:Product: 19990501SGAS.txt :Issued: 1999 May 01 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 121 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 01 MAY 1999 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 30 APR 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 GENERALLY ACTIVE. A HIGH SPEED SOLAR WIND STREAM, AT TIMES REACHING MORE THAN 650 KM/S AT THE ACE SPACECRAFT, DROVE THE FIELD TO EPISODES OF MINOR STORM ACTIVITY DURING THE PERIOD. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT ATTAINED HIGH LEVELS FROM ABOUT 1300 TO 2100Z. D. STRATWARM: NONE E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 124 SSN 080 AFR/AP 018/021 X-RAY BACKGROUND B4.4 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 5.5E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.4E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 6.00E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 PLANETARY 4 4 5 4 2 3 3 3 F. COMMENTS: NONE