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June 1, 2010
Space Weather Prediction Center
GEOALERT
==========================================================================
Thule Neutron Monitor Daily Percent of Background Discontinued
June 1, 2010 SWPC discontinued the Daily Thule Neutron Monitor data in the
GEOALERT UGEOI message. The ground-level cosmic ray intensity and events
group in the UGORI coded message are now always 4////.
For more details, alternative sources, and SWPC contact information.
See http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Thule.html
==========================================================================
The GEOALERT message contains four coded messages and sometimes plain text.
UGEOA: The World Warning Agency (WWA) consensus forecast for 1- to 3-day
forecasts of whole-disk flares, geomagnetic activity, and protons.
UGEOE: A summary of significant solar events for the previous day
UGEOI: Observed solar-geophysical indices for the previous day
UGEOR: Sunspot data for the previous day, and regional forecasts
See sample and description below.
This message is a consensus of the Advices received from the seven
Regional Warning Centers (RWCs) of the IUWDS (International Ursigrams
and World Days Service). These centers are located in Paris, Beijing,
Moscow, Darmstadt, Tokyo, Sydney, and Boulder. In addition to being
one of the RWCs, Boulder is also the IUWDS World Warning Agency (WWA)
responsible for collecting and coordinating daily forecasts, alerts,
and encoded solar-terrestrial data.
The GEOALERT message, and other URSI coded messages transmitted on the COMEDS
teletype network, are described in detail in the manual I.U.W.D.S. Synoptic
Codes For Solar And Geophysical Data, written by SESC.
The last 75 reports are included in this directory.
Issue time: Daily at 0330 UTC
Period Covered: Previous UT day and forecast day.
Available:
via SWPC Anonymous FTP server ftp.swpc.noaa.gov
/pub/latest/GEOA.txt --- most recent report
/pub/forecasts/GEOA --- last 75 reports
via SWPC Web site:
http://swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/latest/GEOA.txt
http://swpc.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/forecasts/GEOA.html
This, and other forecasts and summary reports, are available via email.
https://pss.swpc.noaa.gov/
See http://swpc.noaa.gov/Data/ for other SWPC data and products.
***************************************************************
** Please read the SWPC Disclaimer at http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
** before using the forecasts and data in these reports.
***************************************************************
SWPC provides near-real-time and recent data, solar and geomagnetic
indices and solar event reports created from preliminary reports.
Preliminary data may contain errors or be revised after further
review. The historical products in this SWPC Warehouse are the
preliminary reports as originally published. SWPC does not encourage
the use of preliminary data for research purposes.
Links to archive sites with final data: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Data/
******************************************************************
Please send comments and questions to SWPC.Webmaster@noaa.gov
Report problems to SWPC.CustomerSupport@noaa.gov
==============================================================
SAMPLE
:Product: GEOALERT
:Issued: 2008 Jan 03 0333 UTC
# Prepared by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA,
# Space Weather Prediction Center.
#
Geoalert WWA003
UGEOA 20401 80103 0330/ 9/35/
11031 20031 30031
99999
UGEOE 20401 80103 0330/ 02/00
99999
UGEOI 20401 80103 0330/ 02///
10013 20800 30010 40000 50000 62708 71904 80001 90030
99999
UGEOR 20401 80103 0330/ 02/24 03101
10980 20000 30000 43212 50030 60003 25808 17100
99999
==========================================================================
DESCRIPTION
The GEOALERT is a coded message. Codes begin with a five-letter code word
(UGEOA, UGEOE, UGEOI, or UGEOR) indicating how the numbers that follow
should be interpreted. Instructions for decoding the GEOALERT message
are in the manual I.U.W.D.S. Synoptic Codes For Solar And Geophysical Data,
written by SESC. In summary, the codes contain for following information.
See Code Book at http://www.ises-spaceweather.org/
UGEOA: The World Warning Agency (WWA) consensus forecast for 1- to 3-day
forecasts of whole-disk flares, geomagnetic activity, and protons.
UGEOE: A summary of significant solar events for the previous day using
the following criteria:
M-class or greater x-ray flare
Optical flares of importance 2B or greater
Radio bursts - 100 sfu at 245 MHz
Radio bursts - 100% above background at 10 cm
Type-II or Type-IV sweep-frequency burst
UGEOI: Observed solar-geophysical indices for the previous day, including:
Daily SESC sunspot number and area
AB Index
Ground-level cosmic ray intensity and events (ended 01 June 2010)
Daily 10.7 cm radio flux from Penticton, Canada
Total M- and X-class x-ray flares
X-ray background level
Particle fluence (>10 MeV)
Total number of regions with sunspots
Number of new regions with sunspots
UGEOR: Sunspot data for the previous day, and regional forecasts including:
Region number and location
Number of optical, M- and X-class x-ray flares for the region
Sunspot classification and total sunspot area
Number of spots in the region
Flare probability forecast for the region
PLAIN: Plain-language remarks added as necessary; for example, it may
describe international observing programs such as FLARES 22/Max'91.
==========================================================================
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OLD NOTICES
==========================================================================
Thule Neutron Monitor Daily Percent of Background
To Be Discontinued
April 20, 2010 -- On 01 June, SWPC will discontinue the Daily Thule Neutron
Monitor data in the GEOALERT UGEOI message. The ground-level cosmic ray
intensity and events group in the UGORI coded message will be 4////.
For more details, alternative sources, and SWPC contact information.
See http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Thule.html