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WMSPACEWEATHER(1.1)					   WMSPACEWEATHER(1.1)

NAME
       WMSPACEWEATHER -	Dockable Space Weather Monitor

SYNOPSIS
       wmSpaceWeather [-h] [-display <Display>]

DESCRIPTION
       wmSpaceWeather  is  a space weather monitor. The	monitor	shows: 2 rela-
       tivistic	electron and 3 relativistic proton flux	levels	at  geosyncro-
       nous  orbit  (currently	from  the NOAA GOES spacecraft), current Solar
       Flare X-ray flux, and the last 8	3-hour Kp index	values.

       Large fluxes of relativistic (aka `Killer') electrons can cause harmful
       `deep-dielectric' charging/discharging events inside  satellites.  High
       proton fluxes (`Solar Energetic Proton' or SEP events) can cause	single
       event upsets in satellite electronics. The Kp index is a	measure	of how
       disturbed  the  Earth's magnetic	field has been over a 3-hour interval.
       Kp can range from 0-9, where 0 is quiet and 9 is	very disturbed.	The Kp
       values shown are	the 8 previous values (i.e. the	last 24	hours).	If the
       display is up-to-date, the LED next to the Kp bars will flash blue.  If
       the display is not up-to-date, the LED will flash orange.

OPTIONS
       -h     Display list of command-line options.

       -display	[display]
	      Use an alternate X Display.

BUGS
       Let me know if/when you find any.

AUTHOR
       Michael G. Henderson <mghenderson@lanl.gov>

			       19 December 1998		   WMSPACEWEATHER(1.1)

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