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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 Aug 12 0245 UTC
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary

SGAS Number 224 Issued at 0245Z on 12 AUG 1998 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 11 AUG
A. Energetic Events
Begin  Max  End  Rgn   Loc   Xray  Op 245MHz 10cm   Sweep
0000 0000 0000                       110
0402 0402 0403                       900
0454 0459 0509              M1.0
1255 1256 1256                       230
1427 1427 1427                       360
B. Proton Events
None.
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD HAS BEEN QUIET AT MIDDLE LATITUDES, AND QUIET TO UNSETTLED AT HIGH LATITUDES FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS.
D. Stratwarm
None.
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 CM 150  SSN 144  AFR/AP 006/009   X-RAY BACKGROUND B5.8
DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS)
GT 1 MEV 4.4E+05   GT 10 MEV 1.5E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE
GT 2 MEV 1.10E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
3 HOUR K-INDICES:
BOULDER 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 PLANETARY 3 1 1 2 3 3 3 3
F. Comments
  None


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