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PART B
SOLAR - GEOPHYSICAL DATA
ISSUED
MARCH 1964
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS
CENTRAL RADIO PROPAGATION LABORATORY BOULDER, COLORADO
CRPL-F 235
PART B
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS CENTRAL RADIO PROPAGATION LABORATORY
BOULDER, COLORADO
Issued 31 Mar. 1964
SOLAR-GEOPHYSICAL DATA
CONTENTS
I DAILY SOLAR INDICES
(a) Relative Sunspot Numbers and 2800 Mc/s Solar Flux - January - February 1964
(b) Graph of Sunspot Cycle
(c) Zurich Final Relative Sunspot Numbers 1963
II SOLAR CENTERS OF ACTIVITY
(a) Calcium Plage and Sunspot Regions - February 1964
(b) Magnetic Classifications of Sunspots (Mt. Wilson) - February 1964
(c) Provisional Coronal Line Emission Indices - February 1964
III SOLAR FLARES
(a-f) Optical Observations - February 1964
(g) Flare Patrol Observations - February 1964
(h-k) Optical Observations - November 1963
(l) Flare Patrol Observations - November 1963
(m) Ionospheric Effects (SWF-SEA-SCNA-SPA-SES-SFD-Bursts) - January 1964
(n) 26 Mc/s - Riometer Events (South Pole) - January 1963
IV SOLAR RADIO WAVES
(a) 2800 Mc/s Outstanding Occurrences (ARO-Ottawa) - February 1964
(b) 169 Mc/s Interferometric Occurrences (Nani^ay) - February 1964
(c) 108 Mc/s Outstanding Occurrences (NBS-Boulder) - February 1964
(d) 7.6-41 Mc/s Spectral Observations (HAO-Boulder) - February 1964
(e-i) 9.1 cm Spectroheliograms (Stanford) - February 1964
V COSMIC RAY INDICES
(a) Climax Neutron Monitor - January 1964
(b) Deep River Neutron Monitor - January 1964
VI GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY INDICES
(a) C, Kp, Ap ard Selected Quiet and Disturbed Days - January 1964
(b) Chart of Kp by Solar Rotations - 1963 - 1964
VII RADIO PROPAGATION QUALITY INDICES
(a) CRPL Quality Figures and Forecasts - North Atlantic and
North Pacific - January 1964
(b) Graphs Comparing Forecasts and Observed Quality - North Atlantic and
North Pacific - January 1964
(c-d) Graphs of Useful Frequency Ranges - January 1964
VIII ALERT PERIODS AND SPECIAL WORLD INTERVALS
(a) IQSY Alert Periods - February 1964
The descriptive text was republished November, 1963.
Ia DAILY SOLAR INDICES
Feb. 1964
Zurich Provisional Relative Sunspot
Numbers
RZ
Daily Values Solar Flux at 2800 Me, Ottawa, Canada
Flux
1 0 73 2 0 72
3 0 71 4 0 71
5 0 72
6 0 73
7 10 72 8 13 73
9 20 72 10 8 73
11 0 72 12 0 73
13 0 73 14 8 73
15 15 73
16 16 73
17 16 74
18 8 76
19 8 76
20 23 76
21 39 79
22 41 80
23 54 84
24 44 85
25 30 84
26 34 87
27 30 85 28 34 84 29 23 81
30 31
Mean; 16 .3 76
Jan. 1964
American Relative Sunspot Numbers
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6 19 7 20 8 16 9 4
10 4
11 6 12 6 13 19 14 25 15 25
16 11
17 2 18 1
19 10 20 16
21 14 22 14
23 12 24 14 25 14
26 13 27 14 28 26 29 24 30 17 31 4
Mean: 11.6
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12 8 16 18 63 55 87 10 0 28 39 11 18
13 9 9 17 56 54 82 18 7 40 42 7 10
14 33 16 24 45 56 57 22 13 65 51 7 8
15 44 17 15 50 65 54 19 11 84 49 9 7
16 40 16 8 50 66 33 11 18 85 52 16 7
17 40 18 13 41 76 27 11 29 81 50 24 8
18 21 16 19 34 78 25 13 43 73 40 28 17
19 20 20 12 28 68 23 15 36 72 29 25 15 20 16 20 13 19 58 19 11 36 73 37 28 17
21 16 20 13 10 49 19 19 50 77 35 30 14
22 7 20 16 0 37 7 19 68 70 45 34 13
23 17 22 17 0 24 15 25 64 54 50 36 9
24 15 20 19 0 28 24 17 50 38 51 35 16
25 17 16 10 0 18 29 25 37 25 53 32 8
26 7 11 16 0 9 34 16 29 13 52 23 7
27 14 17 15 0 18 31 23 16 0 38 23 0
28 34 0 7 7 36 24 7 21 9 24 21 0
29 25 12 16 32 30 24 16 0 54 27 0
30 23 17 26 37 27 55 23 0 58 28 0
31 18 19 35 65 24 45 0
Mean 19.8 24.4 17.1 29.3 43.0 35.9 19.6 33.2 38.8 35.3 23.4 14.9
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Jan. 31.0 S23 7127(2) New (300) (l) b ~ i i 2/5 1 31.8 S35 7116 (2) New (100) (2) b - d i 1/28 1
