:Product: 19981022SGAS.txt :Issued: 1998 Oct 22 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 295 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 22 OCT 1998 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 21 OCT 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 WAS AT UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE LEVELS AT MIDDLE LATITUDES AND AT UNSETTLED TO MINOR STORM LEVELS AT HIGH LATITUDES. THIS ACTIVITY WAS LIKELY DUE TO CORONAL HOLE EFFECTS. D. STRATWARM: NONE E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 118 SSN 099 AFR/AP 022/023 X-RAY BACKGROUND B7.1 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 1.1E+06 GT 10 MEV 1.9E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 2.30E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 0 PLANETARY 4 4 5 4 2 4 4 3 F. COMMENTS: THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ALTITUDE WAS AT HIGH LEVELS AFTER 21/0800Z.