rgn Loc Xray Op 245MHz 10cm Sweep 0243 0248 0259 2434 S12E45 C1.3 Sf 190 0413 0417 0422 2435 S15E75 C2.8 Sf II 2009 2023 2028 M1.1 2035 2042 2046 M1.5
B. Proton Events
None
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
Field activity was at quiet to
active levels.
D. Stratwarm
Not available
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 117 SSN 083 Afr/Ap 009/008 X-ray Background B7.1 Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs) GT 1 MeV 7.1e+05 GT 10 MeV 1.1e+04 p/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-13 satellite synchronous orbit W74 degrees) Daily Electron Fluence GT 2 MeV 1.80e+08 e/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-13 satellite synchronous orbit W74 degrees) 3 Hour K-indices Boulder 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 Planetary 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2
F. Comments
None
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