:Product: 19980901SGAS.txt
:Issued: 1998 Sep 01 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 244 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 01 SEP 1998
THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 31 AUG
A.  ENERGETIC EVENTS
BEGIN  MAX  END  RGN   LOC   XRAY  OP 245MHZ 10CM   SWEEP
0623 0628 0634  8307 N29W79 C3.8  SF 79            II/IV
0659 0709 0722                       200
1022 1028 1033  8323 S23E49       SF 950
1241 1242 1242                       190
1529 1539 1547  8307 N32W69 M1.5  SF 860    51     II/IV
B.  PROTON EVENTS:  THE GREATER THAN 10 MEV PROTON FLUX REMAINED
SLIGHTLY ENHANCED ABOVE BACKGROUND ON 31 AUG.
C.  GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY:  THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS AT QUIET
TO ACTIVE LEVELS AT MIDDLE LATITUDES AND AT QUIET TO MINOR STORM
LEVELS AT HIGH LATITUDES. THE MOST DISTURBED PERIOD WAS
31/0600-1200Z.
D.  STRATWARM:  NONE.
E.  DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES)
10 CM 179  SSN 133  AFR/AP 017/022   X-RAY BACKGROUND C1.2
DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS)
GT 1 MEV 2.4E+06   GT 10 MEV 1.1E+05 P/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE
GT 2 MEV 2.70E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
3 HOUR K-INDICES:
BOULDER 3 2 4 4 4 4 1 2 PLANETARY 3 2 5 5 4 4 3 2
F.  COMMENTS:  ENERGETIC ELECTRON FLUXES REACHED HIGH LEVELS DURING
THE PERIOD. A MODERATE INTENSITY 245 MHZ NOISE STORM WAS IN PROGRESS
FOR MOST OF 31 AUG.