Geomagnetic Activity Overview 2020-08-26/16:00 - 19:00 UT AE/AL activation, max AE ~350 2020-08-26/10:00 - 13:00 UT AE/AL activation, max ~500 nT 2020-08-27/06:00 - 08:00 UT AE/AL activation, max AE ~1000 nT 2020-08-27/12:00 - 15:00 UT Substorm, max AE ~1000 nT 2020-08-28/11:00 - 15:00 UT SMC (Steady Magnetospheric Convection) AE ~500 nT 2020-08-28/11:00 - 18:00 UT Substorm, max AE ~1400 nT 2020-08-28/20:00 - 2020-08-29/12:00 UT Substorm, max AE ~1000 nT 2020-08-29/17:00 - 21:00 Substorm, max ~750 nT 2020-08-29/21:00 - 23:00 Substorm, max ~750 nT 2020-08-31/04:00 - 07:00 UT Sawtooth-like activations, max AE ~600 nT 2020-08-30/11:00 - 20:00 Periodic Activations, max AE 500 nT 2020-08-30/22:00 - 2020-08-30/07:00 UT Periodic Activations, max AE 1000 nT 2020-08-31/10:00 - 14:00 UT Substorm, max AE ~1800 nT. DST much lower than usual, min -67nT -------------------------------------------------- Science notes on ELFIN data EL-A MISSING 08/30 2020-08-26/02:08 - 02:10 Increased flux 2020-08-26/04:33 - 04:34 Increased flux 2020-08-26/11:29 - 11:32 Increased flux 2020-08-26/15:00 - 15:23 Increased flux 2020-08-26/16:52 - 16:55 Increased flux 2020-08-26/21:33 - 21:37 Increased flux 2020-08-27/13:58 - 14:01 Increased flux 2020-08-27/12:36 - 12:50 FGM issues? (see corresponding science zone)* 2020-08-27/14:10 - 14:22 See Above^ 2020-08-28/11:48 - 11:51 Increased flux 2020-08-28/18:01 - 18:04 Increased flux 2020-08-29/01:49 - 01:52 Increased flux 2020-08-29/08:06 - 08:10 Increased flux 2020-08-29/11:11 - 11:14 Increased flux 2020-08-29/12:44 - 12:49 Increased flux 2020-08-29/14:17 - 14:20 Increased flux 2020-08-29/23:37 - 23:40 Increased flux 2020-08-30/07:28 - 07:32 Increased flux 2020-08-30/12:06 - 12:10 Increased flux 2020-08-30/13:40 - 13:42 Increased flux EL-B 2020-08-26/11:30 - 11:32 Increased flux 2020-08-27/12:24 - 12:26 Increased flux 2020-08-27/13:56 - 14:00 Increased flux 2020-08-27/21:44 - 21:48 Increased flux 2020-08-29/01:14 - 01:14 Increased flux 2020-08-29/05:57 - 06:01 Increased flux 2020-08-29/12:10 - 12:14 Increased flux 2020-08-29/19:54 - 19:59 Increased flux 2020-08-29/23:02 - 23:06 Increased flux 2020-08-30/06:54 - 06:58 Increased flux 2020-08-30/13:05 - 13:09 Increased flux 2020-08-30/14:39 - 14:42 Increased flux 2020-08-30/16:12 - 16:15 Increased flux 2020-08-30/17:45 - 17:48 Increased flux ------------------------------------------------------ Data collection (current status) KEY intermittent gaps: lots of gaps, but the important parts are there data gaps: important parts are missing small gaps: edge data missing EL-A 2020-08-23 4 SZ, North Descending 2020-08-24 9 SZ, North Descending 2020-08-25 13 SZ, North Descending, South Ascending 2020-08-26 11 SZ, South Ascending, North Descending 2020-08-27 5 SZ, North Descending 2020-08-28 3 SZ, North Descending 2020-08-29 8 SZ, North Descending 2020-08-30 4 SZ, North Descending 2020-08-31 6 SZ, North Descending Tstart Tend Position Data Comments FGM 2020-08-24/00:12:09 2020-08-24/00:14:42 North Descending Low counts 2020-08-24/11:09:48 2020-08-24/11:15:49 North Descending Data gap 2020-08-24/14:14:52 2020-08-24/14:16:02 North Descending Low counts 2020-08-24/18:54:03 2020-08-24/18:56:17 North Descending Low counts 2020-08-24/20:27:24 2020-08-24/20:33:26 North Descending Small gap 2020-08-25/12:51:38 2020-08-25/12:57:32 South Ascending Intermittent Data Gaps No Data 2020-08-25/17:30:14 2020-08-25/17:36:16 South Ascending Data gap No Data 2020-08-25/19:50:06 2020-08-25/19:52:24 North Descending Low counts No Data 2020-08-25/23:44:11 2020-08-25/23:50:10 South Ascending Data gap 2020-08-26/00:31:08 2020-08-26/00:32:15 North Descending Very low counts 2020-08-26/04:28:28 2020-08-26/04:34:30 South