:Product: 19960220SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Feb 20 0245 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force. # JOINT USAF/NOAA SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY SGAS NUMBER 051 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 20 FEB 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 19 FEB A. ENERGETIC EVENTS: BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP NONE B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: QUIET TO ACTIVE. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/MON/STRATWARM EXISTS. AN INTENSE WARMING EXISTS OVER THE SIBERIAN- CANADIAN ARCTIC WITH TEMPERATURE INCREASE OF MORE THAN 40 DGS C SINCE THE LAST WEEK.WARM AIR SPREADING NORTHEASTWARDS. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE AT 10HPA AND UPWARDS IN THE WHOLE UPPER STRATOSPHERE. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 071 SSN 012 AFR/AP 010/ 007 X-RAY BACKGROUND LT A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 1.4E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.6E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W076 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 6.1E+06 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W127 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 2 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 PLANETARY 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 F. COMMENTS: NONE