31 lines
1.3 KiB
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31 lines
1.3 KiB
Groff
.TH WMSPACEWEATHER 1.1 "19 December 1998"
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.SH NAME
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WMSPACEWEATHER \- Dockable Space Weather Monitor
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B wmSpaceWeather
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[-h] [-display <Display>]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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wmSpaceWeather is a space weather monitor. The monitor shows: 2 relativistic electron
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and 3 relativistic proton flux levels at geosyncronous orbit (currently from the NOAA
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GOES spacecraft), current Solar Flare X-ray flux, and the last 8 3-hour Kp index values.
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.PP
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Large fluxes of relativistic (aka `Killer') electrons can cause harmful `deep-dielectric'
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charging/discharging events inside satellites. High proton fluxes (`Solar Energetic Proton' or
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SEP events) can cause single event upsets in satellite electronics. The Kp index is a measure
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of how disturbed the Earth's magnetic field has been over a 3-hour interval. Kp can range from
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0-9, where 0 is quiet and 9 is very disturbed. The Kp values shown are the 8 previous values
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(i.e. the last 24 hours). If the display is up-to-date, the LED next to the Kp
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bars will flash blue. If the display is not up-to-date, the LED will flash orange.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-h
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Display list of command-line options.
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.TP
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.B \-display [display]
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Use an alternate X Display.
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.SH BUGS
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Let me know if/when you find any.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Michael G. Henderson <mghenderson@lanl.gov>
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