[Ips-dsgr] IPS Daily Report - 13 July 07

rwc rwc at ips.gov.au
Sat Jul 14 09:42:02 EST 2007


SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 13/2330Z JULY 2007 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 13 JULY AND FORECAST FOR 14 JULY - 16 JULY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
-----------------------------------------------------------
1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 13 Jul:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 13 Jul:  78/17

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             14 Jul             15 Jul             16 Jul
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    80/20              80/20              80/20
COMMENT: Solar activity has been at very low levels over 
the last 24 hours. Solar wind speed decreased from 470 
km/s to 420 km/s during the UT day. The north-south component 
of the interplanetary magnetic field (Bz) remained close 
to the normal value until 1400UT and then stayed slightly 
positive (upto approx +4nT) for the rest of the UT day. 
Solar activity is expected to remain at very low levels 
for the next 3 days with some possibility of isolated 
C-class activity from region 963(S06E01) or 964(N04W30). 
There is also some chance of slight strengthening of the 
solar wind stream due to the effect of a recurrent coronal 
hole on 14 and 15 July. 

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

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 13 Jul: Quiet 

Estimated Indices 13 Jul :  A   K           
   Australian Region       3   12111111
      Darwin               4   22111111
      Townsville           4   12211112
      Learmonth            2   11100112
      Camden               -   --------
      Canberra             1   11100000
      Hobart               1   11000001
      Casey(Ant)           3   12111111
    
Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 13 Jul : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Camden              NA
      Canberra             0   (Quiet)
      Hobart              39   (Quiet to unsettled)
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 Space Environment Research Center, Japan.


Estimated AFr/Ap Indices 13 Jul : A 
           Fredericksburg         3
           Planetary              5                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 12 Jul :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              8   2330 1222     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
14 Jul     7    Quiet to unsettled 
15 Jul     8    Quiet to unsettled 
16 Jul     5    Quiet 
COMMENT: Geomagnetic activity is expected to remain mostly at
quiet to unsettled levels on 14 and 15 July and then decline 
to mostly quiet levels on 16 July. 
-----------------------------------------------------------
3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
13 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair    
PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
14 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal
15 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal-Fair
16 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal
COMMENT: HF conditions are expected to remain mostly 
normal on most locations for the next three days with 
some possibility of degradations at high latitudes on 
15 July due to some possibility of slight enhancements 
in geomagnetic activity on this day. 
-----------------------------------------------------------
4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY

Date   T index
13 Jul     6

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Equatorial PNG/Niue Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Southern Australian and New Zealand Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted montly values with periods of 
      minor to mild depressions and degradations.

Predicted Monthly T index for July:  10

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
14 Jul     8    near predicted monthly values 
15 Jul     8    near predicted monthly values 
16 Jul    10    Near predicted monthly values 
COMMENT: HF conditions are expected to remain mostly
normal across Auz/NZ regions for the next three days 
with the possibility of night time degradations due to 
the possible occurrence of spread F. 
-----------------------------------------------------------
5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 12 Jul
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   7.9E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.7E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 3.00E+06   (normal fluence)   
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 0%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A1.2

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 12 Jul
Speed: 547 km/sec  Density:    0.9 p/cc  Temp:   114000 K  Bz:   0 nT

(Courtesy Space Environment 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. 
Occasionally IPS sends email promoting IPS products and 
services to its mailing list customers. If you do not wish to 
receive this promotional material please email 
no-spam at ips.gov.au with the subject header:UNSUBSCRIBE"





More information about the ips-dsgr mailing list