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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 1996 Dec 17 0245 UTCPrepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
SGAS Number 352 Issued at 0245Z on 17 DEC 1996 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 16 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
QUIET TO UNSETTLED.
D. Stratwarm
None
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 CM 086 SSN 027 AFR/AP 010/ 010 X-RAY BACKGROUND B1.2 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 1.1E+06 GT 10 MEV 1.7E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 1.9E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 PLANETARY 3 2 3 3 2 1 2 3
F. Comments
None
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