:Product: 19960317SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Mar 17 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 077 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 17 MAR 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 16 MAR A. ENERGETIC EVENTS: BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP NONE B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE FIELD WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED TODAY. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/SAT/STRATWARM EXISTS. THE WARMING OVER SIBERIA AND OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC-EUROPEAN- AND CANADIAN ARCTIC CONTINUES. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER STRATOSPHERE ABOVE 30HPA. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 071 SSN 015 AFR/AP 011/ 008 X-RAY BACKGROUND LT A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 3.4E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.7E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 2.0E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W120 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 PLANETARY 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 F. COMMENTS: NONE