N3KL Solar Activity
Monitor
Solar X-rays:
Geomagnetic
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For information about solar storms visit the NOAA Space Environment
Center website.
About the Solar X-ray status monitorThe 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) |
About the Geomagnetic Field status monitorThe 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)
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