[Ips-dsgr] IPS Daily Report - 04 February 13 issued 2349 UT on 04 Feb 2013

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Tue Feb 5 10:49:01 EST 2013


SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/04 FEBRUARY 2013 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 04 FEBRUARY AND FORECAST FOR 05 FEBRUARY - 07 FEBRUARY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 04 Feb:  Low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 04 Feb: 107/57


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             05 Feb             06 Feb             07 Feb
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN   105/54             105/54             105/54

COMMENT: Two low level C flares from an unnumbered region over 
the period. The numbered regions on the disk are largely stable 
with alpha or beta magnetic configurations. Background X-ray 
flux steadily decreased over the day. No CMEs to report. The 
solar wind speed decreased over the period to be near 350km/s 
at time of reporting. The north-south IMF component ranged between 
+/-4 nT for the UT day. A coronal hole at relatively high solar 
latitudes may slightly elevate solar wind speeds late on 4 Feb.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 04 Feb: Quiet

Estimated Indices 04 Feb : A   K           
   Australian Region       5   21211212
      Cocos Island         4   12120211
      Darwin               7   22222222
      Townsville           6   22211222
      Learmonth            6   22212222
      Alice Springs        5   21111222
      Norfolk Island       5   21211212
      Camden               4   21211211
      Canberra             3   11101212
      Hobart               4   21202211    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 04 Feb :
      Macquarie Island     2   10101111
      Casey               14   34422322
      Mawson              10   22222431

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 04 Feb : 
      Darwin              NA
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gnangara            NA
      Canberra             0   (Quiet)

Pc3 pulsations are high frequency (10-45 second period) variations 
of the Earths magnetic field. Daily pc3-indices are the daily sum 
of 20 minute pc3-indices for that station and have been shown to be
well correlated with rejection of high resolution aeromagnetic
survey flight-line data. 

NOTE: Indices may have been generated from data obtained in 
cooperation with the following organisations: Geoscience Australia, 
University of Newcastle Space Physics Group, Australian Government 
Antarctic Division and International Center for Space Weather 
Science and Education, Japan.


Estimated AFr/Ap Indices 04 Feb : A 
           Fredericksburg         3
           Planetary              4                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 03 Feb :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              2   2100 1001     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
05 Feb     8    Mostly Quiet. Possible Unsettled conditions in 
                the latter half of the period.
06 Feb     8    Quiet to Unsettled
07 Feb     8    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: Mostly Quiet conditions were observed 04-Feb. Possible 
mild activity in the latter half of the period due to the effects 
of a coronal hole in the northern hemisphere.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
04 Feb      Normal         Normal-fair    Normal-fair    

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
05 Feb      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
06 Feb      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
07 Feb      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair


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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
04 Feb    67

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Enhanced by 25% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      No data available.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      No data available during local night.
   Southern Australian and New Zealand Region:
      Depressed by 20% during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Predicted Monthly T index for February:  79

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
05 Feb    75    Near predicted monthly values
06 Feb    75    Near predicted monthly values
07 Feb    75    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Depressions to 20% observed at SAus/NZ region on 04 
Feb. Expect MUFs on 05 Feb to average near predicted monthly 
values as new region just rotated onto the disc adds in new EUV.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 03 Feb
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   8.1E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.2E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.50E+07   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 3%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B2.9

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 03 Feb
Speed: 440 km/sec  Density:    5.7 p/cc  Temp:   110000 K  Bz:   2 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
ACE data can be incorrect during strong proton events.
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