Title: Predicting Proton Storms from Solar Flare X-rays
Author: Howard Garcia
Affil: NOAA/Space Environment Center
Email: howard.a.garcia@noaa.gov
Authors: A.Kiplinger, F. Farnik
Affils: Univ of Colo; Astr.Inst.,Czech Rep.
Abstract: Previous studies of soft x-ray temperatures and hard x-ray spectroscopy indicate that energetic particle events occurring in the vicinity of Earth are highly associated with anomalous low temperature soft x-ray and spectrally hardening hard x-ray flares (Garcia,1994;1999; Kiplinger,1995; Garcia and Kiplinger,1996). This report presents the current status of these ongoing separate but related investigations during the present solar cycle. The anomalous low temperature algorithm has been implemented for operational, realtime useage at the Space Environment Center, and the spectrally hardening hard x-ray algorithm is currently being evaluated under space flight conditions aboard the Department of Energy MTI satellite, launched in March 2000 for an anticipated three year lifetime.