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Solar Bulletin, November 2003
Solar Bulletin |
| THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VARIABLE STAR OBSERVERS - SOLAR COMMITTEE |
Carl E. Feehrer, Editor
9 Gleason Rd.
Bedford, MA 01730 | Email: cfeehrer@hotmail.com
ISSN 0271-8480 |
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| Volume 59 Number 11 | November 2003 |
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Table I. Mean Sunspot Numbers for November 2003
[boldface = maximum, minimum] | Table II. November Observers |
| Day |
N |
Raw Mean |
Ra |
| 1 |
31 |
171 |
122 |
| 2 |
33 |
141 |
102 |
| 3 |
34 |
96 |
71 |
| 4 |
32 |
50 |
38 |
| 5 |
24 |
21 |
18 |
| 6 |
31 |
16 |
13 |
| 7 |
34 |
10 |
8 |
| 8 |
38 |
27 |
22 |
| 9 |
33 |
50 |
38 |
| 10 |
30 |
55 |
41 |
| 11 |
31 |
36 |
28 |
| 12 |
26 |
19 |
14 |
| 13 |
36 |
26 |
19 |
| 14 |
28 |
29 |
21 |
| 15 |
27 |
38 |
28 |
| 16 |
28 |
40 |
30 |
| 17 |
26 |
41 |
30 |
| 18 |
31 |
58 |
42 |
| 19 |
31 |
85 |
64 |
| 20 |
34 |
100 |
76 |
| 21 |
27 |
118 |
80 |
| 22 |
27 |
125 |
87 |
| 23 |
34 |
128 |
91 |
| 24 |
24 |
135 |
94 |
| 25 |
29 |
159 |
110 |
| 26 |
31 |
152 |
111 |
| 27 |
27 |
154 |
111 |
| 28 |
23 |
167 |
116 |
| 29 |
22 |
149 |
111 |
| 30 |
21 |
124 |
90 |
| 31 |
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Means: | 29.4 | 84.0 | 61.0 |
No. of Observers: 63
No. of Observations: 883
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Reporting Addresses |
Sunspot Reports -- email: solar@aavso.org
- postal mail: AAVSO, 25 Birch St. Cambridge, MA 02138
- FAX (AAVSO): (617) 354-0665
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SID Solar Flare Reports -- email: noatak@aol.com
- postal mail: Mike Hill
114 Prospect St. Marlboro, MA 01752
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13
18
13
2
8
10
3
12
22
20
20
21
5
13
29
22
10
8
30
20
13
16
13
10
17
19
19
23
3
4
7
7
22
16
12
26
16
2
3
4
19
17
25
17
16
17
11
15
12
1
8
7
18
14
19
14
11
20
8
18
15
19
15
16
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AAP
ARAG
BARH
BATR
BEB
BERJ
BLAJ
BMF
BOSB
BRAB
BRAR
BROB
CAMP
CARJ
CHAG
CKB
CLZ
COMT
CR
DEJV
DGP
DRAJ
DUBF
FEEC
FERJ
FLET
FUJK
GIOR
GOEM
GOLA
HAYK
HRUT
JAMD
JEFT
KAPJ
KHAR
KNJS
KROL
LARJ
LERM
LEVM
MALK
MARJ
MCE
MMI
OBSO
RICE
RITA
SCGL
SDP
SIMC
STEF
STEM
STQ
SUZM
SYP
SZUM
TESD
THR
TJV
URBP
VARG
WILW
YESH
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P.Abbott
G.Araujo
H.Barnes
R.Battaiola
R.Berg
J.Berdejo
J.Blackwell
M.Boschat
B.Bose
B.Branchett
R.Branch
R.Brown
P.Campbell
J.Carlson
G.Morales
B.Cudnik
C.Laurent
T.Compton
T.Cragg
J.van Delft
G.Dyck
J.Dragesco
F.Dubois
C.Feehrer
J.Fernandes
T.Fleming
K.Fujimori
R.Giovanoni
M.Goetz
A.Golovin
K.Hay
T.Hrutkay
D.James
T.Jeffrey
J.Kaplan
R.Khan
J&S Knight
L.Krozel
J.Larriba
M.Lerman
M.Leventhal
K.Malde
J.Maranon
E.Mochizuki
M.Moeller
IPS Observatory
E.Richardson
A.Ritchie
G.Schott
D.Sharples
C.Simpson
G.Stefanopoulis
G.Stemmler
N.Stoikidis
M.Suzuki
P.Soron
M.Szulc
D.Teske
R.Thompson
J.Temprano
P.Urbanski
A.Vargas
W.Wilson
H.Yesilyaprak
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| Table III. Means of Raw Group Counts (RG) and Ratios of Spots to Groups (S:G) in November 2003 |
| Day |
RG |
S:G |
Day |
RG |
S:G |
Day |
RG |
S:G |
Day |
RG |
S:G |
| 1 |
6.3 |
17.2 |
9 |
3.2 |
5.7 |
17 |
2.2 |
8.3 |
25 |
8.2 |
9.3 |
| 2 |
6.3 |
12.4 |
10 |
3.5 |
5.8 |
18 |
3.5 |
6.7 |
26 |
7.5 |
10.3 |
| 3 |
4.9 |
9.4 |
11 |
2.6 |
3.6 |
19 |
4.4 |
9.6 |
27 |
7.8 |
9.7 |
| 4 |
3.5 |
4.3 |
12 |
1.5 |
3.2 |
20 |
4.7 |
11.3 |
28 |
9.0 |
8.6 |
| 5 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
13 |
2.0 |
3.2 |
21 |
5.4 |
11.8 |
29 |
8.2 |
8.3 |
| 6 |
1.3 |
2.9 |
14 |
1.9 |
5.0 |
22 |
5.6 |
12.4 |
30 |
8.0 |
5.5 |
| 7 |
0.8 |
3.0 |
15 |
2.3 |
6.1 |
23 |
5.9 |
11.8 |
31 |
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| 8 |
1.9 |
3.9 |
16 |
2.5 |
6.3 |
24 |
6.7 |
10.3 |
Mn. |
4.4 4 |
7.6 |
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Click image to enlarge.
