[Ips-dsgr] IPS Daily Report - 11 July 09

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Sun Jul 12 09:21:10 EST 2009


SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 11/2330Z JULY 2009 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 11 JULY AND FORECAST FOR 12 JULY - 14 JULY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 11 Jul:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 11 Jul:  68/2

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             12 Jul             13 Jul             14 Jul
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    68/2               68/2               68/2

COMMENT: Solar disk is spotless. The solar wind ranged from 450 
to 410 due to a coronal hole. Expect the solar wind to remain 
at this level through out the UT day, 12 July and then slowly 
decrease to previous levels. 

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 11 Jul: Quiet 

Estimated Indices 11 Jul :  A   K           
   Australian Region       3   12210111
      Darwin               2   12200011
      Townsville           6   22221222
      Learmonth            4   12310110
      Camden               2   01200---
      Canberra             0   01100000
      Hobart               2   11211001
      Casey(Ant)           5   22221111
    
Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 11 Jul : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice_Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Camden               3   (Quiet)
      Gnangara             2   (Quiet)
      Canberra             2   (Quiet)
      Hobart               2   (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 Space Environment Research Center, Japan.

Estimated AFr/Ap Indices 11 Jul : A 
           Fredericksburg         2
           Planetary              3                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 10 Jul :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         7
           Planetary              7   3311 1112     

2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 

Date      Ap    Conditions
12 Jul     8    Quiet to Unsettled 
13 Jul     4    Quiet 
14 Jul     4    Quiet 

COMMENT: Expect quiet to unsettled conditions through out the 
UT day, 12 July due to a high speed solar wind stream. Should 
return to quiet levels on 13-14 July. 

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
11 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair    
PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
12 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal-Fair
13 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal
14 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY

Date   T index
11 Jul     2

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

Predicted Monthly T index for July:   6

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
12 Jul     6    near predicted monthly values 
13 Jul     6    near predicted monthly values 
14 Jul     6    Near predicted monthly values 

COMMENT: Brisbane, Norfolk Island, Niue, and Darwin ionograms 
showed periods of sporadic E over the UT day as well as spread 
F during the local night. Hobart showed spread F over the 1st 
half of the local night. Cocos Island showed sporadic E during 
the local evening and night. Expect mostly normals values for 
MUFs over the next three days. IPSNET ionograms can be viewed 
at www.ips.gov.au/HF_Systems/1/3 for more details of particular 
sites. 
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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 10 Jul
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   8.3E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  2.0E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 4.40E+05   (normal fluence)   
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A1.0

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 10 Jul
Speed: 436 km/sec  Density:    4.7 p/cc  Temp:    84400 K  Bz:   1 nT

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