:Product: 19960403SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Apr 03 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 094 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 03 APR 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 02 APR 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 D. STRATWARM:STRATWARM ALERT/TUE/STRATWARM EXISTS. WARM REGION OVER EUROPE FURTHER INTENSIFIES,SLOWLY MOVING NORTHEASTWARDS.RELATIVELY WARM AIR COVERS THE POLAR REGION IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE STRATOSPHERE,LEADING TO A REVERSED TEMPERATURE GRADIENT BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE, BUT NOT IN UPPER STRATOSPHERE. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 071 SSN 014 AFR/AP 005/003 X-RAY BACKGROUND LT A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 2.4E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.8E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 1.5E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W115 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 PLANETARY 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 F. COMMENTS: EFFECTIVE AT 2030Z ON 03 APRIL 96, GOES-9 WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY SATELLITE FOR X-RAY FLUX, PARTICLE FLUX AND SATELLITE MAGNETOMETER DATA AT SESC. GOES-8 WILL BECOME THE SECONDARY SATELLITE AND GOES-7 DATA SETS WILL NO LONGER BE USED IN DAILY PRODUCTS.