:Product: 20000316SGAS.txt :Issued: 2000 Mar 16 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 076 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 16 MAR 2000 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 15 MAR A. ENERGETIC EVENTS BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP 1216 1228 1240 8906 S16W23 C3.0 SF 170 24 1556 1559 1601 C1.2 100 1836 1840 1843 8906 S18W21 M1.4 1N B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: ACTIVITY WAS AT QUIET LEVELS. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/WEDNESDAY/STRATWARM EXISTS. THE INTENSE WARMING, CENTERED OVER THE KARA SEA AT 10 HPA, SLOWLY WEAKENING.TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER STRATOSPHERE. E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 179 SSN 167 AFR/AP 001/006 X-RAY BACKGROUND B7.7 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 5.8E+04 GT 10 MEV 1.2E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 9.40E+06 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 PLANETARY 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 F. COMMENTS: NONE