| During the last week, solar activity was high on 4 Apr, moderate on 3 Apr and 9 Apr, and low on other time. 13 active sunspot regions (AR4399, AR4403-AR4409, AR4411-AR4415) were on the visible disk with 7 M-class flares produced. No solar proton event occurred. The F10.7 index decreased from 136 sfu to 98 sfu. Due to the effect of the CME from 1 Apr and the coronal hole high speed stream, the solar wind speed reached a peak value of about 850 km/s and the geomagnetic field reached major storm levels for 3 hours, moderate storm levels for 6 hours, minor storm levels for 6 hours, and active levels for 21 hours on 3-5 Apr. The geomagnetic field was quiet to unsettled for the rest of the time. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at minor storm levels on 5-9 Apr. |