Wolf, The web page for the National Space Weather Prediction Center's Wang-Sheeley-Arge solar wind model displays predictions and observations of solar wind speed and the polarity of the interplanetary magnetic field at earth.
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ws 73 Frank W3LPL ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:24:17 +0100 >From: "Dr. Wolf Ostwald" <[email protected]> >Subject: Topband: solarwind and 160 prop >To: [email protected] > >hi reflectees ! >As we all know, the effects of the solar wind are strongly determining >160m propagation. It seems that solely watching A and K indexes plus the >SFI is not helping much in propagation predictions, at least not for >160. We all tried that and failed in it. Now is the critical factor >whether the polarity of the arriving solar wind, developing the >interplanetary mag field , fits the earth mag field or not. becuase if >it does, the influence is by far greater than without it. >Question is, where do i find that info ?? I think this might stir up >some geophysicist - hopefully. Surely the information derived that way >is not as easy to grasp as a simple number, but it may be the only way >to further the cause. >73 de wolf df2py > >_________________ >Topband Reflector _________________ Topband Reflector
