:Product: 19960320SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Mar 20 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 080 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 20 MAR 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 19 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 UNSETTLED AT ALL LATITUDES, EXCEPT FOR A SINGLE INTERVAL OF ACTIVE CONDITIONS AT MIDDLE LATITUDES. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/TUE/STRATWARM EXISTS. THE WARMING WITH CENTRES OVER SIBERIA, NOVAYA ZEMLYA AND ICELAND CONTINUES, SLOWLY INTENSIFYING. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60 N AND THE POLE IN THE UPPER STRATOSPHERE ABOVE 10 HPA. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 070 SSN 011 AFR/AP 010/ 012 X-RAY BACKGROUND LT A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 3.2E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.7E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 1.2E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W119 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 1 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 PLANETARY 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 F. COMMENTS: NONE.