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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 relativistic electron and 3 relativistic proton flux levels at geosyn-
       cronous 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 mea-
       sure 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)