:Product: 19981209SGAS.txt :Issued: 1998 Dec 09 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 343 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 09 DEC 1998 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 08 DEC A. ENERGETIC EVENTS BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP 0751 0753 0758 8404 S21W21 SF 120 1400 1407 1413 8405 S14E40 C5.7 SF 250 B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/TUESDAY/STRATWARM EXISTS. THE WARMING OVER NORTHEAST SIBERIA CONTINUES AND THE SECOND WARMING OVER MONGOLIA INTENSIFIES. E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 162 SSN 158 AFR/AP 005/005 X-RAY BACKGROUND B5.3 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 1.3E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.5E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 1.00E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 PLANETARY 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 F. COMMENTS: THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUENCE WAS MODERATE.