:Product: 19971227SGAS.txt :Issued: 1997 Dec 27 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 361 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 27 DEC 1997 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 26 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. A LARGE WARM AREA COVERS SIBERIA, ALASKA, CANADA, AND THE POLAR REGION. THE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT IS REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE AT 30HPA AND 10HPA. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 105 SSN 050 AFR/AP 002/001 X-RAY BACKGROUND B2.1 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 1.8E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.8E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 7.00E+05 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PLANETARY 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 F. COMMENTS: NONE