USAF KP Observations

Description

KP alert is currently in stasis. This set of scripts check the spacecraft configuration and calculates the current KP limits. Comparing to that to the KP values obtained from NOAA site, send out alert email if the conditions are met.

It also updates https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/mta/kp.html.

Location of Scripts and Their Names

Location: /data/mta4/space_weather/KPII/

GitHub Address: https://github.com/tisobe/KP_alert.git

Script Name	Last Updated
kpalert.pl	Nov 16, 2015
calculate_kp.csh	Nov 16, 2015
process_kp.nawk	Oct 21, 2015

Please read /data/mta4/space_weather/KPII/README file for more details.

Oct 21, 2015	Initially logged
Oct 21, 2015	Link to NOAA site updated.
Oct 21, 2015	All KP alert related scripts/files are moved to KPII direoctry
Nov 16, 2015	kpalert.pl data pointing changed
Nov 16, 2015	calculate_kp.csh modified for c3po-v

Data Needed

/proj/sot/acis/FLU-MON/FPHIST-2001.dat
/proj/sot/acis/FLU-MON/GRATHIST-2001.dat
/proj/rac/ops/ephem/gephem.dat
ftp://ftp.swpc.noaa.gov/pub/lists/wingkp/wingkp_list.txt
http://legacy-www.swpc.noaa.gov/wingkp/wingkp_15m_7d.gif

Environment Setting

None

Output Locations and File Names

/data/mta4/space_weather/KPII/
- kpdata
- current_Kp.txt
/data/mta4/www/
- kp.html

How to Run the Script(s)

go to: /data/mta4/space_weather/KPII
run: kpalert.pl (currently this works only on rhodes)

How to Run Test(s)

No test is available for this set of scripts

Expected result from the test

test results -- test results -- test results

Cron Job

CPU:	c3po-v
User:	mta

7,22,37,52 * * * * /data/mta4/space_weather/KPII/kpalert.pl >> $HOME/Logs/kp.cron

Web Addreess

https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/mta/kp.html

Note

None

Future Plan/Update Schedule

None