From rwc at ips.gov.au Fri Feb 3 13:17:28 2012 From: rwc at ips.gov.au (rwc) Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:17:28 +1100 (EST) Subject: [Ips-wsgr] IPS Weekly Solar and Geophysical Report (03 February 12) issued 0217 UT on 03 Feb 2012 Message-ID: <201202030217.q132HSPO028624@numbat.syd.ips.gov.au> SUBJ: IPS WEEKLY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT ISSUED ON 03 FEBRUARY 2012, BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES, FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE 1. SUMMARY (27 JANUARY - 02 FEBRUARY) Date 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 10cm 142 115 110 114 117 118 118 AFr 6 6 5 5 2 5 ( 3) Aaus 6 5 5 7 4 8 ( 4) T 89 79 105 90 80 93 84 Solar: Solar flare activity Geomagnetic: Geomagnetic activity observed for Australian region. Frequencies: Australian ionospheric F2 critical frequencies 27 Jan Solar: high, with an X1.8 at 1837UT Geomagnetic: Quiet Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Enhanced by 15% during local day. Enhanced by 15% during local night. Niue Island Region: Enhanced by 15% during local day. Enhanced by 15% during local night. 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 monthly values during the period 12-18UT. Proton event in progress, increased absorption observed during other times. 28 Jan Solar: low Geomagnetic: Quiet Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Depressed by 15% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. Niue Island Region: Enhanced by 20% during local day. Enhanced by 35% during local night. 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 monthly values at some stations, otherwise a Proton event is causing increased absorption. 29 Jan Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Quiet Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Enhanced by 35% during local day. Enhanced by 60% during local night. Niue Island Region: Near predicted monthly values. Northern Australian Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. Enhanced by 15% during local night. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Near predicted monthly values. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Near predicted monthly values at some stations, otherwise a Proton event is causing increased absorption. 30 Jan Solar: low Geomagnetic: Quiet to Unsettled Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Enhanced by 40% during local day. Enhanced by 60% during local night. Niue Island Region: Enhanced by 15% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. 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 monthly values over the UT day. Proton event in progress, increased absorption observed. 31 Jan Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Quiet Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Enhanced by 15% during local day. Enhanced by 35% during local night. Enhanced by 20% after local dawn. Niue Island Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values. Northern Australian Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values. Depressed by 20% after local dawn. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Near predicted monthly values. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Near predicted monthly values over the UT day. 01 Feb Solar: low Geomagnetic: Quiet to Unsettled Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Enhanced by 25% during local day. Enhanced by 55% during local night. Niue Island 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 monthly values over the UT day. 02 Feb Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Quiet Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Near predicted monthly values. Niue Island Region: Enhanced by 15% during local day. Enhanced by 25% during local night. Enhanced by 20% after local dawn. 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 monthly values over the UT day. 2. FORECAST (03 FEBRUARY - 09 FEBRUARY) Solar: Low Geomagnetic: Quiet to unsettled conditions. Frequencies: MUFs near predicted monthly values. For an explanation of some of the terms in this report, go to http://www.ips.gov.au, and follow links to Educational-> Glossary on Solar Terrestrial Terms. 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From rwc at ips.gov.au Fri Feb 10 13:32:19 2012 From: rwc at ips.gov.au (rwc) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:32:19 +1100 (EST) Subject: [Ips-wsgr] IPS Weekly Solar and Geophysical Report (10 February 12) issued 0232 UT on 10 Feb 2012 Message-ID: <201202100232.q1A2WJJe029314@numbat.syd.ips.gov.au> SUBJ: IPS WEEKLY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT ISSUED ON 10 FEBRUARY 2012, BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES, FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE 1. SUMMARY (03 FEBRUARY - 09 FEBRUARY) Date 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10cm 111 107 103 112 107 97 99 AFr 4 7 6 5 10 9 ( 7) Aaus 6 8 8 6 12 8 ( 7) T 95 77 76 73 59 41 62 Solar: Solar flare activity Geomagnetic: Geomagnetic activity observed for Australian region. Frequencies: Australian ionospheric F2 critical frequencies 03 Feb Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Quiet to Unsettled Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: No data available Niue Island Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. No data available during local night. Northern Australian Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values, Depressed by 25% after local dawn. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values, Depressed by 20% after local dawn. