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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 2018 Apr 21 0245 UTCPrepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
SGAS Number 111 Issued at 0245Z on 21 Apr 2018 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 20 AprA. Energetic Events
Begin Max End Rgn Loc Xray Op 245MHz 10cm Sweep 1358 1358 1400 170 1403 1431 1434 690000
B. Proton Events
None.
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
The geomagnetic field reached
major storm levels due to effects from a CIR.
D. Stratwarm
Not available
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 073 SSN 014 Afr/Ap 029/038 X-ray Background A5.7 Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs) GT 1 MeV 2.9e+06 GT 10 MeV 1.6e+04 p/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-15 satellite synchronous orbit W135 degrees) Daily Electron Fluence GT 2 MeV 2.80e+07 e/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-15 satellite synchronous orbit W135 degrees) 3 Hour K-indices Boulder 3 4 6 5 4 4 4 3 Planetary 3 5 6 6 4 4 5 3
F. Comments
None.
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