Table 2

The NOAA R-scales with corresponding physical parameter (GOES soft X-ray flare peak intensity), the current average of events per solar cycle as referred to by NOAA, and the calculated averages per SC based on the old data (4 cycles instead of 2) and the rescaled ones. The newly obtained numbers (“GOES new”) are closer to the original NOAA averages/SC than the older numbers (“GOES old”), the deviations being respectively 5%–35% and 30%–55%.