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Note: This plot is updated hourly.
Track the status of the solar-cycle for the past 24 months or for Cycles 23-25.
If you are looking for the observed sunspot number derived from optical
observations of the sun, you've been miss-routed.
These plots provide a look at the global behavior of the ionospheric F2 layer over the past week as measured by the NWRA effective sunspot number (SSNe) calculated from current observations. The upper panel shows the SSNe variation, the third panel provides a goodness-of-fit metric (described below), and the lower panel gives the total number of foF2 observations in each SSNe calculation. In all three panels the two black curves use data from observatories between -50 and +50 degrees geomagnetic latitude (heavy curve uses data collected from the previous 24 hours; light curve the previous 6 hours). The heavy green and red curves use data from observatories between -50 and -15, and +15 and +50 degrees geomagnetic latitude, respectively, collected during the previous 24 hours. (Note that the quasi- diurnal variation in the 6 hour SSNe values is primarily due to unequal longitude spacing of the foF2 stations from which the SSNe are being calculated.) The second panel shows the provisional (quicklook) Kp index from GFZ Potsdam. This is provided to assess the impact of geomagnetic activity on SSNe. Also shown on the upper panel is the long-term predicted smoothed sunspot number as provided by the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center. The heavy dash line is the expected value from the prediction, and the two light dashed lines are the upper- and lower-bounds on the expected value. The heavy dotted line indicates the highest value for both-hemisphere 24-hour SSNe so far in Cycle 25. The goodness-of-fit metric shown in the middle panel is the RMS percent difference between the foF2 observations used in the SSNe calculations and the model foF2 values generated using the SSNe in the URSI-88 foF2 model. It generally runs around 15%, with the largest departures occurring during major geomagnetic disturbances The following table summarizes the observations used in calculating the most recent SSNe value. The X entry for a particular station/time indicates there was an foF2 value available and it was used in the SSNe calculation. A - entry indicates that an foF2 value was available, but it was excluded from the SSNe calculation (it was identified as an outlier point). The bar (|) symbol along the time axis of the table indicates the latest-data time (i.e., data to the right of this column are from the previous day). The SH and NH tags on the far right of each line indicates which stations were included in the southern- and northern-hemisphere SSNe calculations, respectively.Date: 20230327 000000000011111111112222 GMLAT Station Used Rej 012345678901234567890123 ----- ------------------- ---- ---- +|-----------------------+ 49.8 EAREKSON 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| NH 49.7 BOULDER 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| NH 49.3 FAIRFORD 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| NH 49.2 CHILTON 21 00 |XXXXXXXXXX X X XXXXXXXXX| NH 47.0 PRUHONICE 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| NH 44.5 SOPRON 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| NH 42.3 EGLIN_AFB 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| NH 42.0 POINT_ARGUELLO 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| NH 37.9 ROME 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| NH 36.8 SAN_VITO 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| NH 33.7 GIBILMANNA 23 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX| NH 31.8 NICOSIA 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| NH 31.3 KOKUBUNJI 15 00 || X X XX X XXXXXXXXXX | NH 29.7 JEJU 23 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX| NH 27.4 YAMAGAWA 20 00 |XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX | NH 24.3 LUALUALEI 23 00 |XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX| NH -14.3 FORTALEZA 22 00 |X X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| -20.0 TUCUMAN 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| SH -22.2 ASCENSION 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| SH -23.0 CACHOEIRA_PAULISTA 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| SH -24.5 DARWIN 21 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX| SH -24.5 NIUE 20 00 |XXXX XXXX X XXXXXXXXXXX| SH -25.0 COCOS 20 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXX XX X XXX XX| SH -29.8 BAHIA_BLANCA 22 00 |XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX| SH -30.8 TOWNSVILLE 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| SH -34.9 LEARMONTH 19 00 ||X XXXX X XXXXXXXXXXXXX| SH -37.5 NORFOLK_IS 23 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX| SH -37.6 BRISBANE 22 00 |XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX| SH -45.0 PERTH 24 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| SH -46.5 CANBERRA 23 00 |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX| SH ------------------- ----- ---- ---- +|-----------------------+ NH : # Expected / # Received / Percent / Min Dt: 696 / 365 / 52.4 / 0 ALL : # Expected / # Received / Percent / Min Dt: 1176 / 677 / 57.6 / 0 SH : # Expected / # Received / Percent / Min Dt: 360 / 290 / 80.6 / 0 List of stations providing foF2 observations ordered by time since the last observation. This list covers only the past 31 days. If you would like to get a feel for how effective these effective-SSN indices are, foF2 plots comparing the observations with model foF2 values calculated using the NWRA SSNe and the SWS T indexes are available. There is a one-day delay between the latest SSNe values available and these plots to permit more data to arrive at the NOAA NCEI for comparison.
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Daily foF2 Comparison Plots