YogurtZombie Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Hello, I am currently working on an end of semester project with the goal of figuring out the average intensity of C, M, and X class solar flares by taking into account the number of flares recorded of each type, and the total x-ray intensity in mFU (1mFU = 10^-6 watts/m^2). I'm trying to understand how to read the graphs provided in the archive sections of the solar flare reports in order to log the total intensity recorded over three-day periods. This is the NASA tutorial document that my partner and I are using as a template for the math involved: CH4v3.pdf (nasa.gov) (Pages 17 and 18 specifically). Is there an easy way to see the total x-ray intensity recorded over three day periods with the archives on this site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philalethes Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 You can find the data here. The "primary" folder contains the data from GOES-18, "secondary" is GOES-16. Under each there is an "xray-flares-7-day.json" file which contains all the recorded flares from the past 7 days, you can filter those out as needed. This is e.g. the file for GOES-18. The value I'm assuming you're after is "max_xrlong", which represents the peak flux of the flare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesterface23 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 There are flare lists in the middle of these PDFs as well, though you need an FTP client to get to them, ftp.swpc.noaa.gov/pub/warehouse/2023/WeeklyPDF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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