June 1, 2010

                   Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)
             Solar and Geomagnetic Indices and Solar Event Reports
                
 			              
Recent Daily Solar, Geomagnetic, and Particle Data list files are
in this directory. 
    Via Anonymous FTP: ftp.swpc.noaa.gov cd to /pub/indices/ 
    Via the Web:       http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/indices.html


Descriptions are in the "About this Menu" option (README file) in
each sub-directory.

The current and previous 2 days files are updated on the following schedule. 

  o Daily Solar Data files are updated at 0225UT, 0825UT, 1425UT, & 2025UT
  o Daily Geomagnetic Data files are updated every 3 hours beginning at
    0030UT
  o Daily Particle Data files are updated once at 0223UT.  
	   minutes beginning  This method ensures 

Annual files from 1994 are in the /old_indices sub-directory. These lists 
are described in the "About this Menu" (README file) in the /old_indices 
directory:
      
 
Solar Event Reports are in the "Solar Event Reports - last 60 days" /events
sub-directory, as is a README file "Information about Edited Events files".


               WAREHOUSE of Historical SWPC Products

The SWPC warehouse directory (/warehouse) contains historical products 
from 1996 up to the current day in yearly sub-directories including the
Solar and Geomagnetic Indices and Solar Event Reports in this directory. 
  Via Anonymous FTP ftp.swpc.noaa.gov cd to /pub/warehouse  
  Via the Web   http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/warehouse


Space Weather Indices and Events are archived at the National Geophysical 
Data Center. See http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/

Notices of data changes http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Data/about_data.html and
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Data/notices.html


    ***************************************************************
    ** Please read the SWPC Disclaimer at http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
    ** before using the forecasts and data in these reports.
    ***************************************************************

   SWPC provides near-real-time and recent data, solar and geomagnetic 
   indices and solar event reports created from preliminary reports. 
   Preliminary data may contain errors or be revised after further 
   review. The historical products in this SWPC Warehouse are the 
   preliminary reports as originally published. SWPC does not encourage 
   the use of preliminary data for research purposes. 
   
   Links to archive sites with final data: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Data/
    ***************************************************************


Send questions and suggestions to SWPC.WebMaster@noaa.gov
Send problem reports to           SWPC.CustomerSupport@noaa.gov


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                              Old Notices

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               Thule Neutron Monitor Daily Percent of Background
	                     To Be Discontinued
                     
June 1, 2010 SWPC discontinued the Daily Thule "Neutron Monitor Percent of 
Background" field in the Daily Particle Data and Daily Space Weather 
Indices reports.

The fields will not be removed but will contain -999.9
	
For more details, alternative sources, and SWPC contact information.
See http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Thule.html

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               Thule Neutron Monitor Daily Percent of Background
	                     To Be Discontinued
                     
April 20, 2010 -- On 01 June, SWPC will discontinue the Daily Thule "Neutron 
Monitor Percent of Background" field in the Daily Particle Data and
Daily Space Weather Indices reports.

The fields will not be removed but will contain -999.9
	
For more details, alternative sources, and SWPC contact information.
See http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Thule.html

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December 1, 2009
             GOES 14 Became Primary Satellite for XRS data
   
GOES 14 X-ray Background Flux appears on these products:
    Daily Solar Data
    Daily Space Weather Values

GOES 14 X-ray Events appear on these products:
    Solar Event Reports
    Space Weather Event Reports (Energetic Events)   
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