:Product: 19971228SGAS.txt :Issued: 1997 Dec 28 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 362 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 28 DEC 1997 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 27 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. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/SATURDAY/STRATWARM EXISTS. A LARGE WARM AREA COVERS THE POLAR REGION. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE FROM 30 HPA UPWARDS INTO THE UPPER STRATOSPHERE. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 096 SSN 056 AFR/AP 000/000 X-RAY BACKGROUND B1.6 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 2.2E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.8E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 7.70E+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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 F. COMMENTS: NONE.