N3KL Solar Activity Monitor

Solar X-rays:

Geomagnetic Field:
Status
Status
 
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For information about solar storms visit the NOAA Space Environment Center website.

About the Solar X-ray status monitor

The X-ray Solar status monitor downloads data periodically from the NOAA Space Environment Center FTP server. The previous 24 hours of 5 minute Long-wavelength X-ray data from each satellite (GOES 8 and GOES 10) is analyzed, and an appropriate level of activity for the past 24 hours is assigned as follows:

Status
 Normal: Solar X-ray flux is quiet (< 1.00e-6 W/m^2)

Status
 Active: Solar X-ray flux is active (>= 1.00e-6 W/m^2)

Status
 M Class Flare: An M Class flare has occurred (X-ray flux >= 1.00e-5 W/m^2)

Status
 X Class Flare: An X Class flare has occurred (X-ray flux >= 1.00e-4 W/m^2)

Status
 Mega Flare: An unprecedented X-ray event has occurred (X-ray flux >= 1.00e-3 W/m^2)
The designation "Mega Flare" was chosen by Kevin Loch when the status monitor was created on March 4, 1999.
There is no "official" designation for flares in this range.

About the Geomagnetic Field status monitor

The Geomagnetic Field status monitor downloads data periodically from the NOAA Space Environment Center FTP server. The previous 24 hours of 3 hour Planetary Kp Index data is analyzed and an appropriate level of activity for the past 24 hours is assigned as follows:

Status
 Quiet: the Geomagnetic Field is quiet (Kp < 4)

Status
 Active: the Geomagnetic Field has been unsettled (Kp=4)

Status
 Storm: A Geomagnetic Storm has occurred (Kp>4)

How to add the status monitor to your website

The images http://www.n3kl.org/sun/images/status.gif and http://www.n3kl.org/sun/images/kpstatus.gif is updated every ten minutes with the current status. Have your webmaster add the following html code to your page: 
<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR>
<TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=150><STRONG>Solar X-rays: <BR><BR>Geomagnetic Field: </STRONG></TD>
<TD><TABLE BORDER=3 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR>
<TD ALIGN=CENTER><CENTER><A HREF="http://www.n3kl.org/sun/noaa.html"><IMG WIDTH=121 
HEIGHT=21 BORDER=0 ALT="Status" SRC="http://www.n3kl.org/sun/images/status.gif?"></A></CENTER></TD>
</TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><CENTER><A HREF="http://www.n3kl.org/sun/noaa.html"><IMG WIDTH=121 
HEIGHT=21 BORDER=0 ALT="Status" SRC="http://www.n3kl.org/sun/images/kpstatus.gif?"></A></CENTER></TD>
</TR>></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=150>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE>
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