:Product: 19980902SGAS.txt :Issued: 1998 Sep 02 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 245 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 02 SEP 1998 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 01 SEP A. ENERGETIC EVENTS BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP 0449 0459 0506 8307 N32W78 M1.5 1F 58 1343 1343 1344 210 1548 1608 1629 8319 N21W65 SF 180 B. PROTON EVENTS: THE GREATER THAN 10 MEV PROTON FLUX IS NEAR BACKGROUND LEVELS. C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS AT QUIET TO ACTIVE LEVELS AT MID-LATITUDES AND AT QUIET TO SEVERE STORM LEVELS AT HIGH LATITUDES. DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1500 UT TO 1800 UT, COLLEGE HAD A VARIATION OF OVER 1000 NANOTESLA. D. STRATWARM: NONE E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 177 SSN 129 AFR/AP 013/018 X-RAY BACKGROUND C1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 9.1E+05 GT 10 MEV 3.5E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 7.40E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 3 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 PLANETARY 3 4 2 3 4 4 3 3 F. COMMENTS: ENERGETIC ELECTRON FLUXES WITH ENERGY GREATER THAN 2 MEV WERE OVER ALERT LEVELS OF GREATER 1000 PFU FOR PORTIONS OF THE DAY.