:Product: 19960324SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Mar 24 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 084 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 24 MAR 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 23 MAR A. ENERGETIC EVENTS: NONE. B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE. C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE FIELD WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/SAT/STRATWARM EXISTS. FURTHER INTENSE MINOR WARMING OVER SIBERIA ACROSS THE POLE TO GREENLAND.THE POLAR VORTEX IN 10 HPA FURTHER SLOWLY WEAKENS.TEMPERATURE GRADIENT BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE IS REVERSED FROM 10 HPA UPWARDS. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 072 SSN 024 AFR/AP 008/007 X-RAY BACKGROUND A1.6 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 3.0E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.6E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 1.2E+09 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W118 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 PLANETARY 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 F. COMMENTS: THE ELECTRON FLUENCE WAS VERY HIGH.