:Product: 19960228SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Feb 28 0000 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 059 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 28 FEB 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 27 FEB A. ENERGETIC EVENTS: NONE B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNEITC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE FIELD WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/TUE/STRATWARM EXISTS. STRONG MINOR WARMING OVER SIBERIA, ALASKA AND THE ADJACENT ARCTIC CONTINUES, TILTING POLEWARD WITH INCREASING HEIGHT AND ALSO PENETRATING TO LOWER LEVELS. WARM AIR SPREADING NORTH AND NORTHEASTWARDS. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60 N AND THE POLE AT 10 HPA AND ABOVE IN THE UPPER STRATOSPHERE. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 072 SSN 013 AFR/AP 008/010 X-RAY BACKGROUND LT A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV N/A GT 10 MEV N/A P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV N/A E/(CM-2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W125 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES BOULDER 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 PLANETARY 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 F. COMMENTS: DUE TO COMPUTER PROBLEMS, THE DAILY FLUENCE VALUES WERE NOT AVAILABLE.