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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 2002 Aug 26 0245 UTCPrepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
SGAS Number 238 Issued at 0245Z on 26 Aug 2002 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 25 AugA. Energetic Events
Begin Max End Rgn Loc Xray Op 245MHz 10cm Sweep 0236 0236 0236 370 0252 0253 0254 210 0315 0321 0330 C3.1 II 0447 0447 0447 130 0558 0602 0606 170 0640 0640 0641 180 1845 1853 1858 0083 S17W40 M1.1 Sf 85 46 2251 2255 2255 970 2338 2346 2353 0083 S18W42 M1.9 Sf 340
B. Proton Events
The greater than 10 MeV proton event continues in
progress--start 24/0140 UTC, 317 pfu peak 24/0835 UTC, and current
flux about 20 pfu.
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
The geomagnetic field was quiet to
unsettled.
D. Stratwarm
None
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 179 SSN 136 Afr/Ap 006/009 X-ray Background C1.1 Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs) GT 1 MeV 7.0e+07 GT 10 MeV 6.8e+06 p/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees) Daily Electron Fluence GT 2 MeV 4.20e+07 e/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees) 3 Hour K-indices Boulder 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 3 Planetary 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
F. Comments
The Afr index reported in Part E is estimated from Boulder observations.
All times in UTC
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