:Product: 19960314SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Mar 14 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 074 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 14 MAR 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 13 MAR A. ENERGETIC EVENTS: BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP 1730 1731 1732 110 B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS AT QUIET TO MINOR STORM LEVELS. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/WED/STRATWARM EXISTS. AN INTENSE WARMING CONTINUES OVER SIBERIA,ALASKA AND THE POLAR REGION,WEAKENING.A SECOND WEAKER WARMING EXISTS OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE AT 10HPA AND UPWARDS IN THE UPPER STRATOSPHERE. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 071 SSN 024 AFR/AP 016/ 017 X-RAY BACKGROUND A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 9.7E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.7E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 1.8E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W121 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 3 3 3 5 3 3 2 2 PLANETARY 3 3 3 5 4 2 2 2 F. COMMENTS: NONE