Solar Activity Monitor
Solar X-rays:
Geomagnetic Field: |
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From n3kl.org
For information about solar storms visit the NOAA Space Environment Center website.
About the Solar X-ray status monitor
The X-ray Solar status monitor downloads data periodically from the NOAA
Space Environment Center FTP server. The previous
24 hours of 5 minute Long-wavelength
X-ray data from each satellite (GOES 8 and GOES 10) is analyzed, and an appropriate level of activity for the past 24 hours is
assigned as follows:
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Normal: Solar X-ray flux is quiet (< 1.00e-6 W/m^2) |
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Active: Solar X-ray flux is active (>= 1.00e-6 W/m^2) |
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M Class Flare: An M Class flare has occurred (X-ray flux >= 1.00e-5 W/m^2) |
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X Class Flare: An X Class flare has occurred (X-ray flux >= 1.00e-4 W/m^2) |
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Mega Flare: An unprecedented X-ray event has occurred (X-ray flux >= 1.00e-3 W/m^2)
The designation "Mega Flare"
was chosen by Kevin Loch when the status monitor was created on March 4, 1999.
There is no "official" designation for
flares in this range. |
About the Geomagnetic Field status monitor
The Geomagnetic Field status monitor downloads data periodically from the
NOAA
Space Environment Center FTP server. The previous 24 hours of 3 hour Planetary
Kp Index data is analyzed and an appropriate level of activity for the past 24 hours is assigned as follows:
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Quiet: the Geomagnetic Field is quiet (Kp < 4) |
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Active: the Geomagnetic Field has been unsettled (Kp=4) |
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Storm: A Geomagnetic Storm has occurred (Kp>4) |
