:Product: 19980717SGAS.txt :Issued: 1998 Jul 17 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 198 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 17 JUL 1998 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 16 JUL 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 HAS BEEN UNSETTLED TO MAJOR STORM CONDITIONS FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS DUE TO A HIGH SPEED SOLAR WIND STREAM. D. STRATWARM: NONE. E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 106 SSN 113 AFR/AP 025/037 X-RAY BACKGROUND B3.6 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 3.2E+06 GT 10 MEV 1.6E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 6.60E+06 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-9 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W135 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 3 5 3 5 3 4 3 3 PLANETARY 4 6 4 5 4 5 4 3 F. COMMENTS: GOES-9 CONTINUES TO OPERATE AND XRS DATA HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUS. FAILURE COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME. GOES-10 NEARING OPERATIONAL STATUS.