ips-mag-alert -- Magnetic Alert
About ips-mag-alert	English (USA)
ASWFC Magnetic Alerts provide notification of a geomagnetic disturbance where the Australian regional K index (a three hour index) is greater than 5. K indices are calculated from the output of Bureau magnetometers. For more information on K indices see the Space Weather Services Help Page at: SWS Geophysical Help Page Information on Bureau magnetometer data used to generate the K indices is available via the SWS World Data Centre at SWS WDC Magnetometer Data Format Background reading on geomagnetic activity is available at: SWS Educational Page - Geomagnetic Activity The magnetometer data used in generating these alerts can be downloaded at: SWS WDC Magnetometer Data To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the ips-mag-alert Archives.
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