:Product: 19960404SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Apr 04 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 095 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 04 APR 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 03 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 TO UNSETTLED. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/WED/STRATWARM EXISTS. THE INTENSE WARMING OVER EUROPE CONTINUES. A LARGE ANTI- CYCLONIC RIDGE UNITES THE CENTRES OVER THE SOUTHERN URAL AND OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA AT 10 HPA. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT SLIGHTLY REVERSED ONLY STILL AT 30 HPA. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 071 SSN 014 AFR/AP 005/ 004 X-RAY BACKGROUND A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 7.8E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.9E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 7.5E+06 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 2 0 1 2 1 3 2 2 PLANETARY 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 F. COMMENTS: EFFECTIVE AT 2030Z ON 03 APRIL 96, GOES-9 HAS BECOME THE PRIMARY SATELLITE FOR X-RAY FLUX, PARTICLE FLUX AND SATELLITE MAGNETOMETER DATA AT SESC. GOES-8 HAS BECOME THE SECONDARY SATELLITE AND GOES-7 DATA SETS WILL NO LONGER BE USED IN DAILY PRODUCTS.