:Product: 19980213SGAS.txt :Issued: 1998 Feb 13 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 044 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 13 FEB 1998 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 12 FEB 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 AT QUIET TO UNSETTLED LEVELS DURING MOST OF THE PERIOD. HOWEVER, FIELD ACTIVITY INCREASED TO ACTIVE TO MINOR STORM LEVELS DURING 12/0000-0300UT AND 12/1100 - 1300UT WITH THE MINOR STORM LEVELS LIMITED TO HIGH LATITUDES. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/THURSDAY/STRATWARM EXISTS. MINOR WARMING OVER SIBERIA, ALASKA, NORTHWEST CANADA AND NEAR- LY THE WHOLE ARCTIC CONTINUES, SLIGHTLY WEAKENING. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE AT 10HPA AND ABOVE. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 091 SSN 067 AFR/AP 010/008 X-RAY BACKGROUND A6.6 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 5.8E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.8E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 7.60E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 4 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 PLANETARY 4 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 F. COMMENTS: NONE.