:Product: 19960229SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Feb 29 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 060 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 29 FEB 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 28 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 UNSETTLED D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/WED/STRATWARM EXISTS. STRONG MINOR WARMING OVER SIBERIA,ALASKA AND THE ADJACENT ARCTIC CONTINUES,TILTING POLEWARDS WITH INCREASING HEIGHT. WARM AIR SPREADING NORTH-AND NORTHEASTWARDS. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE AT 10HPA AND ABOVE IN THE UPPER STRATOSPHERE. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 072 SSN 011 AFR/AP 010/007 X-RAY BACKGROUND LT A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 8.5E+04 GT 10 MEV 1.7E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 1.7E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W125 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 PLANETARY 2 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 F. COMMENTS: