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) |
|
M Class Flare: An M Class flare
has occurred (X-ray flux >= 1.00e-5 W/m^2) |
|
X Class Flare: An X Class flare
has occurred (X-ray flux >= 1.00e-4 W/m^2) |
|
Mega Flare: An unprecedented X-ray
event has occurred (X-ray flux >= 1.00e-3 W/m^2) |
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) |