1 .TH WMSPACEWEATHER 1.1 "19 December 1998"
3 WMSPACEWEATHER \- Dockable Space Weather Monitor
6 [-h] [-display <Display>]
9 wmSpaceWeather is a space weather monitor. The monitor shows: 2 relativistic electron
10 and 3 relativistic proton flux levels at geosyncronous orbit (currently from the NOAA
11 GOES spacecraft), current Solar Flare X-ray flux, and the last 8 3-hour Kp index values.
13 Large fluxes of relativistic (aka `Killer') electrons can cause harmful `deep-dielectric'
14 charging/discharging events inside satellites. High proton fluxes (`Solar Energetic Proton' or
15 SEP events) can cause single event upsets in satellite electronics. The Kp index is a measure
16 of how disturbed the Earth's magnetic field has been over a 3-hour interval. Kp can range from
17 0-9, where 0 is quiet and 9 is very disturbed. The Kp values shown are the 8 previous values
18 (i.e. the last 24 hours). If the display is up-to-date, the LED next to the Kp
19 bars will flash blue. If the display is not up-to-date, the LED will flash orange.
23 Display list of command-line options.
25 .B \-display [display]
26 Use an alternate X Display.
28 Let me know if/when you find any.
30 Michael G. Henderson <mghenderson@lanl.gov>