:Product: 19980503SGAS.txt
:Issued: 1998 May 03 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 123 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 03 MAY 1998
THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 02 MAY
A.  ENERGETIC EVENTS
BEGIN  MAX  END  RGN   LOC   XRAY  OP 245MHZ 10CM   SWEEP
0109 0111 0112                       120
0354 0354 0354                       140
0448 0500 0521  8210 S20W07 C5.4  SF 2600   530
0525 0525 0525                       720
0759 0800 0803                       300
1331 1342 1351  8210 S15W15 X1.1  3B 14000  1300      IV
B.  PROTON EVENTS:  A GREATER THAN 100MEV PROTON EVENT BEGAN AT
1405UT AND REACHED MAXIMUM OF 7.6PFU AT 1540UT.   THE GREATER THAN
10MEV PROTON FLUXES REACHED EVENT THRESHOLDS AT 1420UT AND REACHED A
MAXIMUM OF 150PFU AT 1650UT.  THIS EVENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH X1.1
FLARE AT 1331UT AND REMAINS IN PROGRESS.
C.  GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY:  THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD RANGED FROM
UNSETTLED TO MAJOR STORM LEVELS.  ENERGETIC ELECTRON FLUXES WERE ARE
NORMAL LEVELS.
D.  STRATWARM:  NONE
E.  DAILY INDICES:
10 CM 117  SSN 110  AFR/AP 041/056   X-RAY BACKGROUND B4.2
DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS)
GT 1 MEV 1.6E+07   GT 10 MEV 2.4E+06 P/(CM2-STER-DAY)
GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES)
DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE
GT 2 MEV 1.60E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY)
GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES)
3 HOUR K-INDICES:
BOULDER 3 6 6 5 5 5 3 5 PLANETARY 3 5 5 6 7 6 4 5
F.  COMMENTS:  NONE