:Product: 19960321SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Mar 21 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 081 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 21 MAR 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 20 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 ACTIVE. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/WED/STRATWARM EXISTS. MINOR WARMING OVER SIBERIA INTENSIFYING. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED IN THE UPPER STRATOSPHERE BETWEEN POLE AND 60 N FROM 10 HPA UPWARDS. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 069 SSN 000 AFR/AP 013/ 017 X-RAY BACKGROUND LT A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 5.0E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.7E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 3.9E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W119 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 PLANETARY 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 F. COMMENTS: NONE