From: "Rodney Howe" Hello Thomas and the list ! > > to reply : X ray are photons, electromagnetic radiation, as gamma ray, UV, > vacuum). > > Now, the delay between the time when a GOES satellite receives a burst > of X photons and the moment when we see the effect of this burst on the D > layer of the ionosphere by a modification of the VLF propagation varies. > It depends of many factors, as the intensity of the flare, the slope of > of the year the location and the solar cycle (therefore the previous state > of ionisation), and so on... The only thing that we can say, is the SID > necessary for the physical modifications of the atomes of the D layer) and > often will last more time (the time necessary, for these atomes to return > to the previous state). > > Physique du Globe, IRM, Belgium), the delay is often from 1 to 5 minutes, > sometime less, sometime more, the effect may last one hour more than the > burst... > > Best regards, and sorry for my poor English ! > > > > > On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Thomas Ashcraft wrote: > >> >> Question: >> >> >> Does anyone know the time differential between when GOES satellites >> I wonder what the general parameters are in seconds or if there is a >> different speeds depending on the force of the solar ejection? >> >> >> much sooner will GOES detect the output before it is detected by a >> supersensitive earthbound SID receiver? >> >> Thanks for any info. >> >> Thomas Ashcraft >> >> _______________________________________________