| During the last week, solar activity was high on 3-5 Jul, moderate on 7-9 Jul, and low on 6 Jul. Ten sunspot active regions (AR4478-AR4487) were on the visible disk with one X1.3 flare and 33 M-Class flares produced. No solar proton event occurred. The F10.7 index decreased from 187 sfu to 110 sfu. Due to the effects of the three CMEs produced on 30 Jun and 1 Jul, the solar wind speed reached a peak value of about 650 km/s and IMF Bz decreased to about -20 nT between 3 Jul and 5 Jul, during which the geomagnetic field was at major storm levels for 3 hours, moderate storm levels for 12 hours, minor storm level for 9 hours and active levels for 12 hours. The geomagnetic field was quiet to unsettled for the rest of the time. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached minor storm levels on 7 Jul. |