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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 Dec 16 0245 UTC
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary

SGAS Number 350 Issued at 0245Z on 16 Dec 2002 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Dec
A. Energetic Events
Begin  Max  End  Rgn   Loc   Xray  Op 245MHz 10cm   Sweep
0742 0742 0743                       460
1017 1029 1041  0226 S27E31 C2.8  Sf 230
1101 1101 1101                       260
1113 1113 1113                       150
1120 1120 1120                       190
1125 1136 1144              C3.1     260
B. Proton Events
None
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
The geomagnetic field was quiet to unsettled. Weak coronal hole high speed stream effects persisted throughout the day.
D. Stratwarm
None
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 203  SSN 217  Afr/Ap 006/009   X-ray Background C1.1
Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs)
GT 1 MeV 1.1e+06   GT 10 MeV 1.3e+04 p/(cm2-ster-day)
(GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees)
Daily Electron Fluence
GT 2 MeV 6.70e+05 e/(cm2-ster-day)
(GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees)
3 Hour K-indices
Boulder 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 Planetary 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2
F. Comments
  Afr estimated from Boulder A.

All times in UTC

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