:Product: 19960312SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Mar 12 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 072 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 12 MAR 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 11 MAR 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 MAJOR STORM. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/MON/STRATWARM EXISTS. A VERY INTENSE WARMING CONTINUES OVER SIBERIA,ALASKA AND THE POLAR REGION,RESULTING IN A REVERSED TEMPERATURE GRADIENT BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE IN THE UPPER AND MIDDLE STRATOSPHERE ABOVE 30HPA.AT 1 HPA MEAN ZONAL WIND AT 60N IS FROM EAST. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 072 SSN 018 AFR/AP 024/ 026 X-RAY BACKGROUND LT A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 3.3E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.8E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 2.1E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W121 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 5 6 4 3 4 2 2 3 PLANETARY 5 6 4 3 3 3 2 3 F. COMMENTS: NONE