Feb. 01.0 N28 7120 New 300 1.5 b r~ i i 1/29 7 01.1 N13 7132 (2) New (200) (1) b — i 2/5 1 03.2 N45 7124(2) New 200 1.5 b — d i 2/4 1
03.5 N20 7122 7095 100 1.5 2 / 8 1/29 10
03.8 N04 7121 New 600 1.5 i r~ i 1 1/29 11
03.8 S21 7128(2) New 200 2 b - d 1 2/5 1 05.6 S09 7133 New 400 3 b / 2 1 2/6,7 5 05.7 NO 8 7134 New 400 2 b ~\ d 1 2/7 2 06.1 N27 7135 New 300 2 b —\ d 1 2/7 3 06.1 N47 7125 (2) New 100 2 b — d 1 2/4 1
06.7 N09 7129 New 300 1 b /~ d 1 2/5 3 07.2 NO 1 7131(2) New 200 2 b — d 1 2/5 1 07.7 S20 7136 New 200 1.5 b r~ d 1 2/7 2 09.6 N16 7126 New (200) (2) 2 - d 1 2/3 3 09.7 N05 7144 New 100 2 b A d 1 2/10 3
10.1 N31 7140 (2) New 100 2 b — d 1 2/9 1 10.3 S10 7149 New (200) (1.5) b “\ 2 1 2/14 2 10.1 S05 7137(2) New (400) (2.5) b — d 1 2/7 1 10.5 S15 7146 (2) New 300 1 b — d 1 2/11 1 10.7 Nil 7130 7102 400 2 2 ~\ d 6 2/4 29
10.7 Sll 7145(2) New 100 1.5 b — d 1 2/10 1 11.3 N20 7141 New 200 1.5 b - d 1 2/9 2 11.4 S29 7142 (2) New 100 2 b - d 1 2/9 1 11.9 S15 7148 (2) New 100 1.5 b — d 1 2/12 1 12.3 S08 7138(2) New (400) (1.5) b d 1 2/7 1
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20.9 S06 7153 7113 1400 3 2 r 2 2 2/14 13 60 1 2 \ :
21.7 N09 7154 7108 2100 3.5 i / 2 2 2/14 14 160 5 b A l 22.6 N13 7170(2) New (200) (2.5) b — 2 1 2/28 1 22.6 S19 7159(2) New (100) (2) 2 — d 1 2/17 1 23.9 M0 2 7168 New (400) (2.5) b / 2 1 2/26 4 50 1 b r i
24.0 SOI 7160(2) New (200) (1.5) b _ d 1 2/20 1 24.5 N08 7161 7115 2500 3.5 b / 2 1 2/20 11 570 12 2 / 25.6 N12 7169(2) New (100) (1.5) b - d 1 2/27 1 26.3 S12 7166 New 400 1.5 b r~ d 1 2/24 2 26.9 N09 7162 New (300) (1) 2 - d 1 2/21 2
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(2) These very small and ephemeral plages last for only one day. (3) Part of 7104. (4) New - in same position as old 7105. (5) New - in position of 7120.
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NOVEMBER 1963
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Him IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS OF SOLAR FLARES
SHORT WAVE RADIO FADEOUTS SUDDEN PHASE ANOMALIES SUDDEN COSMIC NOISE ABSORPTION SUDDEN ENHANCEMENTS OF SIGNAL
SUDDEN ENHANCEMENTS OF ATMOSPHERICS SUDDEN FREQUENCY DEVIATIONS SOLAR NOISE BURSTS AT 18 Mc/s
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IMPORTANCE WIDE
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STATIONS KNOWN
SCNA SEA SPA SES SFO BUR FLARE
JAN UNIVERSAL TIME
1964 START END MAX
TYPE
SWF
IMP
No sudden ionospheric disturbances for January 1964.
COMMERCE - STANOAROS - BOULDER
RIOMETER EVENTS
(Provisional)
111 n
JANUARY 1964
South Pole 26 Mc/s
JAN.
1964
START
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NO.
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JAN.
1964
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NO.
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2 0441 0328 0447 11 1 17 0805 1918 1541 9 2 2 0732 1458 1305 17 5 18 0159 0434 0217 13 2 2 1848 1952 1909 3 3 18 0938 1125 0959 4 1
3 0204 0355 0243 35 5 19 1450 1709 1604 12 1
3 0819 1611 1412 10 5 20 1021 1744 1431 5 2
3 1819 1950 1845 6 3 24 0341 0444 0358 7 2
4 0006 0345 0245 24 5 24 0946 2328 1446 7 2 4 1246 2008 1555 12 4 25 0044 0158 0109 10 2 6 0230 0359 0249 11 3 25 0602 0722 0613 4 1 7 0932 1624 1032 6 4 25 1857 1949 1940 3 1
7 1831 1941 1915 4 4 26 0212 0314 0220 13 1 8 0016 0054 0026 6 4 26 1241 2124 1950 6 4 9 0100 0204 0117 8 1 27 0116 0205 0133 23 2 9 1010 1019 1018 3 1 28 1916 1947 1932 5 1
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10 0544 0742 0552 15 1 30 0304 0529 0311 5 3 10 1519 1744 1625 5 2 30 0740 1830 1434 12 3 10 2247 0107 2255 17 3 31 0856 2028 1105 23 2 11 1943 0308 0032 18 3
13 0249 0800 0256 7 2
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15 0106 0133 0127 3 2 16 0944 1230 1204 9 3 16 2257 2309 2301 3 1 17 0244 0324 0248 13 1
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OUTSTANDING OCCURRENCES
FEBRUARY 1961
ARO-OTTAWA 2800 Me/s
FEB.
1964
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UT
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TIME FLUX
23 3 S imp le 3 1822 11 1826 1 0.5
23 3 Simple 3 1934 >26 1941 1.5 0.7
28 3 Simple 3 1401 42 1410 2 1
28 3 Simple 3 1531 1 36 Indet. 1 0.5
28 3 Simple 3 A 1734 2 16 Indet. 1 0.5 1 Simple 1 1851 0.8 1851.2 2 1
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FEBRUARY 1961
NBS BOULDER 108 Mc/s
No Outstanding Occurrences were observed during February 1964.
NOMINAL TIMES OF OBSERVATION
FEBRUARY 1964
NBS BOULDER 108 Mc/s
Feb. 1964
HOURS OF OBSERVATION
UT Feb. 1964
HOURS OF OBSERVATION
UT
1 1414-0004 16 1357-0022 2 1413-0005 1636-1825 17 1356-2326 3 1412-0006 18 1605-0024 4 1411-0008 1711-1726 19 1353-0025 5 1410-0009 20 1352-0026
6 1409-0010 21 1350-0028 7 1408-0011 22 1349-0029 8 1407-0012 23 2230-0030 9 1406-0014 24 1346-0031
10 1404-0015 25 1345-0032
11 1403-0016 26 1343-0033 12 1402-0017 27 1342-0034 13 1401-0018 28 1340-0036 2025-2040 14 1400-0019 29 1339-0037 1745-1758 15 1358-0021 1520-1529;
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COMMERCE STANDARDS BOULDER
SOLAR RADIO EMISSION SPECTRAL OBSERVATIONS
FEBRUARY 1964
High Altitude Observatory 7.6-41 Me/s Boulder
Date FEB.
1964
Bursts
Frequency Range (Mc/s)
Type Time (U.T.) Inten¬ sity
14 Feb III 1627:30-1628 1- 26-41
23 II 1902:45-1915:45 1 19-37 29 III 1745-1746:45 1 22-40
III 1752-1752:15 1- 32-40
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Beginning with February 1964, the Boulder specto- graphic data times are given in hours, minutes and seconds to the nearest IF seconds.
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JANUARY 1961
Daily Jan.
Daily Jan. average average 1964 counts/hr* 1964 counts/hr*
1 3224.4 16 3244.3
2 3227.2 17 3246.1
3 3196.4 18 3251.9
4 3198.7 19 3255.5
5 3214.0 20 3239.7
6 3230.0 21 3258.4
7 3259.6 22 3272.8
8 3255.2 23 3263,4
9 3231.4 24 3254.2
10 3225.8 25 3236.8
11 3238.2 26 3238.7
12 3233.2 27 3243.2
13 3243.6 28 3245.8
14 3252.8 29 3227.3
15 3256.1 30 3219.8
31 3210.0
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6 0.1 2+ 2o lo 2- 1+ lo lo lo 11+ 5 22
7 0.5 Oo lo 2- 2+ 3+ 2o 2- lo 13o 7 27 8 0.5 1+ 1- 0+ 1+ 1+ lo 3- 3- 11+ 6
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21 0.0 1+ lo 0+ Oo Oo Oo 0+ 0+ 3+ 2 Ten 22 0.1 2o 1+ lo 1- 1- 1+ 0+ 0+ 8- 4 Quiet
23 0,3 1- 0+ 0-t- 1+ 1+ 2o 1- lo 8- 4 24 0.9 2o 3o 2+ 3- 4- 2+ 2- 2+ 20o 11 6
25 1.0 4o 1+ 3o lo lo lo 4+ 5- 20+ 16 8 12
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27 0.3 2o 0+ 1- 0+ 0+ 04- 2- 2- 7+ 4 14 28 0.7 lo 2+ 2+ 1+ 2o 1+ 3+ 3+ 17o 9 15
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FEBRUARY 196 I
FEB TIME
OF ISSUE
UT
ADVANCE GEOPHYSICAL ALERT
WORLDWIDE GEOPHYSICAL ALERT
1964
NO. TYPE TIMING ELABORATION
4 0400 34 Solar Calm Exists
13 1825 Ft. Belvoir, Magnetic Storm 13/03XX2
20 0400 35 Magnetic Calm Exists
23 0400 36 Solar Activity Exists
24 0400 37 Solar Activity Exists
25 0400 38 Solar Activity Exists
COMAfSCE - STANDARDS • BOULDER
On dates not listed above, the World-Wide Alert message was "IQSY GEQALERT NIL".
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