:Product: 19981024SGAS.txt :Issued: 1998 Oct 24 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 297 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 24 OCT 1998 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 23 OCT A. ENERGETIC EVENTS BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP 0131 0131 0132 150 B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD RANGED FROM QUIET TO ACTIVE. THE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHERN POLAR CORONAL HOLE APPEARS TO BE ENDING. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUX WAS HIGH. D. STRATWARM: NONE E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 113 SSN 071 AFR/AP 012/013 X-RAY BACKGROUND B2.2 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 9.1E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.5E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 7.50E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 2 3 2 2 3 4 3 2 PLANETARY 2 3 2 2 4 4 3 3 F. COMMENTS: NONE