:Product: 19960323SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Mar 23 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 083 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 23 MAR 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 22 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 ACTIVE AT ALL LATITUDES. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/FRI/STRATWARM EXISTS. FURTHER INTENSE MINOR WARMING OVER SIBERIA AND THE POLAR REGION.THE POLAR VORTEX IN 10HPA SLOWLY WEAKEN. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE IS REVERSED IN THE LEVEL BETWEEN 10 AND 4 HPA. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 074 SSN 021 AFR/AP 018/ 014 X-RAY BACKGROUND A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 3.3E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.7E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 3.8E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W118 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 2 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 PLANETARY 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 F. COMMENTS: NONE.