:Product: 19960322SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Mar 22 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 082 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 22 MAR 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 21 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 AT UNSETTLED TO MINOR SRORM LEVELS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/THU/STRATWARM EXISTS. MINOR WARMING FURTHER INTENSIFYING, SHIFTING NORTH-EASTWARDS. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED IN THE UPPER STRATOSPHERE FROM 10 HPA UPWARDS BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 070 SSN 015 AFR/AP 022/ 022 X-RAY BACKGROUND LT A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 6.8E+06 GT 10 MEV 1.7E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 2.4E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W118 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 PLANETARY 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 F. COMMENTS: NONE.