:Product: 19960221SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Feb 21 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 052 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 21 FEB 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 20 FEB A. ENERGETIC EVENTS: BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP NONE B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/TUE/STRATWARM EXISTS. THE INTENSE WARMING OVER SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE,SIBERIA, ALASKA AND THE ADJACENT ARCTIC CONTINUES. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE AT 10HPA AND UPWARDS IN THE WHOLE UPPER STRATOSPHERE AND IN 1HPA THE MEAN ZONAL WIND AT 60N HAS REACHED EASTERLY DIRECTION. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 072 SSN 014 AFR/AP 007/ 006 X-RAY BACKGROUND LT A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 2.8E+05 GT 10 MEV 4.3E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W076 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 1.7E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W127 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 PLANETARY 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 F. COMMENTS: NONE