:Product: 19981002SGAS.txt
:Issued: 1998 Oct 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 275 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 02 OCT 1998
THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 01 OCT
A.  ENERGETIC EVENTS
BEGIN  MAX  END  RGN   LOC   XRAY  OP 245MHZ 10CM   SWEEP
NONE
B.  PROTON EVENTS:  THE GREATER THAN 10 MEV PROTON FLUX REACHED A
MAXIMUM OF 1200 PFU AT 01/0025UT. FLUXES AT THE END OF THE DAY  WERE
BELOW 40 PFU.
C.  GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY:  THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD RANGED FROM
MOSTLY UNSETTLED TO MINOR STORMS LEVELS. THE MOST DISTURBED PERIOD
WAS 02/0000-0300UT.
D.  STRATWARM:  NONE
E.  DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES)
10 CM 119  SSN 047  AFR/AP 017/021   X-RAY BACKGROUND B5.8
DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS)
GT 1 MEV 2.6E+08   GT 10 MEV 2.8E+07 P/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE
GT 2 MEV 3.00E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
3 HOUR K-INDICES:
BOULDER 5 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 PLANETARY 5 3 4 3 3 4 3 3
F.  COMMENTS:  A POLAR CAP ABSORPTION EVENT IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.
THE EVENT BEGAN ON 30/1600UT AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL
AROUND 02/0400UT.