Ascending Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-26/10:42:10 2020-08-26/10:48:15 South Ascending Data gap 2020-08-26/11:28:19 2020-08-26/11:34:21 North Descending Small gap 2020-08-26/15:20:00 2020-08-26/15:26:03 South Ascending Small gap 2020-08-26/16:53:02 2020-08-26/16:59:04 South Ascending Data gap Missing Data 2020-08-27/12:23:51 2020-08-27/12:50:09 North Descending Bad first half* Bad FGM 2020-08-27/13:56:24 2020-08-27/14:22:42 North Descending Bad first half* Bad FGM 2020-08-27/18:35:30 2020-08-27/18:37:46 North Descending Very low counts Bad FGM 2020-08-27/20:08:49 2020-08-27/20:11:10 North Descending Very low counts 2020-08-28/11:46:49 2020-08-28/11:52:51 North Descending Data gap 2020-08-29/11:09:51 2020-08-29/11:15:53 North Descending Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-29/12:42:20 2020-08-29/12:48:20 North Descending No Data 2020-08-29/14:14:56 2020-08-29/14:20:59 North Descending Data Gap 2020-08-31/17:39:34 2020-08-31/17:45:35 North Descending Missing Data EL-B 2020-08-23 3 SZ, South Descending 2020-08-24 7 SZ, South Descending 2020-08-25 5 SZ, South Descending 2020-08-26 5 SZ, South Descending 2020-08-27 6 SZ, South Descending 2020-08-28 N/A 2020-08-29 7 SZ, North Descending 2020-08-30 7 SZ, North Descending 2020-08-31 N/A Tstart Tend Position Data Comments FGM 2020-08-23/00:50:07 2020-08-23/00:56:11 South Descending Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-23/07:06:16 2020-08-23/07:12:20 South Descending Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-23/11:45:13 2020-08-23/11:51:14 South Descending Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-23/13:17:45 2020-08-23/13:23:48 South Descending Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-23/14:50:20 2020-08-23/14:56:21 South Descending Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-23/19:29:38 2020-08-23/19:35:39 South Descending Small Gap 2020-08-24/01:47:11 2020-08-24/01:53:07 South Descending Data Gap 2020-08-24/03:21:52 2020-08-24/03:27:31 South Descending Data Gap 2020-08-24/15:46:09 2020-08-24/15:52:11 South Descending Data Gap 2020-08-25/01:09:42 2020-08-25/01:15:45 South Descending Data Gap Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-25/02:44:07 2020-08-25/02:50:10 South Descending Intermittent Data Gaps Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-25/04:18:14 2020-08-25/04:24:06 South Descending Intermittent Data Gaps Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-25/05:52:11 2020-08-25/05:58:03 South Descending Data gaps Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-26/02:06:38 2020-08-26/02:12:42 South Descending Intermittent Data Gaps Only a sliver of FGM data 2020-08-26/05:14:48 2020-08-26/05:20:52 South Descending Intermittent Data Gaps Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-26/08:21:42 2020-08-26/08:27:45 South Descending Intermittent Data Gaps No Data 2020-08-26/09:54:38 2020-08-26/10:00:42 South Descending Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-26/11:27:25 2020-08-26/11:33:26 South Descending Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-27/07:44:38 2020-08-27/07:50:40 South Descending Data Gap 2020-08-27/10:50:32 2020-08-27/10:56:37 South Descending Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-27/12:02:39 2020-08-27/12:29:15 South Descending Bad first half* Bad FGM 2020-08-27/13:35:11 2020-08-27/14:01:47 South Descending Bad first half* Bad FGM 2020-08-27/21:42:29 2020-08-27/21:48:21 South Descending Data Gap 2020-08-29/23:00:31 2020-08-29/23:06:36 North Descending Intermittent Data Gaps Intermittent Data Gaps 2020-08-30/00:34:40 2020-08-30/00:40:45 North Descending Data Gap 2020-08-30/17:42:59 2020-08-30/17:49:01 North Descending Only Half of Data