Fig. 1. 10 cm Solar Flux and American Relative Sunspot Numbers (Ra) for November 2003
(10cm Source: http://www.drao.nrc.ca/icarus) |
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Click image to enlarge.
Fig.2 Maximum, Mean, and Minimum Ra Values for Each Month from January 2001 to Present. |
Michael Hill, SID Analyst
114 Prospect St
Marlborough, MA 01752 USA
noatak@aol.com |
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Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances (SID) Recorded During November 2003
| (Analysis performed by Michael Hill, SID Analyst) |
| Date |
Max |
Imp |
Date |
Max |
Imp |
Date |
Max |
Imp |
| 031101 |
0423 |
1 |
031104 |
1021 |
2 |
031119 |
0813 |
2+ |
| 031101 |
0440 |
1- |
031104 |
1121 |
1- |
031119 |
0934 |
2 |
| 031101 |
0456 |
1 |
031104 |
1350 |
1+ |
031119 |
1516 |
2+ |
| 031101 |
0531 |
1- |
031105 |
0243 |
1+ |
031120 |
0442 |
1+ |
| 031101 |
0812 |
1 |
031105 |
0759 |
2 |
031120 |
0729 |
1- |
| 031101 |
0822 |
1 |
031105 |
1053 |
1+ |
031120 |
0744 |
2 |
| 031101 |
0849 |
2 |
031111 |
0545 |
2 |
031120 |
0940 |
1- |
| 031101 |
1143 |
2+ |
031111 |
1050 |
2+ |
031120 |
1020 |
1 |
| 031101 |
1751 |
2 |
031112 |
0939 |
2 |
031120 |
1240 |
1- |
| 031102 |
0246 |
1- |
031113 |
0500 |
2 |
031121 |
0941 |
1 |
| 031102 |
0756 |
1 |
031113 |
0922 |
2 |
031124 |
2016 |
1 |
| 031102 |
1244 |
2+ |
031113 |
1105 |
1- |
031125 |
0604 |
2+ |
| 031102 |
1445 |
1+ |
031115 |
0433 |
1- |
031127 |
0644 |
1+ |
| 031102 |
1715 |
1 |
031116 |
0755 |
1 |
031127 |
0818 |
2+ |
| 031103 |
0450 |
1- |
031116 |
1020 |
1- |
031127 |
1700 |
3+ |
| 031103 |
0640 |
1 |
031116 |
1038 |
2 |
031128 |
0915 |
1+ |
| 031103 |
0949 |
2+ |
031117 |
0903 |
2 |
031129 |
0641 |
1 |
| 031103 |
1035 |
1+ |
031118 |
0140 |
1+ |
031129 |
0659 |
1- |
| 031103 |
1532 |
2 |
031118 |
0517 |
1 |
031129 |
0836 |
1 |
| 031104 |
0413 |
1 |
031118 |
0530 |
1+ |
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| 031104 |
0429 |
2 |
031118 |
0736 |
1+ |
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| 031104 |
0552 |
2 |
031118 |
0752 |
2 |
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| 031104 |
0654 |
1 |
031118 |
0824 |
2+ |
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| 031104 |
0833 |
2 |
031118 |
2222 |
1+ |
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| 031104 |
1015 |
2 |
031119 |
0402 |
2 |
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| Importance rating: Duration | -1: <19 | 1: 19-25 | 1+: 26-32 | 2: 33-45 | 2+: 46-85 | 3: 86-125 | 3+: >125 |
| Observer |
Code |
Station(s) monitored |
| J Winkler |
A50 |
NPM NXX |
| D Toldo |
A52 |
NSS NWC |
| J Ellerbe |
A63 |
ICV |
| P King |
A80 |
ICV |
| W Moos |
A84 |
FTA |
| M Hill |
A87 |
NAA |
| G DiFillipo |
A93 |
DHO HWU |
| M King |
A99 |
HWU |
| P Campbell |
A100 |
NLK |
| F Steyn |
A102 |
NWC |
| B Bose |
A103 |
VTX3 |
| L Observatory |
A107 |
DHO |
| P Mortfield |
A108 |
NLK |
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| The events listed above meet at least one of the following criteria |
- Event reported by two or more observers within +/- 5 minutes
- Event matched to GOES-8 XRA event to within +/- 15 minutes and event time < 1000 UT
- Reported by observer with a high quality rating > 8 (scale 1-10)
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November started out as a bit of a carry over from the very active month of September. There was a lot of activity throughout the month but the most powerful events were at the beginning. The GOES-12 Spacecraft detected 190 X-Ray flares. Of these 24 were
M-Class and 4 of them were X-Class. All of the X-Class events occurred in the first four days of the month. Observers reported a total of 69 correlated SID events. Most of these were pretty evenly spread across the importance rating of 1 to 2+ with only a few long duration events reported. Thanks to all of you who contributed. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
I am happy to say that NAA in Cutler, Maine is finally back on the air after a very long maintenance period that lasted all summer and most of this fall. I hope they got all they had to get done completed. All of us that rely on NAA as our SID detection siganl base are, I am sure, quite disappointed to have missed out watching all the action of the last couple months when the sun burst forth with a flurry of activity. But we seem to be back in business now. So to those of you who have your rigs shut off, its time to fire them back up and start monitoring once again.
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