Solar Storm

on the bright side- we may get see the http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/NorthAmerica/2012/03/0 7">Northern lights if the skies stay clear...

there's more to life than work...:-)

Looks as if there was activity yesterday, around the middle of the maximum activity I staked out a long boundary and checked some existing stations and lines and achieved normal results. Will be interesting to see of this graph goes off the scale today!

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/kp_3d.html

Real time data and updates here:

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

Updates are available at:

http://www.spaceweather.com/

Collected 8hrs of data today from 8:00-16:00 in Coos Bay Oregon for a dam deformation project. Quick processing with the broadcast ephemeris looks fine. Will need to wait for precise ephemeris for final results.

Thanks Gavin.
I don't have to turn in results until the end of the month so I can wait for the precise ephemeris, otherwise I would use the Rapid. I agree, there doesn't seem to be much if any difference in the results.

Here in Australia it made national headlines.
Then it was called off as being a 'fizzer'.
A space weather storm that was forecast to be the strongest in five years has fizzled out and ended up causing no impact to power grids or modern navigation systems, expert say.
Interesting talk to our GeoScience Australia bloke here, and his comment was with all their monitoring of base stations over some time now, they hadn't experienced any adverse effects or 'cranky' results.
It did put my mind to rest somewhat.

I still have no doubt the sun can influence what happens here in communciations etc though.

2 bobs worth from DownUnder
Now a confession - I did dismantle my RTK setup when I was talking to a local instrument supply bloke and he warned me about the solar activity. 😛

After Wednesday, we packed the gear away for the rest of the week. Just didn't want to chance it.

Dave Ryan,
Eureka, Ca