:Product: 19980829SGAS.txt :Issued: 1998 Aug 29 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 241 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 29 AUG 1998 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 28 AUG A. ENERGETIC EVENTS BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP 0719 0719 0719 300 B. PROTON EVENTS: THE GT 10 MEV PROTON FLUX BEGAN THE PERIOD NEAR 24 PFU AND DECLINED SLOWLY THROUGH THE DAY TO NEAR 10 PFU AT THE END OF THE PERIOD. C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS AT UNSETTLED TO MINOR STORM LEVELS. THE MOST DISTURBED PERIOD WAS FROM 28/0300-0600Z. D. STRATWARM: NONE. E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 139 SSN 167 AFR/AP 022/025 X-RAY BACKGROUND B5.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 2.3E+07 GT 10 MEV 1.2E+06 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 4.40E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 PLANETARY 4 5 4 3 3 4 4 3 F. COMMENTS: THE GT 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUX REACHED HIGH LEVELS DURING THE PERIOD.