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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 1998 Feb 17 0245 UTCPrepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
SGAS Number 048 Issued at 0245Z on 17 FEB 1998 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 16 FEBA. Energetic Events
Begin Max End Rgn Loc Xray Op 245MHz 10cm Sweep 0208 0215 0218 B5.7 140 0344 0344 0345 200 2308 2308 2308 130
B. Proton Events
None
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET.
D. Stratwarm
None
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 CM 107 SSN 088 AFR/AP 002/003 X-RAY BACKGROUND B2.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 3.0E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.8E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 7.40E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 PLANETARY 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
F. Comments
None
All times in UTC
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