[Ips-dsgr] IPS Daily Report - 17 January 14 issued 2330 UT on 17 Jan 2014

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Sat Jan 18 10:30:17 EST 2014


SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/17 JANUARY 2014 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 17 JANUARY AND FORECAST FOR 18 JANUARY - 20 JANUARY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
-----------------------------------------------------------
1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 17 Jan:  Low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 17 Jan: 129/82


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             18 Jan             19 Jan             20 Jan
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN   130/84             130/84             135/89

COMMENT: Solar activity was Low during the UT day, 17 January. 
Expect solar activity to remain Low today, 18 January. The largest 
flare of the period was a C8.9-class flare occurring at 1608UT. 
Emerging flux region observed at N12E50. The solar wind speed 
has gradually declined from 380 and 340 km/s over the last 24 
hours and the IMF Bz component has remained in the range +/-4nT. 
Noted partial halo commencing at 16/2312UT, however appears to 
be directed away from the Earth.

-----------------------------------------------------------
2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 17 Jan: Quiet

Estimated Indices 17 Jan : A   K           
   Australian Region       1   11001011
      Cocos Island         1   11000001
      Darwin               2   11000012
      Townsville           3   21011022
      Learmonth            2   11001002
      Alice Springs        1   01001001
      Norfolk Island       2   11001021
      Culgoora             1   11001011
      Gingin               2   11001102
      Camden               1   11001011
      Canberra             1   01001011
      Launceston           3   11112111
      Hobart               1   11001001    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 17 Jan :
      Macquarie Island     0   00001000
      Casey               10   14331212
      Mawson               6   22111223
      Davis                7   22322211

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 17 Jan : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               0   (Quiet)
      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 17 Jan : A 
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              7                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 16 Jan :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         2
           Planetary              2   0010 0000     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
18 Jan     6    Quiet
19 Jan     6    Quiet
20 Jan     6    Quiet

COMMENT: Geomagnetic conditions in the Australian region during 
the UT day, 17 January were Quiet. Conditions in the Antarctic 
region were mostly Quiet. Expect similar conditions today, 18 
January.

-----------------------------------------------------------
3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
17 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
18 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal
19 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal
20 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal


-----------------------------------------------------------
4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
17 Jan   119

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Niue Island Region:
      Enhanced by 25% during local day.
      Enhanced by 25% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Enhanced by 15% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   Southern Australian and New Zealand Region:
      Enhanced by 15% during local day.
      Enhanced by 20% during local night.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Dec      130
Jan      73
Feb      71

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
18 Jan   110    Near to 10-20% above predicted monthly values
19 Jan   110    Near to 10-20% above predicted monthly values
20 Jan   110    Near to 10-20% above predicted monthly values

COMMENT: MUFs were near predicted values to enhanced across the 
Aus/NZ region over the last 24 hours. Similar conditions are 
expected for the next 3 days.

-----------------------------------------------------------
5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 16 Jan
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   5.4E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.3E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.90E+07   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 3%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B4.5

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 16 Jan
Speed: 407 km/sec  Density:    1.8 p/cc  Temp:    51300 K  Bz:   0 nT

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

IPS Radio and Space Services        email: asfc at ips.gov.au
PO Box 1386                         WWW: http://www.ips.gov.au
Haymarket NSW 1240  AUSTRALIA       FTP: ftp://ftp.ips.gov.au 
tel: +61 2 9213 8010                fax: +61 2 9213 8060 

IMPORTANT: This e-mail, including any attachments, may contain,
confidential or copyright information.  The views expressed in 
this message are those of the individual sender, unless 
specifically stated to be the views of IPS.  If you are not 
the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately 
and delete all copies of this e-mail and attachments. 
To unsubscribe from an IPS mail list either send an email to 
"MAIL_LIST"-leave at ips.gov.au or go to
http://listserver.ips.gov.au/mailman/listinfo/"MAIL_LIST".
Information about training can be obtained from
http://listserver.ips.gov.au/mailman/listinfo/ips-training.
General information is available from
http://listserver.ips.gov.au/mailman/listinfo/ips-info.





More information about the ips-dsgr mailing list