:Product: 19980112SGAS.txt :Issued: 1998 Jan 12 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 012 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 12 JAN 1998 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 11 JAN 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 MOSTLY QUIET WITH ISOLATED UNSETTLED PERIODS OBSERVED AT MIDDLE AND HIGH LATITUDES. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/SUNDAY/STRATWARM EXISTS. A WIDE-SPREAD WARM REGION FURTHER COVERS SIBERIA, ALASKA, AND THE ADJACENT ARCTIC, BUT WEAKENS. TEMPERAURE GRADIENT BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE REVERSED IN THE LOWER STRATOSPHERE UP TO 10 HPA. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 085 SSN 051 AFR/AP 007/006 X-RAY BACKGROUND A1.9 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 7.6E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.8E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 3.40E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 PLANETARY 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 F. COMMENTS: THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUX DECLINED TO MODERATE LEVELS EARLY IN THE PERIOD.