Radio Blackouts and Radiation storms
Radio Blackouts and Radiation Storms
Information
The warning thresholds for the Radio Blackouts and Radiation Storms follow the NOAA Space Weather Scales
Radio blackouts
| Colour | Description | Physical Measure GOES 0.1-0.8 nm X-ray flux |
NOAA scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiet | <10-5 | ||
| Minor | M1 (10-5) |
R1 | |
| Moderate | M5 (5 x 10-5) |
R2 | |
| Strong | X1 (10-4) |
R3 | |
| Severe | X10 (10-3) |
R4 | |
| Extreme | X20 (2 x 10-3) |
R5 |
Radiation Storms
| Colour | Description | Physical Measure Flux level of >10 MeV particles (ions) |
NOAA scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiet | <10 | ||
| Minor | 10 | S1 | |
| Moderate | 102 | S2 | |
| Strong | 103 | S3 | |
| Severe | 104 | S4 | |
| Extreme | 105 | S5 |