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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 2003 Mar 17 0245 UTCPrepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
SGAS Number 076 Issued at 0245Z on 17 Mar 2003 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 16 MarA. Energetic Events
Begin Max End Rgn Loc Xray Op 245MHz 10cm Sweep 0807 0808 0809 320
B. Proton Events
None
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
The geomagnetic field ranged from
quiet to minor storm levels.
D. Stratwarm
None
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 129 SSN 121 Afr/Ap 015/023 X-ray Background B3.5 Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs) GT 1 MeV 2.0e+06 GT 10 MeV 1.1e+04 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 4 4 3 4 3 Planetary 3 3 2 5 4 4 5 4
F. Comments
The Afr index reported in Part E is estimated from Boulder observations.
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