:Product: 19980101SGAS.txt :Issued: 1998 Jan 01 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 001 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 01 JAN 1998 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 31 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/WEDNESDAY/STRATWARM EXISTS. EXPANSIVE WARMING OVER POLAR REGION, CANADA, SIBERIA AND MEDITERRANEAN AREA WITH CENTRES OVER THE POLE AND OVER THE BLACK SEA. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE FROM 30 HPA UPWARDS INTO THE UPPER STRATOSPHERE. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 105 SSN 064 AFR/AP 003/004 X-RAY BACKGROUND B1.5 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 1.8E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.6E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 1.50E+05 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 PLANETARY 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 F. COMMENTS: FROM 01 JAN 98 ONWARD, THE A-INDICES FROM FREDERICKSBURG WILL BE ESTIMATED VALUES.