:Product: 19960315SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Mar 15 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 075 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 15 MAR 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 14 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 UNSETTLD. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/THU/STRATWARM EXISTS. THE WARMING OVER SIBERIA, ALASKA AND THE ADJACENT ARCTIC WEAKENING, BUT THE WARMING OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC- GREENLAND- CANADIAN ARCTIC INTENSIFYING. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE IN THE MIDDLE STRATOSPHERE. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 071 SSN 017 AFR/AP 010/ 009 X-RAY BACKGROUND LT A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 3.0E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.8E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 6.6E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W120 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 PLANETARY 3 2 3 3 2 1 2 2 F. COMMENTS: THE GREATER THEN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUENCE OBSERVED BY GOES-7 WAS HIGH.