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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A NOAA classification scheme for radiation storm or [[solar proton event]] severity and a means of communicating to the general public possible effects to people at high latitudinal altitudes (i.e., polar-region airline flights), to astronauts, or on systems. The S-scale is logarithmic and correlates to the number of energetic protons at the >10-MeV energy level as measured at geosynchronous orbit. The scale is classified as follows: S1 (minor): 10 pfu; S2 (moderate): 100 pfu; S3 (strong): 1000 pfu; S4 (severe): 10 000 pfu; and S5 (extreme): 100 000 pfu.</div><br/></div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A NOAA classification scheme for radiation storm or [[solar proton event]] severity and a means of communicating to the general public possible effects to people at high latitudinal altitudes (i.e., polar-region airline flights), to astronauts, or on systems. The S-scale is logarithmic and correlates to the number of energetic protons at the >10-MeV energy level as measured at geosynchronous orbit. The scale is classified as follows: S1 (minor): 10 pfu; S2 (moderate): 100 pfu; S3 (strong): 1000 pfu; S4 (severe): 10 000 pfu; and S5 (extreme): 100 000 pfu.</div><br/></div> | ||
<p>Space Weather Prediction Center, 2018: Solar radiation storm. Accessed | <p>Space Weather Prediction Center, 2018: Solar radiation storm. Accessed 1 November 2021, https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/solar-radiation-storm.</p><br/> | ||
<p>''Term edited | <p>''Term edited 1 November 2021.''</p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:40, 1 November 2021
S-scale
A NOAA classification scheme for radiation storm or solar proton event severity and a means of communicating to the general public possible effects to people at high latitudinal altitudes (i.e., polar-region airline flights), to astronauts, or on systems. The S-scale is logarithmic and correlates to the number of energetic protons at the >10-MeV energy level as measured at geosynchronous orbit. The scale is classified as follows: S1 (minor): 10 pfu; S2 (moderate): 100 pfu; S3 (strong): 1000 pfu; S4 (severe): 10 000 pfu; and S5 (extreme): 100 000 pfu.
Space Weather Prediction Center, 2018: Solar radiation storm. Accessed 1 November 2021, https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/solar-radiation-storm.
Term edited 1 November 2021.