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Near predicted monthly values over the UT day. 04 Feb Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Quiet to Unsettled Frequencies: Niue Island Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values. Enhanced by 20% after local dawn. Northern Australian Region: Depressed by 15% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Depressed by 15% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Near predicted monthly values over the UT day. 05 Feb Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Quiet to Unsettled Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Depressed by 15% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. Niue Island Region: Depressed by 20% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. 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 monthly values over the UT day. 06 Feb Solar: moderate, with an M1.0 at 2002UT Geomagnetic: Quiet to Unsettled Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Depressed by 15% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. Niue Island Region: Depressed by 15% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. Northern Australian Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. Depressed by 15% during local night. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Near predicted monthly values over the UT day. 07 Feb Solar: low Geomagnetic: Quiet to Active Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values. Enhanced by 45% after local dawn. Niue Island Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values. Northern Australian Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. Depressed by 15% during local night. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values. Depressed by 25% after local dawn. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Near predicted monthly values over the UT day. 08 Feb Solar: low Geomagnetic: Quiet to Unsettled Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Depressed by 15% during local day. Depressed by 30% during local night. Niue Island Region: Enhanced by 25% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. Northern Australian Region: Depressed by 25% during local day. Depressed by 20% during local night. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Depressed by 20% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Near predicted monthly values over the UT day. 09 Feb Solar: low Geomagnetic: Quiet to Unsettled Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values. Niue Island Region: Enhanced by 15% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. Northern Australian Region: Depressed by 20% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Near predicted monthly values over the UT day. 2. FORECAST (10 FEBRUARY - 16 FEBRUARY) Solar: Low to moderate activity. Geomagnetic: Quiet to unsettled conditions. Frequencies: MUFs near predicted monthly values, to depressed by 20%. 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General information is available from http://www.ips.gov.au/mailman/listinfo/ips-info. From rwc at ips.gov.au Fri Feb 17 12:52:21 2012 From: rwc at ips.gov.au (rwc) Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:52:21 +1100 (EST) Subject: [Ips-wsgr] IPS Weekly Solar and Geophysical Report (17 February 12) issued 0152 UT on 17 Feb 2012 Message-ID: <201202170152.q1H1qLR7020099@numbat.syd.ips.gov.au> SUBJ: IPS WEEKLY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT ISSUED ON 17 FEBRUARY 2012, BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES, FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE 1. SUMMARY (10 FEBRUARY - 16 FEBRUARY) Date 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10cm 111 112 110 108 107 105 103 AFr 4 3 3 7 8 18 ( 4) Aaus 5 5 4 12 9 14 ( 7) T 72 75 79 81 82 86 24 Solar: Solar flare activity Geomagnetic: Geomagnetic activity observed for Australian region. Frequencies: Australian ionospheric F2 critical frequencies 10 Feb Solar: low Geomagnetic: Quiet Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Near predicted monthly values. Niue Island 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 monthly values over the UT day. 11 Feb Solar: low Geomagnetic: Quiet Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Near predicted monthly values. Niue Island 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 monthly values over the UT day. 12 Feb Solar: low Geomagnetic: Quiet Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Enhanced by 30% during local day. Enhanced by 15% during local night. Niue Island Region: Near predicted monthly values. Northern Australian Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. Depressed by 15% during local night. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Near predicted monthly values. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Near predicted monthly values over the UT day. 13 Feb Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Unsettled to Active In the IPS magnetometer data for 13 Feb, a weak (9nT) impulse was observed at 0509UT. Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Enhanced by 20% during local day. Enhanced by 45% during local night. Depressed by 20% after local dawn. Niue Island 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 monthly values over the UT day. 14 Feb Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Quiet to Unsettled Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Enhanced by 15% during local day. Enhanced by 15% during local night. Depressed by 20% after local dawn. Niue Island Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. Enhanced by 15% during local night. Northern Australian Region: Near predicted monthly values. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Near predicted monthly values over the UT day. 15 Feb Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Unsettled with isolated Active periods Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Enhanced by 15% during local day. Enhanced by 15% during local night. Niue Island Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. Enhanced by 25% during local night. Northern Australian Region: Near predicted monthly values. