:Product: 20000317SGAS.txt
:Issued: 2000 Mar 17 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 077 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 17 MAR 2000
THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 16 MAR
A.  ENERGETIC EVENTS
BEGIN  MAX  END  RGN   LOC   XRAY  OP 245MHZ 10CM   SWEEP
0241 0241 0241                       120
0420 0423 0425  8906 S19W31 C2.1  SF 1200
1656 1656 1656                       360
2240 2243 2243                       350
2245 2246 2247                       190
B.  PROTON EVENTS:  NONE
C.  GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY:  ACTIVITY WAS AT QUIET LEVELS.
D.  STRATWARM:  STRATWARM ALERT/THURSDAY/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.  AT 1 HPA, THE MEAN ZONAL
WIND AT 60N IS FROM EAST.
E.  DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES)
10 CM 184  SSN 138  AFR/AP 001/004   X-RAY BACKGROUND B7.2
DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS)
GT 1 MEV 4.6E+05   GT 10 MEV 1.1E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE
GT 2 MEV 1.50E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
3 HOUR K-INDICES:
BOULDER 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 PLANETARY 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1
F.  COMMENTS:  NONE