Re: SOHO follow up (DATA TAMPERING)
Date:	3/23/99 12:03:20 AM Pacific Standard Time
From:	Phikent

In a message dated 99-03-23 00:32:13 EST, you write:

 Kent,  I almost forgot... on the SOHO 2-9-99 ... did you know that 
 while Millenium has the 7:56 image and its posted... NASA's SOHO
 sight shows a lot of images for the day, but none at 7:56 and especially
 none at that time for C2.  So what did they do with it???  What are they
 trying to hide?
 
ANON
  
Many are suspecting evidence tampering.  Used to be when a flare went off I could scoot 
over to SOHO EIT or TRACE and get a good closeup image--not anymore.

The indexes are weird too: in Mar 13-18 we had a picket-fence of M-class flares 
well-positioned on the solar disk to affect earth, but zilch.

Kent

OTHERS:


Kent I have noticed activity in the electron flux for the last two days
but little to no change or at least low readings in the estimated KP at:
http://www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html

Are the readings in the above satelite tied to the NOAA-12  which has
now changed to NOAA-14.

See read me notice below.

These plots combine satellite and ground-based data in an attempt to
present an overview of the current satellite envionment. Are they now
producing lower results on purpose. 

They told us they were going to change satelites but I could never get a
satisfactory answer why since the NOAA-12 was giving steady readings.
Why would anyone shut off a satelite giving good readings up in space to
start using one they know has problems.

Are they still using 12 but aren't sharing data that might show higher
radiation and kp readings during HARRP testing and solar activity?
In any case if they are using 14 to produce the estimated kp then we are
going to be getting readings different than we are use to seeing during
events. If this has been intentional then you could also expect they are
fooling with other data sources.
Never A Straight Answer.

ANON
http://sec.noaa.gov/tiger/index.html
 Relative Intensities of Energetic Particles Estimated from Data Obtained
                         from the SEM on NOAA14
 
 With the retirement of NOAA-12, and until the Space Environment Monitor (SEM) on
 NOAA-15 becomes operational, data from the SEM on NOAA-14 are being used to create the
 displays of "Relative Intensities of NOAA POES Energetic Particles". Several of the solid state
 particle detectors on NOAA-14 that provide the observations for these data displays have
 technical problems that render several of the data displays either useless or of much degraded
 value. Specifically, the 90 degree proton solid state detector telescope is not functional and the
 five proton energy channels associated with that detector are not processed nor displayed. In
 addition, the solid state detectors in the remaining three solid state detector telescope instruments
 (0 degree electron, 0 degree proton, and 90 degree electron) are "noisy" and produce a
 significant sensor count rate in the lowest energy channels even when no energetic particles are
 present. 
 
 Because relative particle intensities computed for these three sensor channels are suspect, those
 data are no longer displayed. The remaining 11 sensor channels, listed below, provide satisfactory
 observations and those data continue to be displayed in the "Relative Intensities of NOAA POES
 Energetic Particles". 
 
      100 keV and 300 keV electrons from the 0 degree electron detector telescope 
      100 keV and 300 keV electrons from the 90 degree electron detector telescope 
      80-250 keV protons from the 0 degree proton detector telescope 
      250-800 keV protons from the 0 degree proton detector telescope 
      800-2500 keV protons from the 0 degree proton detector telescope 
      2500 keV protons from the 0 degree proton detector telescope 
      16-80 meV protons (omnidirectional detector) 
      36-80 meV protons (omnidirectional detector) 
      80-250 meV protons (omnidirectional detector)