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Depressed by up to 20% at times. Depressed by 30% after local dawn. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Depressed by 15% over the UT day. 16 Feb Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Quiet to Unsettled Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Depressed by 40% during local day. Depressed by 30% during local night. Niue Island Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. Depressed by 25% during local night. Northern Australian Region: Depressed by 35% during local day. Depressed by 30% during local night. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Depressed by 35% during local day. Depressed by 25% during local night. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Depressed by 20% over the UT day. 2. FORECAST (17 FEBRUARY - 23 FEBRUARY) Solar: Low Geomagnetic: Quiet to unsettled conditions. Frequencies: MUFs depressed by up to 15% on the 17th of Feb. Possible depressions of 15-20% on Feb 18th and 19th. Near predicted monthly values at other times. For an explanation of some of the terms in this report, go to http://www.ips.gov.au, and follow links to Educational-> Glossary on Solar Terrestrial Terms. 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From rwc at ips.gov.au Fri Feb 24 12:49:55 2012 From: rwc at ips.gov.au (rwc) Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:49:55 +1100 (EST) Subject: [Ips-wsgr] IPS Weekly Solar and Geophysical Report (24 February 12) issued 0149 UT on 24 Feb 2012 Message-ID: <201202240149.q1O1ntUe028498@numbat.syd.ips.gov.au> SUBJ: IPS WEEKLY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT ISSUED ON 24 FEBRUARY 2012, BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES, FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE 1. SUMMARY (17 FEBRUARY - 23 FEBRUARY) Date 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 10cm 104 104 105 111 103 104 103 AFr 2 3 11 14 4 9 ( 2) Aaus 2 5 16 15 6 9 ( 4) T 70 82 93 73 35 76 81 Solar: Solar flare activity Geomagnetic: Geomagnetic activity observed for Australian region. Frequencies: Australian ionospheric F2 critical frequencies 17 Feb Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Quiet Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Enhanced by 30% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. Niue Island 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 monthly values over the UT day. 18 Feb Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Quiet Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. Enhanced by 30% during local night. Niue Island Region: Enhanced by 25% during local day. Enhanced by 35% during local night. 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 monthly values over the UT day. 19 Feb Solar: low Geomagnetic: Unsettled to Minor Storm Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. Depressed by 15% during local night. Niue Island Region: Enhanced by 15% during local day. Enhanced by 25% during local night. Enhanced by 20% after local dawn. Northern Australian Region: Near predicted monthly values. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Near predicted monthly values. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Depressed by 15% over the UT day. 20 Feb Solar: low Geomagnetic: Quiet to Unsettled Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Near predicted monthly values. Niue Island Region: Near predicted monthly values. Northern Australian Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values. Depressed by 20% after local dawn. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values. Depressed by 25% after local dawn. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Depressed by 15% over the UT day. 21 Feb Solar: low Geomagnetic: Quiet to Unsettled Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. Depressed by 25% during local night. Niue Island Region: Enhanced by 15% during local day. Depressed by 30% during local night. Northern Australian Region: Depressed by 25% during local day. Depressed by 20% during local night. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Depressed by 30% during local day. Depressed by 25% during local night. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Depressed by 15% over the UT day. 22 Feb Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Quiet to Unsettled In the IPS magnetometer data for 22 Feb, a weak (12nT) impulse was observed at 0217UT. Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Enhanced by 15% during local day. Depressed by 15% during local night. Depressed by 25% after local dawn. Niue Island Region: Near predicted monthly values. Northern Australian Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. Depressed by 20% during local night. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Near predicted monthly values. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Depressed by 15% over the UT day. 23 Feb Solar: very low Geomagnetic: Quiet Frequencies: Cocos Island Region: Enhanced by 20% during local day. Near predicted monthly values during local night. Niue Island Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. Depressed by 15% during local night. 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 monthly values over the UT day. 2. FORECAST (24 FEBRUARY - 01 MARCH) Solar: Very Low to Low Geomagnetic: Quiet to unsettled conditions. Frequencies: MUFs near predicted monthly values. For an explanation of some of the terms in this report, go to http://www.ips.gov.au, and follow links to Educational-> Glossary on Solar Terrestrial Terms. 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