:Product: 19991023SGAS.txt :Issued: 1999 Oct 23 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 296 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 23 OCT 1999 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 22 OCT A. ENERGETIC EVENTS BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP 0825 0825 0826 140 0853 0000 0858 II 1147 1147 1147 650 1209 1209 1210 2100 1238 1240 1244 680 1300 0000 1319 II 1615 1616 1616 160 1640 1640 1640 150 1753 1754 1754 410 1836 1836 1837 150 1908 1908 1909 430 1924 1929 1935 8739 S11E47 C2.7 1F 680 2140 2140 2140 540 2148 2148 2149 130 2329 2330 2330 100 B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: FIELD ACTIVITY VARIED FROM UNSETTLED TO SEVERE STORM LEVELS DUE TO CORONAL MASS EJECTION EFFECTS. THE MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY OCCURRED DURING 22/0500 - 0900Z WITH MAJOR TO SEVERE STORM LEVELS DETECTED AT MIDDLE AND HIGH LATITUDES. FIELD ACTIVITY GRADUALLY DECREASED TO UNSETTLED TO MINOR STORM LEVELS DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE PERIOD. D. STRATWARM: NONE E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 160 SSN 153 AFR/AP 054/087 X-RAY BACKGROUND C1.1 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 1.1E+06 GT 10 MEV 1.3E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 2.70E+06 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 6 6 7 5 4 4 3 3 PLANETARY 7 8 8 6 4 4 4 3 F. COMMENTS: NONE