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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 Oct 21 0245 UTC
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary

SGAS Number 294 Issued at 0245Z on 21 Oct 2002 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Oct
A. Energetic Events
Begin  Max  End  Rgn   Loc   Xray  Op 245MHz 10cm   Sweep
0032 0045 0111  0162 N27E61 M1.8  1f 260    42
0331 0339 0400  0162 N26E58 M1.5  2n
0501 0514 0519  0160 S18W18 M1.2  1n 230
0859 0903 0906  0162 N25E42 C2.0  1f 260    18
1421 1428 1435  0154 S19W23 M1.8  1b 24     26     II
B. Proton Events
None
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
The geomagnetic field was at quiet to unsettled levels. The high speed stream continues but effects are minimal due to a consistently northward Bz.
D. Stratwarm
None
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 180  SSN 179  Afr/Ap 010/010   X-ray Background C1.2
Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs)
GT 1 MeV 8.3e+05   GT 10 MeV 1.3e+04 p/(cm2-ster-day)
(GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees)
Daily Electron Fluence
GT 2 MeV 3.80e+07 e/(cm2-ster-day)
(GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees)
3 Hour K-indices
Boulder 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 Planetary 2 3 1 2 3 3 3 3
F. Comments
  Daily X-Ray Background Flux value is estimated from
plotted data, pending repair of the automated algorithm.  Repair is
in progress.

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