:Product: 19971225SGAS.txt :Issued: 1997 Dec 25 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 359 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 25 DEC 1997 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 24 DEC 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 AT ALL LATITUDES. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM EXISTS TODAY. MINOR WARMING EXISTS OVER SIBERIA, ALASKA, AND POLAR REGION, RESULTING IN A REVERSED TEMPERATURE GRADIENT BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE IN NEARLY THE ENTIRE STRATOSPHERE AT 30HPA AND ABOVE. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 108 SSN 067 AFR/AP 006/003 X-RAY BACKGROUND B2.2 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 2.1E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.7E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 4.80E+05 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 PLANETARY 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 F. COMMENTS: NONE