:Product: 19960326SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Mar 26 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 086 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 26 MAR 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 25 MAR A. ENERGETIC EVENTS: NONE. B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE. C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE FIELD WAS PREDOMINANTLY QUIET TO UNSETTLED. ACTIVE CONDITIONS WERE OBSERVED EARLY IN THE PERIOD. SOME HIGH LATITUDE SITES EXPERIENCED MINOR TO SEVERE STORMING BETWEEN 25/1200-1800Z. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/MON/STRATWARM EXISTS. WARMING FROM SIBERIA ACROSS THE POLE TO GREENLAND FURTHER INTENSIFYING. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER STRATOSPHERE REVERSED BETWEEN POLE AND 60 N FROM 30 HPA UPWARDS. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 072 SSN 017 AFR/AP 014/013 X-RAY BACKGROUND LT A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 5.1E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.7E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 6.7E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W117 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 PLANETARY 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 F. COMMENTS: NONE.