[EIDXA] SOLAR FLARE

[kevin kramer]

Scientists classify solar flares according to their x-ray brightness in the wavelength range 1 to 8 Angstroms. There are 3 categories: X-class flares are big; they are major events that can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms. M-class flares are medium-sized; they can cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earth's polar regions. Minor radiation storms sometimes follow an M-class flare. Compared to X- and M-class events, C-class flares are small with few noticeable consequences here on Earth.


So does that mean that 6 and 10 meters will go crazy with aurora?

Kevin

--- On Sun, 8/1/10, Heinz Blankenhagen <hblanken at netins.net> wrote:

> From: Heinz Blankenhagen <hblanken at netins.net>
> Subject: [EIDXA] SOLAR FLARE
> To: EIDXA at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 7:27 PM
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> >From Spaceweather.com:
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> GLOBAL ERUPTION:  During the early hours of August
> 1st, NASA's Solar Dynamics 
> Observatory recorded a complex global disturbance on the
> Earth-facing side of 
> the sun.  Most of the sun's northern hemisphere was
> involved in the event, which 
> included a long-duration C3-class solar flare, a "solar
> tsunami," and a massive 
> filament eruption.  As a result of these blasts, a
> coronal mass ejection (CME) 
> is heading toward Earth.  High-latitude geomagnetic
> storms and auroras are 
> possible when the cloud arrives a few days hence. 
> Check http://spaceweather.com 
> for movies and updates.
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